Connie Broden
Born (1932-04-06)April 6, 1932
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died November 23, 2013(2013-11-23) (aged 81)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight 160 lb (73 kg; 11 st 6 lb)
Position Centre
Shot Left
Played for Montreal Canadiens
Playing career 19501959
Medal record
Representing  Canada
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1958 Oslo

Thomas Connell Broden (April 6, 1932 – November 23, 2013) was a Canadian ice hockey forward. Broden is the only player to have won the International Ice Hockey Federation's World Championships and the Stanley Cup in the same year (1958).[1]

Playing career

Broden played his entire National Hockey League career with the Montreal Canadiens; it consisted of six regular-season games and seven playoff games. Overall, he scored two goals and recorded one assist in NHL play. He made his NHL debut in 1956 and retired following the 1958 season. He won two Stanley Cups with Montreal in 1957 and 1958.

Playing for Canada's Whitby Dunlops, Broden won the IIHF's Oslo tournament in scoring with 12 goals and 7 assists in 7 games, scoring at least one goal in every game of the World Championship. Canada beat the Soviet Union national ice hockey team 4 – 2 to take the gold in the championship.

Post-playing career

After retiring from hockey Broden worked as a senior executive at Molson Breweries for 32 years.[2] He died on November 23, 2013, at a Toronto hospital.[3][4]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GPGAPtsPIM GPGAPtsPIM
1949–50 Montreal Royals QSHL 367192614 30110
1950–51 Montreal Royals QSHL 2915122715
1950–51 Montreal Junior Royals QJHL 10000
1951–52 Montreal Junior Canadiens QJHL 3916244018 105278
1952–53 Cincinnati Mohawks IHL 5729386739 94378
1953–54 Cincinnati Mohawks IHL 5932376934 1132514
1954–55 Shawinigan Falls Cataractes QSHL 6227356225 13571215
1955–56 Montreal Canadiens NHL 30002
1955–56 Shawinigan Falls Cataractes QSHL 6117405745 1128108
1956–57 Montreal Canadiens NHL 60110
1956–57 Shawinigan Falls Cataracts QSHL 6820294932
1957–58 Montreal Canadiens NHL 32130 10000
1957–58 Whitby Dunlops OHA Sr 759140
1958–59 Hull-Ottawa Canadiens OHA Sr 2611122340 704420
QSHL totals 25686135121131 277162323
NHL totals 62132 70110

International

Year Team Event GPGAPtsPIM
1958 Canada WC 7117186
Senior totals 7117186

References

  1. IIHF Top 100 Hockey Stories of All Time, Szymon Szemberg and Andrew Podnieks, p.129, Fenn Publishing, Bolton, Ontario, Canada, 2008, ISBN 978-1-55168-358-4
  2. "Turner & Porter Funeral Directors - T. Connell "Connie" Broden". Turnerporter.permavita.com. Retrieved 2013-11-27.
  3. "Turner & Porter Funeral Directors - T. Connell "Connie" Broden". Turnerporter.permavita.com. Retrieved 2013-11-27.
  4. Canada (2013-11-23). "globeandmail.com: BRODEN". V1.theglobeandmail.com. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-11-27.

Secondary sources

  • IIHF News Release, April 2002, Vol. 6 - No. 2


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