Thomas James Brodie is a Canadian professional ice hockey player for the Toronto Maple Leafs. Brodie was a fourth round selection of the Calgary Flames, 114th overall, at the 2008 NHL Entry Draft. His cousin, Ian Badder, was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis as a child and underwent a life-saving double-lung transplant in 2011.
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Thomas James Brodie is a Canadian professional ice hockey player for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League. Brodie was a fourth round selection of the Calgary Flames, 114th overall, at the 2008 NHL Entry Draft. His cousin, Ian Badder, was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis as a child and underwent a life-saving double-lung transplant in 2011. In support, Brodie wore some stylish suits at the Catwalk for a Cure fashion show in July 2014 that raised more than USD 15,000 for Cystic Fibrosis Canada. Internationally, he has represented Canada at the 2013 IIHF World Championship.Brodie grew up in Ontario on the family farm located between Dresden and Chatham. He attended elementary school and high school in Chatham, but played his minor hockey in the Dresden Minor Hockey Association.
In 2002, when he was 11 years old, he was invited to participate in the TorontoMaple Leafs Skills Challenge and participated in the accuracy shooting drill where he shot 4 for 4. He also appeared in 20 games with the Spirit before moving up to the OHL full-time in the 2007–08 season. He appeared in all 68 games for the Spirit that year, scoring 30 points as a 17-year-old. In 2008–09 he was praised by his coaches as being one of the best all-around defencemen. In 2010–11 he joined the Abbotsford Heat, the Flames’ American Hockey League affiliate.
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