Brochu now playing pro hockey in Germany

Brett Brochu makes a stop for the Dresden Kings – Photo by Kelsey Vermeersch/ CKSN.ca

Brett Brochu is now tending net in Germany.

The former Chatham-Kent Cyclone and Dresden Kings player, is now with the ERC Ingolstadt Panthers in the country’s top league, Deutsche Eishockey Liga.

So far, Brochu has played in four games and has a a 2.80 goals-against-average.

Last season Brochu played for the ECHL’s Fort Wayne Komets. He also saw action in five games by the American Hockey League’s Bakersfield Condors.

After playing for a season in Dresden, Brochu played three years with the Ontario Hockey League’s London Knights. He was named the OHL’s Jim Rutherford Trophy as the league’s goaltender of the year in 2021-22 and won 89 regular-season games in three seasons with the Knights.