Dan Brown (hockey)

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Dan Brown, (1985- ), CCHA (Central Collegiate Hockey Association), Notre Dame Fighting Irish hockey goalie. born in Hamilton, Ontario Canada. Drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins of the NHL in 2004. ^[1]

The six-foot, 203-pound backstopper was named the team MVP for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish hockey club in 2006. In 2007 was named the CCHA's player-of-the-week 3-times and has helped the Fighting Irish team reach the #1 rank in the United States for the first team in the team's 39-year history. He is also one of the favorites to win the 2007 Hobey Baker Award, which is awarded to the top collegiate player in the country.

In 2006 sought the help of a psychologist and has been seeing him on a weekly basis since then. Observers say that his "consistency and mental toughness have been outstanding, as has his leadership" for the 2007 season of play.

Brown progressed through the Hamilton minor hockey ranks to the Provincial A Kilty Bees. Then to Notre Dame. He was originally drafted by the Mississauga Ice Dogs of the OHL (Ontario Hockey League), where he was their fifth round selection in the 2001 draft from the Kilty Bees.

At age six he quit playing hockey but then his father took him to Toronto where they met NHL legend Patrick Roy. Brown then told his dad; "I want to do what he does." then at age seven he returned to playing hockey and was the only fulltime goalie in his league, which gave him plenty of minutes.

He is also an alumnus of Bishop Ryan Secondary in Hamilton, Ontario.