A Little Laurent History

If you mention Laurent Brossoit's name in Winnipeg, there are a lot of people who will tell you they wish he was still here. It's not a shot at Eric Comrie nor is it anyone saying that they want an upgrade in between the pipes, but it's a genuine appreciation for what Brossoit did while he was a member of the Jets. He often found wins for the Jets despite sitting for long spells while Connor Hellebuyck did his thing, but every time someone spoke of his contributions to the team it came with how good of a teammate he was. Fans appreciated his winning ways as much as they did his giving ways as he was always willing to sign a puck or jersey if asked.

After leaivng due to salary cap reasons, he injured his knee last season with Chicago and has been working his way back to the Blackhawks' roster as he gets stronger and healthier, but we know that all injured players usually need a conditioning stint to brush up on their timing and fundamentals. That led to Brossoit being assigned to the AHL's Rockford IceHogs last week where the Blackhawks were hoping he'd find his game again and be NHL-ready quickly.

In three games thus far, Brossoit is working hard on his game as he has a 2-1-0 record, a 3.39 GAA, and a .900 save percentage so he's not quite ready for NHL action, but he's not far off from that point either when compared to the other Rockford netminders. However, Rockford might be reluctant to let him go back to Chicago after he had himself a solid game on the scoresheet last night.

You might have an eyebrow raised at that line, so here's the video!
At 18:56 of the third period last night against the Milwaukee Admirals, Brossoit stopped the dump-in by the Admirals behind the net and took his shot at the cage vacated by Admirals netminder Matthew Murray, burying the fifth Rockford goal to help the IceHogs to a 5-3 win! He also made 33 stops in the victory for a great night!

Laurent Brossoit becomes the 25th goaltender in American Hockey League history to be credited with a goal, and he is now the third Rockford IceHogs goaltender to score a goal in team history behind Collin Delia and Jaxson Stauber! With that goal now in the record books, let's add Broissoit to the list below!

• Darcy Wakaluk, Rochester – Dec. 5, 1987 at Utica
• Paul Cohen, Springfield – Mar. 28, 1992 vs. Rochester
• Robb Stauber, Rochester – Oct. 9, 1995 at Prince Edward Island
• Christian Bronsard, Syracuse – Oct. 30, 1999 at Rochester
• Jean-Francois Labbe, Hartford – Feb. 5, 2000 at Quebec
• Chris Mason, Milwaukee – Oct. 15, 2001 at Utah
• Antero Niittymaki, Philadelphia – Apr. 11, 2004 at Hershey*
• Seamus Kotyk, Milwaukee – Apr. 17, 2005 at San Antonio
• Drew MacIntyre, Manitoba – Feb. 20, 2008 at Chicago*
• Chris Holt, Binghamton – Mar. 19, 2010 vs. Rochester
• Reto Berra, Lake Erie – Jan. 16, 2015 at Chicago
• Jonas Gustavsson, Bakersfield – Mar. 24, 2017 vs. San Diego
• Alex Nedeljkovic, Charlotte – Mar. 10, 2018 vs. Hartford
• Tristan Jarry, W-B/Scranton – Nov. 14, 2018 at Springfield
• Maxime Lagace, Chicago - May 25, 2019 at San Diego**
• Collin Delia, Rockford - Dec. 17, 2021 at Texas
• Lukas Dostal, San Diego - Mar. 2, 2022 at Colorado
• Jesper Wallstedt, Iowa - Nov. 12, 2022 at Chicago
• Pyotr Kochetkov, Chicago - Feb. 3, 2023 vs. Manitoba
• Strauss Mann, Laval - Oct. 18, 2023 vs. Rochester
• Alex Nedeljkovic, W-B/Scranton – Nov. 17, 2023 at Providence
• Jaxson Stauber, Rockford - Feb. 16, 2024 vs. Chicago
• Louis Domingue, Hartford - April 12, 2024 vs. Springfield
• Laurent Brossoit, Rockford - December 12, 2025 vs. Milwaukee
NOTE: asterisked goals are OT goals. Double-asterisked goal is a playoff goal.

It's pretty impressive that Rockford now has three goals by goalies and none against. Milwaukee had two goals to their credit and none against before Brossoit's goal tonight, so Rockford now stands as the only team with multiple goals by goalies with none scored against them. That's the second goalie goal this season following Xavier Wendt's tally last week for Tri-City, so we'll see how many more will be scored or recorded this season by the armoured net protectors!

Congratulations to Laurent Brossoit on his first professional goal tonight! Maybe he'll give it a shot in an NHL game one day?

Until next time, keep your sticks on the ice!