St. Scholastica has employed Sydney Brodt as the following Saints ladies’s hockey head coach.
Brodt, a former NCAA Division I hockey participant for Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs from 2016 to 2020, was solely one among two gamers in program historical past to captain the workforce for 3 seasons.
“It’s a proud day for the Faculty of St. Scholastica as we welcome Coach Sydney Brodt, the brand new dynamic and pushed visionary chief for the Saints Ladies’s Ice Hockey Workforce,” stated St. Scholastica athletic director Jessica Cherry in a press release. “Coach Brodt brings a daring, gritty and passionate power that’s going to gentle up Mars Area. Her teaching expertise, relentless work ethic, genuine management model and fearlessness make her the fitting individual for the workforce and the St. Scholastica neighborhood. From our very first dialog, I knew Coach Brodt was a singular chief, with hearth, focus, toughness and an unwavering dedication to student-athlete excellence. We’re excited to open our doorways and hearts to Coach Brodt as we’re assured she is going to convey a spark to our program that everybody will really feel.”
“I’m extraordinarily honored and excited for the chance to steer CSS ladies’s hockey,” added Brodt. “I need to thank Jessica Cherry and the whole search committee for believing in me to steer this program. I’m desperate to get to work with the student-athletes and construct on this system’s sturdy custom. I look ahead to making Duluth dwelling once more, and I can’t wait to hitch the St. Scholastica neighborhood.”
After school, Brodt performed skilled hockey for 5 seasons, which included successful the inaugural PWHL Walter Cup with the Minnesota Frost in 2024, taking part in within the SDHL for 2 seasons, successful the SM GULD league championship with Frölunda in 2025, and being named SDHL MVP in 2022. Brodt additionally performed for the Minnesota Whitecaps and was the workforce’s captain throughout their remaining season within the PHF in 2022-23.
Moreover, Brodt was part of Workforce USA all through her taking part in profession. In 2016, she was a part of the U18 World Championship workforce and debuted in 2018 with the senior nationwide workforce and received the 4 Nations Cup. She was additionally a member of the 2019 and 2021 Ladies’s World Championship groups. Along with taking part in for Workforce USA, Brodt served as an assistant coach on the 2022 U18 World Championships in Madison, Wis., and helped the workforce earn a silver medal.
All through her skilled taking part in profession, she was an assistant coach for Hamline for 3 seasons. She helped lead Hamline to the MIAC playoffs three seasons in a row and a top-five league end. Previous to teaching at Hamline, she was an assistant coach for Mounds View Excessive Faculty in Minnesota from 2020 to 2021.
