Brooke Boquist (born July 27, 1996) is a Canadian

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forward, currently playing with the

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of the

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(PHF).

Playing career

Across 139

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games with the

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, Boquist scored 91 points. She led the team in

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during the 2015–16 and 2016–17 seasons, and served as an assistant captain for the team during the latter. She studied management while attending

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Professional

After graduating, she signed her first professional contract with

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of the

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(SDHL), having been recruited as a potential top-line

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after several star players left the club. She would score 20 points in 17 games in her rookie SDHL season before being sidelined with a concussion. She joined

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the next season, her signing being announced in mid-October after the club picked up only two points in their first nine games. She posted 29 points in 24 games with Leksands, finishing first on the team for goals and second in points. She earned the SDHL Goal of the Week Award in the third week of 2020. In May 2020, she announced she was returning to North America alongside Leksands teammate

Emma Woods Emma Woods (born December 18, 1995) is a Canadian ice hockey forward, currently playing in the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF) with the Toronto Six. Playing career Growing up in Burford, Ontario, Woods played with the boys' Burford Coyotes ...

to sign with the NWHL expansion team the Toronto Six. Boquist logged her first-ever goal in NWHL play in a 2–1 triumph against the eventual

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champion

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. Opposing the Pride on January 26, 2021, the Six fought back from a 1–0 deficit with a pair of third period goals by Boquist and

Mikyla Grant-Mentis Mikyla Grant-Mentis (born July 15, 1998) is a Canadian ice hockey forward, currently playing with the Buffalo Beauts of the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF). She is the all-time leading scorer of the Merrimack Warriors women's ice hockey team. ...

. Boquist was named the First Star of the Game, while Elaine Chuli recorded 24 svaes in the win.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Boquist, Brooke 1996 births Canadian women's ice hockey centres Leksands IF players Living people Modo Hockey players Providence Friars women's ice hockey players Ice hockey people from Thunder Bay Toronto Six players