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February 5, 2021
Right after the Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the Green Bay Packers to earn a trip to the Super Bowl Winny Brodt Brown's cellphone began to buzz.
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"It's actually funny because there were a few texts that came in right after he had won and they were like, you're the Tom Brady of women's hockey!" says Brodt Brown. "For me, it's an honor to be in the same sentence as Tom Brady, but I just laughed."
The comparison, while obviously good natured, really wasn'tthat much of a stretch.
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Tom Brady is, at 43, about to become the oldest man to ever play in a Super Bowl. Just weeks shy of turning 43 herself (Yes, she's OK with me sharing her age!), Winny Brodt Brown, who plays defense for the Minnesota Whitecaps of the National Women's Hockey League, was eyeing another league championship herself, until the NWHL shut down their bubblein Lake Placid, New York, and their condensed season, due to Coronavirus concerns.