Neal LaMoy Broten was born on November 29,1959 and is an American former professional ice hockey player.
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12 Facts About Neal Broten
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Neal Broten is one of two players, along with Ed Belfour, to have played on teams that won the NCAA hockey championship, the Olympic Gold Medal, and the Stanley Cup.
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Neal Broten is the only player to have won the Hobey Baker, the Olympic Gold Medal and the Stanley Cup.
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Neal Broten was a member of the United States Olympic team that won a gold medal at the 1980 Winter Olympics in an event known as the Miracle on Ice.
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Neal Broten won a Stanley Cup with the New Jersey Devils in 1995, scoring the game-winning goal in Game Four against the Detroit Red Wings to clinch the title.
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Neal Broten became the first American to score a Cup-winning goal.
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Neal Broten had previously served as an alternate captain on a number of occasions.
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Neal Broten later recalled how he and his teammates would later have to deal with Gretzky's enforcers, Marty McSorley and Dave Semenko.
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Neal Broten briefly came out of retirement in 1999 to play for the US national team in the 1999 Ice Hockey World Championship qualifying tournament when no active NHL players were available.
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Neal Broten scored six points in three games as the US won the tournament, before retiring from hockey for good.
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Neal Broten is not featured in the 1981 TV movie about the 1980 US hockey team called Miracle on Ice except in archival footage of the gold medal ceremony.
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