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During his twelve-year career, Broten played for five different NHL teams, including the Colorado Rockies/New Jersey Devils franchise, the Minnesota North Stars, the Quebec Nordiques, the Toronto Maple Leafs, and the Winnipeg Jets. He retired from professional hockey in 1992. The Minnesota North Stars were a team in the National Hockey League between 1967 and 1993. ... The Quebec Nordiques (in french Nordiques de Québec, pronounced ; translated into English as Northmen or Northerners) were a professional ice hockey team based in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. ... For other uses, see Toronto Maple Leafs (disambiguation). ... The Winnipeg Jets were an ice hockey franchise that existed in both the World Hockey Association and the National Hockey League from 1972 to 1996. ...

Broten was recently chosen to be inducted into the US Hockey Hall of Fame as part of the 2007 Class.

Career statistics

 Regular Season Season Team Lge GP G A Pts PIM 1980-81 Colorado Rockies NHL 2 0 0 0 0 1981-82 Colorado Rockies NHL 58 15 24 39 6 1982-83 New Jersey Devils NHL 73 16 39 55 28 1983-84 New Jersey Devils NHL 80 13 23 36 36 1984-85 New Jersey Devils NHL 80 22 35 57 38 1985-86 New Jersey Devils NHL 66 18 25 43 26 1986-87 New Jersey Devils NHL 80 26 53 79 36 1987-88 New Jersey Devils NHL 80 26 57 83 80 1988-89 New Jersey Devils NHL 80 16 43 59 81 1989-90 New Jersey/Minnesota NHL 77 19 17 36 58 1990-91 Quebec/Toronto NHL 47 11 8 19 38 1991-92 Winnipeg Jets NHL 25 4 5 9 14 NHL Totals 748 186 329 515 441 

References

• Aaron Broten's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database

External links

• Profile at HockeyDraftCentral