Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Broten ya fito daga ritaya a cikin 1999 don sake bugawa tawagar 'yan wasan Amurka a gasar neman shiga gasar cin kofin duniya ta Ice Hockey ta 1999 (tauraron Amurka da ke nuna' yan wasan NHL da yawa sun gama ban mamaki a cikin kasa hudu a gasar cin kofin duniya ta 1998 da ta gabata) lokacin da babu 'yan wasan NHL masu aiki. Ya zira kwallaye shida a wasanni uku yayin da Amurka ta lashe gasar, kafin ya yi ritaya daga wasan hockey don kyautatawa. Yana zaune ne a River Falls, WI. A shekara ta 2014, dan uwan Broten, Shane Gersich, an rubuta shi
ta kungiyar Washington Capitals.