Herb Brooks Biography

Occup.	Coach
From	USA
Born	August 5, 1937
Died	August 11, 2003
Aged	66 years

Herbert Paul Brooks Jr., popularly known as Herb Brooks, was born upon August 5, 1937, in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA. He was the oldest child of Herbert Brooks Sr. as well as Pauline Brooks. Herb revealed a disposition towards ice hockey from a young age, an enthusiasm he established while playing the sporting activity with his more youthful bro David.

After completing his senior high school education and learning at Johnson High School in Minnesota, Herb participated in the University of Minnesota, where he remained to play ice hockey. He led the Minnesota Golden Gophers to 3 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) championships in 1959, 1960, and also 1961. He was rather successful as an university player with his rate and also ability on the ice. This success earned him a put on the 1964 and 1968 United States Olympic ice hockey teams, making him a two-time Olympian. Nevertheless, he narrowly lost out on making the 1960 team, which won a gold medal.

After his playing career, Herb transitioned into mentoring. He started his training journey as an assistant coach at the University of Minnesota, where he eventually ended up being the head coach of the males's ice hockey team in 1972. Brooks showed his experience by leading the Gophers to three even more NCAA titles in 1974, 1976, and 1979.

While Herb was currently a well-respected coach within the college hockey neighborhood, his masterpiece can be found in 1980. He was selected as the head coach for the United States Olympic ice hockey group, a setting that would certainly transform his life as well as make him a national hero. He made background by leading an unskilled group comprising college players to a miraculous victory over the greatly popular Soviet Union team in the 1980 Winter Olympics, an occasion called the "Miracle on Ice." This victory established the phase for the US group to record the gold medal after beating Finland in the finals. Herb's work principles, coaching style, as well as technique were credited for their success in the competition.

Following the meaningful triumph, Herb coached numerous specialist hockey teams, consisting of the New York Rangers, the Minnesota North Stars, the New Jersey Devils, as well as the Pittsburgh Penguins in the National Hockey League (NHL). Furthermore, he functioned as a scout for the NHL for a few years.

In 2002, Herb returned to coach the United States Olympic ice hockey group but settled for a silver medal after shedding to Canada in the final. The list below year, the hockey world mourned the heartbreaking loss of Herb Brooks when he passed away in a cars and truck mishap on August 11, 2003, at the age of 66.

Herb Brooks is endured by his partner, Patti, and their 2 youngsters, Danny and also Kelly. He left a remarkable legacy in American ice hockey, with his training approaches and also motivational skills significantly appreciated to this day. In 2006, Herb was posthumously sworn in into the Hockey Hall of Fame, a testimony to his remarkable payments to the sport.

Our collection contains 11 quotes who is written / told by Herb.

11 Famous quotes by Herb Brooks

"You're playing worse and worse every day and right now you're playing like it's next month"

"Maybe I'm sort of like the players - there's still a lot of little boy in me"

"If I'd have went on the ice when this thing happened, someone would have speared me or something. It's a great feeling of accomplishment and pride. They had to do it; it was their moment"

"You're looking for players whose name on the front of the sweater is more important than the one on the back. I look for these players to play hard, to play smart and to represent their country"

"This is your moment. You're meant to be here"

"Great moments are born from great oppurtunities"

"And maybe I'm a little smarter now than I was before for all the stupid things I've done"

"You know, Willie Wonka said it best: we are the makers of dreams, the dreamers of dreams"

"We should be dreaming. We grew up as kids having dreams, but now we're too sophisticated as adults, as a nation. We stopped dreaming. We should always have dreams"

"I'm a dreamer"

"Everything goes in cycles, to a degree"