T. J. Brodie
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| Born |
June 7, 1990 Chatham, Ontario, Canada |
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| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||
| Weight | 183 lb (83 kg; 13 st 1 lb) | ||
| Position | Defense | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| NHL team | Calgary Flames | ||
| National team |
 Canada
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| NHL Draft | 114th overall, 2008 Calgary Flames |
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| Playing career | 2010–present | ||
Thomas Jhomas "T.J." Brodie (born June 7, 1990) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player for the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was a fourth round selection of the Flames, 114th overall, at the 2008 NHL Entry Draft. Brodie played four seasons in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) prior to turning professional in 2010. Internationally, he was a member of Team Canada at the 2013 IIHF World Championship.
Brodie grew up in Ontario on the family farm located between Dresden and Chatham. He went to elementary school and high school in Chatham, but played his minor hockey in the Dresden Minor Hockey Association.
Brodie was selected by the Saginaw Spirit in the third round of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) priority selection in 2006 out of the Cyclones program and spent the majority of the 2006–07 season with the Junior B Leamington Flyers where he was voted the defensive rookie of the year and named to the rookie and first all-star teams in the Western Ontario Hockey League. He also appeared in 20 games with the Spirit before moving up to the OHL full-time in the 2007–08 season. He appeared in all 68 games for the Spirit that year, scoring 30 points as a 17-year-old. Seeking an offensive defenceman, the Calgary Flames selected Brodie in the fourth round, 114th overall, at the 2008 NHL Entry Draft.
He improved to 50 points in 2008–09 and was praised by his coaches as being one of the best all-around defencemen in the OHL. His season earned the attention of Hockey Canada, which invited him to their summer evaluation camp for the 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. Brodie began the 2009–10 season in Saginaw, but was traded to the Barrie Colts after 19 games as part of a four-player deal. The Colts finished the year as the top ranked team in the Canadian Hockey League, but were defeated by the Windsor Spitfires in the OHL championship series.
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