A long-time member of the Estevan Minor Hockey Association has committed to play Division 1 hockey in the NCAA next season.
Preston Brodziak will join the Long Island University Sharks program in New York. The upcoming season will be the first for the Sharks in men’s hockey.
Brodziak hails from Estevan and played the bulk of his minor hockey here. He was a top scorer in the South Saskatchewan Minor Hockey League’s midget AA division in 2015-16 with 33 goals and 59 points in 38 games, and then joined the Regina Pat Canadians midget AAA program for his final year of minor hockey.
He had a productive season with the Pat Canadians with 13 goals and 38 points in 43 games, but starred in the postsesason. Brodziak had five goals and 16 points in 11 playoff games as the Pat Canadians won the Saskatchewan Midget AAA Hockey League Title, had a big role in helping the Pat Canadians win the Telus Cup qualifier and then had two goals and an assist in four games at the Telus Cup.
Brodziak then played all three seasons of junior hockey in B.C., playing a season with each of the Nanaimo Clippers, the Cowichan Valley Capitals and the Prince George Spruce Kings. He was an alternate captain with Prince George.
His rights were briefly dealt to the Estevan Bruins last summer, but then he was dealt to the Prince George Spruce Kings in the deal that brought goaltender Keenan Rancier to Estevan.
