Overview
- The NHL, the New York Rangers and media colleagues issued tributes, with commissioner Gary Bettman praising Brooks’ clear voice and advocacy for players and reporters.
- Brooks spent 38 years at the New York Post across two stints, punctuated by a decade as the New Jersey Devils’ senior vice president of communications from 1982 to 1992.
- His career honors included the Hockey Hall of Fame’s 2018 Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award and a term as PHWA president from 2001 to 2003.
- He continued filing columns into his final weeks, including recent analysis arguing for increased minutes for Rangers defenseman Braden Schneider.
- Former Rangers coach John Tortorella, once a frequent foil, called Brooks an icon and reached out in the days before his death after the two reconciled.