 The Calgary Flames are helping him sell skate guards to raise money for Cystic Fibrosis Canada.Brodie is married to Amber DeBakker, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in October 2015 

Brodie attended elementary school and high school in Chatham, but played his minor hockey in the Dresden Minor Hockey Association.Brodie was selected by the Saginaw Spirit in the third round of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) priority selection in 2006, but opted out of the Cyclones program and spent the majority of the 2006–07 season with the Junior B Leamington Flyers, where he was voted the defensive rookie of the year and named to the rookie and first all-star teams in the Western Ontario Hockey League.