Hockey Legend Neal Broten gets 3rd DUI

Neal Broten is a retired American professional ice hockey player. Broten is perhaps best known for being on the 1980 United States Olympic Hockey team that won the 1980 Lake Placid gold medal. This amazing game is called the Miracle on Ice.

Broten was placed in the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 2000; he played in almost 1,100 regular season games from 1981 to 1997. He played for the Minnesota North Stars, the Dallas Stars, the New Jersey Devils and the Los Angeles Kings.

Broten has won everywhere he has played. His University of Minnesota team won the 1979 NCAA championship. His Team USA won the 1980 Olympic gold. His New Jersey Devils won the Stanley Cup in 1995. Broten is the only player in history to have won the Hobey Baker, the Olympic Gold medal and the Stanley Cup.

In April of 2018, Broten was arrested for driving under the influence in Pierce County, Wisconsin. Broten was stopped for a rolling stop at a traffic control sign. The Deputy smelled alcohol coming from Broten and launched into a DUI Investigation. Broten, like most people older than 25 failed the Deputy’s roadside gymnastics and was arrested for DUI. Most people do not realize that they have almost no chance of passing these tests sober. Because he provided probable cause to be arrested, Broten was subjected to a blood draw to determine the blood alcohol content of his blood.