Brooke Reimer (née Ammerman; born July 13, 1990) is an American retired

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. 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.

Playing career

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

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. Reimer played four seasons with the Wisconsin Badgers, 2008–2012, and scored 214 points in 152 games in that period. She won two

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championships with the Badgers and was twice named to the NCAA Frozen Four All-Tournament Team. She is the fourth-highest scorer in the programme's history, and was named 2010 WCHA Preseason Player of the Year. After graduating, she signed with the German team

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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

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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 Liudmila Viktorovna "Luda" Belyakova (russian: Людми́ла Ви́кторовна Беляко́ва, Lyudmíla Víktorovna Belyakóva, also transliterated Lyudmila Belyakova; born 12 August 1994) is a Russian ice hockey forward and member ...

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

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, where she tallied 10 points in 5 games. She was one of 41 players invited to tryout for the Team USA squad for the

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, but was cut from the roster on August 24, 2009.

Personal life

She is married to German ice hockey

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Jochen Reimer Jochen Reimer (born September 6, 1985) is a German former professional ice hockey goaltender who played in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). He previously played with the Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers after a second tenure with EHC München from Grizzly ...

. 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

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ammerman, Brooke 1990 births Living people Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey players Metropolitan Riveters players Ice hockey players from New Jersey American women's ice hockey forwards Pascack Valley High School alumni People from River Vale, New Jersey Sportspeople from Teaneck, New Jersey American expatriate ice hockey players in Germany