Aaron Broten - M Club Hall of Fame - University of Minnesota Athletics

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Aaron Broten
Class of 2009
Hockey: 1979-81

It didn't take long for Aaron Broten to leave his mark on the University of Minnesota hockey program. In just two seasons with the Golden Gophers, Broten amassed 178 points, including a single-season record 106 points as a sophomore in 1980-81. The Roseau, Minn. native enjoyed a 12-year career in the National Hockey League and played for six United States national teams. He was also inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame in 2007.

Broten joined the Gophers in 1979-80 and had the highest-scoring freshman season of any player in school history with 25 goals and 47 assists for 72 points, earning Western Collegiate Hockey Association Rookie of Year honors. Broten followed with his league-leading 106-point sophomore season, tallying 47 goals and a single-season school record 59 assists. He was a first-team all-WCHA selection and the team's Most Valuable Player, despite the fact his teammate and brother, Neal, won the inaugural Hobey Baker Award. Broten was named to the all-tournament team at the 1981 NCAA championships when the Gophers finished as national runner-up.

A sixth-round draft choice of the Colorado Rockies in 1980, Broten joined the team for two games following the Gophers' 1980-81 season and played nine more seasons with the franchise, including seven years after the Rockies became the New Jersey Devils. He also played professionally with the Minnesota North Stars, Quebec Nordiques, Toronto Maple Leafs and Winnipeg Jets. He played in every game for five seasons with the Devils with his best season coming in 1987-88 when he tallied 83 points. Broten played in 748 career National Hockey League games, totaling 186 goals and 329 assists for 515 career points prior to his retirement in 1992. Broten's brothers, Neal and Paul, also played in the NHL.

Broten played for the U.S. national team in the World Hockey Championships in 1981, 1982, 1985, 1986 and 1987 before coming out of retirement to play in three games during the 1999 World Championships.