Sydney Jane Brodt (born May 3, 1998) is an American

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player and member of the U.S. national ice hockey team, currently signed with the

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in the

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(PHF).

Playing career

Brodt attended

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, where she was named a Ms. Hockey Minnesota finalist in 2016.

NCAA

Across four years with the

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program, Brodt scored 98 points in 141 games. She was the second player in Bulldogs' history to serve as

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for three seasons. After graduating, she joined the

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(PWHPA) for the 2020–21 season.

International

She represented the United States at the

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, winning gold. She would make her senior team debut at the

2018 4 Nations Cup The 2018 4 Nations Cup was a women's ice hockey tournament held in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. It was the 23rd edition of the 4 Nations Cup. Results Preliminary round ''All times are local ( UTC−6).'' Bronze medal game Gol ...

and would play for the U.S. at the

2019 IIHF Women's World Championship The 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship was an international Ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was contested in Espoo, Finland from 4 to 14 April 2019 at the Espoo Metro Areena. The United States won thei ...

PWHPA

Skating for Team Minnesota during the 2020–21 PWHPA season, Brodt participated in a PWHPA Dream Gap Tour event at New York's

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on February 28, 2021, the first women's ice hockey event at the venue. Playing for a team sponsored by Adidas, she was called for a penalty in the third period.

Personal life

Brodt has a degree in finance from the

University of Minnesota Duluth The University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD) is a public university in Duluth, Minnesota. It is part of the University of Minnesota system and offers 16 bachelor's degrees in 88 majors, graduate programs in 25 different fields, and a two-year pr ...

References

External links

* 1998 births Living people American women's ice hockey forwards Ice hockey players from Minnesota Linköping HC Dam players Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey players Professional Women's Hockey Players Association players Premier Hockey Federation players Minnesota Whitecaps players {{US-icehockey-player-stub