Former Chicago Blackhawks assistant coach Sheldon Brookbank on Monday sold his longtime four-bedroom, 4,200-square-foot house in the North Center neighborhood for $1.625 million.
A Saskatchewan native, Brookbank, who turns 45 on Oct. 3, was a defenseman for the Blackhawks from 2012 to 2014, a period that included the 2013 Stanley Cup-winning season. After his playing career ended, he became a minor-league coach for the Blackhawks’ Rockford Ice Hogs affiliate, and he then became an assistant coach for the Blackhawks — a role he held from 2019 until 2021.
In North Center, Brookbank and his wife, Lene, paid $1 million in 2012 for the brick house, which was built in 2007 and is on North Bell Avenue. It has 3-1/2 bathrooms, three fireplaces, high ceilings, cherry floors and a kitchen with granite countertops, an island with a breakfast bar, a separate built-in eating area and high-end Thermador appliances. Other features include custom window treatments, a finished lower level with radiant heating and a wet bar, and a second-floor primary bedroom with a primary bathroom that was updated last year.
A fenced sport court sits atop the home’s two-car garage.
The house appears to have been sold in an off-market transaction, and only was placed in the real estate multiple listing service upon its sale. Public records do not yet identify the buyers.
Listing agent Beth Spicer-Brookbank, who is married to Brookbank’s brother, Wade, did not respond to multiple requests for comment.
The house had a $21,438 property tax bill in the 2023 tax year.
Goldsborough is a freelance reporter.
