By: Katie Zigelman, News Staff

Freshman forward Brodie Reid is the highest-scoring rookie in the Hockey East with 11 goals, 17 assists and 28 points. His performance earned him Huntington News Player of the Week honors.

Reid was twice named Hockey East Pro Ambitions Rookie of the Week this season, once Jan. 10 and once March 14 after the Boston University series in which he scored three goals and two assists for a total of five points.

Reid played 37 games total, averaging 0.31 goals and 0.47 assists per game. He scored four power play goals and 13 power play assists placing him sixth in the league with an average of 0.47 power play points per game.

“In the beginning, we were losing but then after Christmas we really turned it around,” Reid said. “I guess when there are lots of freshmen playing it takes longer for the team to click.”

Reid said he was excited about playing in the Beanpot, as well as making it to the Hockey East semi-finals.

“You don’t know how many chances you’re going to get to play in the semi-finals. It was a good experience,” Reid said.

Reid has been playing hockey since he was 5 years old, when his dad first got him interested in the sport. Since then he has played for multiple teams including three British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL) junior teams and one US Hockey League (USHL) junior team.

His high school career began at his local public school, Delta Secondary. After two years there, he went to private school at St. George’s, before switching to Earl Marriot Secondary for his senior year when he began playing for the juniors.

During his high school years, Reid won both the provincial and league championships as shortstop on the baseball team. As a senior in high school, he played for the BCHL Surrey Eagles and scored 10 points (4-6-10).

The following year, Reid played for the BCHL Burnaby Express. He netted 52 goals and 35 assists in 60 games for an 87 point season. He led the BCHL in goals and earned a spot on its all-star team. He also earned Burnaby’s top forward distinction.

During his last year playing in the BCHL, Reid played for both the Burnaby Express and the BCHL Penticton Vees, scoring a total of 39 points and earning himself a spot on the BCHL All-Star team for the second year in a row. He was also selected to represent Team Canada West at the World Junior A Hockey Challenge in 2009.

Following a suggestion from Northeastern’s head coach, Greg Cronin, Reid then moved to Nebraska to play for the Lincoln Stars, which is a USHL junior team. Reid was an assistant captain with the Stars and led his team in points (36), goals (16), assists (20) and shots (179) even though he skated in 16 fewer tilts than the second leading scorer.

“I was recruited by a bunch of people but there was nothing like Northeastern,” Reid said. He saw the school when he was still playing in Canada and said that he loved it.

Now that he is playing in college, he said that the players are better and the guys are bigger. Size and speed are the two biggest differences, he said.
Reid has not declared a major. He said he would love to play for the NHL or professional hockey somewhere after graduation.

His grandmother was a member of the Canadian Olympic basketball team, and Reid said he wouldn’t mind following in her footsteps.

“Obviously it would be unbelievable to be able to represent my country,” he said.

In the little spare time that Reid gets between practices and classes, he said he likes to hang out with the other guys on his team and relax.

“We’re all really close,” Reid said.