Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - I puta mai a Broten i te reti i te tau 1999 ki te purei ano mo te tiima a-motu o Amerika i te whakataetae tohu 1999 Ice Hockey World Championship (ko te tiima a US e whakaatu ana i etahi kaitakaro NHL i mutu i roto i te wha o raro i te whakataetae 1998 o te ao o mua) i te wa kaore he kaitakaro NHL e waatea ana. E ono ngā piro i roto i ngā kēmu e toru i a ia e wikitōria ana a U.S. i te whakataetae, i mua i tana wehenga atu i te hākinakina mō ake tonu atu. E noho ana ia ki River Falls, WI. I te tau 2014, ko te taina o Broten, ko Shane Gersich, i tohua
e te kapa Washington Capitals.