Adam Brooks (ice hockey)

Adam Brooks (born May 6, 1996) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is currently playing under contract as a prospect to the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Adam Brooks
Brooks with the Toronto Marlies in 2018
Born (1996-05-06) May 6, 1996
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 176 lb (80 kg; 12 st 8 lb)
Position Centre
Shoots Left
NHL team Toronto Maple Leafs
NHL Draft 92nd overall, 2016
Toronto Maple Leafs
Playing career 2017–present

Playing career

Amateur

While playing AAA hockey for the Winnipeg Hawks, both Brooks and his older brother Brett attended West Kildonan Collegiate. Brooks ended the season being named AAA Impact Player of the Year and MVP.[1]

Brooks was selected 25th overall by the Regina Pats in the 2011 Western Hockey League (WHL) draft after recording 111 points with the Winnipeg Hawks.[2] He signed with the Pats on August 24, 2011, but was reassigned to the Winnipeg Thrashers in the Manitoba U-18 'AAA' Hockey League.[3] While with the Thrashers, Brooks was selected to play for Team Canada at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck Austria.[4] At the conclusion of the 2011–12 season, Brooks recorded 41 points in 37 games, and appeared in the Western Canada Under-16 Challenge.[5]

After only recording 11 points during the 2013–14 season, Brooks was passed over in his first year of eligibility for the NHL Entry Draft. Prior to the beginning of the new season, the Pats hired Dave Struch and Brooks excelled that season, recording 62 points in 64 games.[6] Despite going undrafted again, Brooks partook in the New York Rangers rookie camp.[7]

His success continued into the following season where Brooks lead the league with 82 assists and 120 points, which earned him the Bob Clarke Trophy.[8] This also earned him a 72nd final ranking from the NHL Central Scouting Bureau amongst North American skaters.[9] By the time the 2016 NHL Entry Draft came around, Brooks was drafted 92nd overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs.[10] Brooks was named team captain of the Pats to start his final junior year in the 2016–17 WHL season.[6] Although the Pats qualified for the playoffs, Brooks injured his knee in Game 2 of an Eastern Conference semi-final and was out for the rest of the series.[11] At the conclusion of his junior career, Brooks ranked third all-time in regular-season games played with 317, 10th in career points with 335, and sixth in assists with 216.[12] He was also named to the WHL First All-Star team.[13]

Professional

On June 29, 2017, Brooks was signed to a three-year, entry-level contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs.[14] After attending the Leafs training camp, Brooks was reassigned to their American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Toronto Marlies, to begin the 2017–18 season.[15] Brooks played on a line with Ben Smith and Colin Greening, whom helped him record his first career AHL point in a 4–0 win over the Charlotte Checkers.[16] He later scored his first career AHL goal in a 5–1 win over the Belleville Senators on December 31, 2017.[17] Brooks finished his rookie campaign with the Marlies recording 19 points in 57 regular AHL games, and six points in 20 playoff games to help lead the Marlies to their first Calder Cup in franchise history.[18]

After attending the Leafs training camp, Brooks was reassigned to the Marlies for the 2018–19 AHL season.[19] The Marlies qualified for the 2019 Calder Cup playoffs, where Brooks recorded a hat trick to sweep the Marlies past the Rochester Americans.[20]

Brooks played his first NHL game against the New York Rangers on December 28, 2019.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs
Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2011–12 Winnipeg Thrashers MMHL 37 17 24 41 6 7 1 3 4 0
2012–13 Regina Pats WHL 55 4 8 12 13 — — — — —
2013–14 Regina Pats WHL 60 4 7 11 24 4 0 1 1 0
2014–15 Regina Pats WHL 64 30 32 62 18 9 4 3 7 6
2015–16 Regina Pats WHL 72 38 82 120 30 12 7 16 23 6
2016–17 Regina Pats WHL 66 43 87 130 61 17 5 13 18 12
2017–18 Toronto Marlies AHL 57 8 11 19 2 20 2 4 6 4
2018–19 Toronto Marlies AHL 61 21 19 40 28 13 6 2 8 6
2019–20 Toronto Marlies AHL 29 9 11 20 19 — — — — —
2019–20 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 7 0 3 3 0 — — — — —
NHL totals 70330 —————

International
Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2013 Canada Western U17 9th 5 1 0 1 2
Junior totals 5 1 0 1 2

Awards and honours
Award or Honour Year
WHL
First All-Star Team (East) 2016
Bob Clarke Trophy 2016 [8]
WHL First All-Star Team 2017 [13]
AHL
Calder Cup (Toronto Marlies) 2018 [21]
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References
  1. Saper, Avi (May 18, 2011). "Brooks brothers well suited to AAA hockey this season". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
  2. "Pats Take High Scoring Forward". reginapats.com. May 5, 2011. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
  3. "Pats Sign Top Two Picks". reginapats.com. August 24, 2011. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
  4. "Adam Brooks Selected to Youth Olympic Games". reginapats.com. October 21, 2011. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
  5. "Adam Brooks sizing up the competition". reginapats.com. June 5, 2012. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
  6. Nugent-Bowman, Daniel (July 13, 2017). "How Maple Leafs prospect Adam Brooks went from afterthought to coveted". sportsnet.ca. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
  7. "Regina Pats' Adam Brooks in a New York state of mind". ckom.com. September 8, 2015. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
  8. "Dave Schioler presenting the WHL Top Scorer Award (Bob Clarke Trophy) to Adam Brooks from Winnipeg, MB of The Regina Pats". May 4, 2016. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
  9. "Two Pats in CSS Final Rankings". reginapats.com. April 12, 2016. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
  10. "Adam Brooks Drafted 92nd Overall". reginapats.com. June 25, 2016. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
  11. Harder, Greg (May 16, 2017). "Pats captain Adam Brooks went out on his terms in the WHL final". Regina Leader-Post. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
  12. Harder, Greg (March 22, 2017). "The journey's not over for Pats captain Adam Brooks". Regina Leader-Post. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
  13. "WHL announces 2016-17 Conference All-Star teams". whl.ca. March 22, 2017. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
  14. "Maple Leafs sign Regina Pats' star Adam Brooks to ELC". Sportsnet.ca. 2017-06-29. Retrieved 2017-06-29.
  15. "Maple Leafs Reassign Players to Marlies". marlies.ca. September 17, 2017. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
  16. "Weekend Wrap-Up: October 23, 2017". marlies.ca. October 23, 2017. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
  17. "Total Team Effort Pushes Marlies Past Senators". marlies.ca. December 31, 2017. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
  18. Harder, Greg (June 21, 2018). "Brooks' sip from Calder Cup makes him thirsty for more". Regina Leader-Post. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
  19. "Maple Leafs Reduce Roster". nhl.com. September 30, 2018. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
  20. "Marlies advance on Brooks' hat trick". theahl.com. April 24, 2019. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
  21. "Marlies Win 2018 Calder Cup". marlies.ca. June 14, 2018. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
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