Meet

Bronwyn Brennan

Who is Bronwyn Brennan?

Bronwyn Brennan is a Toronto-based hockey instructor and founder/director of hockey and power-skating school, Bronwyn Brennan Hockey Development (BBHD.ca). She has worked with over 60 hockey teams across the GTA on both the girls and boys side and currently coaches at the U18 level at the North York Storm girls hockey league, as well as in the U13 division with the Scarborough Sharks, and U15 with North York.

She played at the no.1 Canadian ranked women’s hockey program, the University of Toronto, from 2019-2023, after a season with the Junior Leaside Wildcats in 2018. Prior to that, she played with Scarborough for most of her young adult years.

She works extensively in community outreach for young women in hockey and is often found in one of the many GTA rinks. Most recently, she instructed the Etobicoke Dolphin’s Houseleague Preliminary Skills program for ages 6-18 at the Ford Performance Centre. She is highly involved in the skills development realm and founded rinkWISE upon noticing a gap in mentorship for women’s hockey and the ultimate goal of playing in university.

She has a degree in English Literature and recently published a novel, The Boy From Dublin.

Why rinkWISE?

Bronwyn’s college recruitment process began back in 2015 when she was fourteen years old. She was playing U15 AA with the Scarborough Sharks and had been touring a number of NCAA Division I programs to get a feel for what she wanted to pursue both academically and athletically.

But there wasn’t much out there in the way of support. Her parents were newer to the women’s hockey world and didn’t know how to best approach the matter of recruiting. Lucky for her, she had a few great coaches who were able to step up and lead her in the right direction, but she still remembers how daunting the whole process felt.

That’s why she created rinkWISE.

Now two years into the running of her business, BBHD, Bronwyn has met with a number of young girls who are eager to continue their hockey careers into the university realm. And many of them are met with the same concerns and questions.

Bronwyn has heard it all, has felt it all, and knows where you’re coming from.

RinkWISE is more than just a recruitment platform—it’s a one on one mentor-based approach that is there for you.

Every question. Every worry. Every wonder.

RinkWISE will answer for you.