left o be done, but for (our parents), I’m sure Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks, while Wade they can take a step back and enjoy it,” Terry said. has played the past four seasons in Rockford after “They know how much we’ve sacrific d, and NHL stints in Nashville, Vancouver, Boston and they’ve sacrific d a whole lot more.” Carolina. The Broadhurst boys are driven by a little The 1999-2000 season, which was the Griffins’ sibling rivalry, but mostly by their desire to fi st of three seasons as the NHL affiliate of the improve their skills in order to be promoted to Ottawa Senators, brought Kevin Miller to Grand the NHL. Rapids. He was joined late in the season by his “We are very competitive, but we’ve grown up older brother, Kelly, who had been serving as a a little bit and are a little more mature,” Alex said. volunteer assistant coach with the Griffins after “If you put any kind of game in the same room playing 1,048 games in the NHL with the New with me and him, then it’s going to be a battle and York Rangers and Washington Capitals. a competition. It’s been good though. Everything Kelly Miller retired after the 1999-2000 season I’ve learned in hockey has been from him.” but he was followed by younger brother Kip, “I’ve been trying to be more of a teammate who played two different seasons (2004-05 and than a brother,” Terry said. “I kind of let him 2006-07) in Grand Rapids after middle brother be. He’s been playing the game long enough to Kevin played one fi al season (2003-04) with the know when he needs to change stuff nd when Griffins. he doesn’t. If I feel I need to say something, then I will, but I let him figu e stuff ut on his own. For me, seeing how much he’s Terry Broadhurst developed has been fun.” The Grand Rapids Griffins have been seeing a lot of Terry and Alex Broadhurst, having already played Rockford eight times in the fi st half of the 2013-14 season. But the Griffins are no strangers to hockey-playing brothers. The Griffins have had three sets of brothers who have played on the same team. Todd Nelson, who is in his fourth year as head coach of the Oklahoma City Barons, was the fi st player ever signed by Grand Rapids in 1996. He was joined on the Griffins’ inaugural-season team by younger brother Jeff. Todd would eventually play three more seasons for the Griffins and Jeff ould play two, but the 1996-97 season was the only one in which they both played on the same team. Sheldon Brookbank played two seasons in Grand Rapids, starting in 2001-02 when he was joined on the Griffins by his older brother, Wade. Sheldon is now a member of the defending Stanley Grand Rapids GRIFFINS • 2013 Calder Cup Champions
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