Brooke Ammerman

Brooke Reimer (née Ammerman; born July 13, 1990) is an American retired ice hockey forward. She scored the first goal in Metropolitan Riveters franchise history in the inaugural game of the National Women's Hockey League, on October 11, 2015.[1]

Brooke Reimer
Reimer in 2015
Born (1990-07-13) July 13, 1990
Teaneck, New Jersey, United States
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Position Forward
Shot Right
Played for ERC Ingolstadt (DFEL)
Metropolitan Riveters (NWHL)
ESC Planegg (DFEL)
Wisconsin Badgers (NCAA)
National team  United States
Playing career 2008–2018

Playing career

Born in Teaneck, New Jersey, Ammerman Reimer was raised in River Vale, New Jersey.[2] In the absence of interscholastic high school leagues for girls, she briefly played on the boys ice hockey team at Pascack Valley High School.[3]

Reimer played four seasons with the Wisconsin Badgers, 2008–2012, and scored 214 points in 152 games in that period. She won two NCAA championships with the Badgers and was twice named to the NCAA Frozen Four All-Tournament Team.[4][5] She is the fourth-highest scorer in the programme's history, and was named 2010 WCHA Preseason Player of the Year.[6][7]

After graduating, she signed with the German team ESC Planegg and played the 2013–14 and 2014–15 IIHF European Women's Champions Cup, as well as the 2014–15 DFEL season, with the team.

Upon the creation of the NWHL in 2015, she signed with the Metropolitan Riveters for the 2015–16 season. She scored the franchise's first-ever goal off of an assist from Lyudmila Belyakova in the inaugural game of the NWHL. The goal was the third goal scored in league history and Belyakova's assist was the first point earned by a European player. With the Riveters, Reimer posted 14 points in 15 regular season games and one point in two playoff games.

After one season with the Riveters, Reimer returned to Germany. She signed with the ERC Ingolstadt women's team for the 2017–18 DFEL season. Her husband, Jochem, signed with the ERC Ingolstadt men's team in 2017 also.

International

Reimer won a gold medal with the US national U18 team at the 2008 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, where she tallied 10 points in 5 games.[8][9] She was one of 41 players invited to tryout for the Team USA squad for the 2010 Olympics, but was cut from the roster on August 24, 2009.[10]

Personal life

She is married to German ice hockey goaltender Jochen Reimer.[11][12][13] Her younger sister, Brittany, also played hockey with the Wisconsin Badgers program and represented the United States at the IIHF World Women's U18 Championship in 2009 and 2010.[14]

References
  1. Staffieri, Mark (October 26, 2015). "Brooke Ammerman Nets First Goal in History of New York Riveters". Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  2. Huth, Vince. "Women's Hockey: It's a sister thing After stumbling onto hockey at a young age, sisters Brooke and Brittany Ammerman brought their talents to Madison and turned Wisconsin hockey into a family affair", Wisconsin State Journal, February 29, 2012. Accessed May 5, 2020. "Having grown up in River Vale, N.J., she was certainly familiar with schools like Boston College and Boston University. In fact, Boston College—which was just a three-hour drive away from the Ammermans’ home in New Jersey—was one of Brooke’s final three choices."
  3. Rosen, Dan. "Breaking the Ice", copy of article from The Record, March 4, 2005. Accessed May 6, 2020. "The skating didn't give the truth away, the motion was fluid, compact and strong. A freshman wasn't supposed to handle the puck with such flair either. At only 14 years old and enlarged by layers of pads, the 5-foot-7 player looked like everyone else on the ice. But when Brooke Ammerman, playing her first varsity game for Pascack Valley in December, was about to break into the clear for a glorious scoring opportunity, the defenseman did what he needed to do to avoid being beaten.... Without a girls varsity league in New Jersey, the other dozen or so females competing in North Jersey high school hockey continue to play with and against boys because they enjoy the challenge."
  4. HockeyGoalieEh (August 16, 2015). "Forward Brooke Ammerman signs with Riveters". Lighthouse Hockey. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  5. Feb 9, foxsports; ET, 2012 at 1:02p (February 9, 2012). "UW women's hockey works to build a dynasty". FOX Sports. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  6. Hawkins, Jaclyn (October 16, 2013). "Ammerman and Her Badgers Continue to Give Back and Inspire". Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  7. Staffieri, Mark. "The 10 Best Wisconsin Badgers Women's Ice Hockey Players Ever". Bleacher Report. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  8. (PDF). February 8, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180208044627/https://reports.iihf.hockey/Hydra/156/IHW156Z07_85B_2_0.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 8, 2018. Retrieved May 9, 2020. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. Champs, U18 Women's World (January 12, 2008). "Brooke Ammerman and Kendall Coyne's U18 World Championship Blog". USA Women's Hockey. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  10. Baggot, Andy (September 22, 2009). "UW's Ammerman still center stage". madison.com. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  11. Murphy, Mike (January 8, 2016). "Interview with Brooke Ammerman of the New York Riveters". Blueshirt Banter. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  12. "ERC Ingolstadt holt Jochen Reimer". hockeyweb.de (in German). May 31, 2017. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  13. Kostudis, Anton (January 29, 2018). "Paar am Puck" (in German). Donau Kurier. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  14. Haase, Nicole (December 23, 2013). "Spotlight on Brittany Ammerman". Bucky's 5th Quarter. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
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