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Scoring Leaders

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Mason McTavish	4	7	6	13
2.	Joakim Kemell	5	3	8	11
3.	Roby Järventie	5	4	5	9
4.	Aatu Räty	5	3	6	9
5.	Emil Andrae	5	4	4	8

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Univ. of Minnesota NCAA

Team Facts

Plays in NCAA Division I
Full name University of Minnesota Golden Gophers
Team colours Maroon + Gold
Town Minneapolis, MN

2021-2022 Roster

	#	Player	A	Born	Birthplace	HT	WT	S
GOALTENDERS
	#33	Brennan Boynton (G)	22	2000	Champlin, MN, USA	6'0"	174	R
	#1	Justen Close (G)	24	1998	Kindersley, SK, CAN	5'10"	174	R
	#45	Jack LaFontaine (G) “C”	24	1998	Mississauga, ON, CAN	6'3"	209	L
DEFENSEMEN
	#4	Benjamin Brinkman (D)	21	2000	Edina, MN, USA	6'0"	216	L
	#5	Matt Denman (D)	24	1998	Prior Lake, MN, USA	6'0"	190	L
	#14	Brock Faber (D)	19	2002	Maple Grove, MN, USA	6'1"	201	R
	#26	Carl Fish (D)	22	1999	St. Paul, MN, USA	6'3"	216	L
	#23	Ryan Johnson (D)	21	2001	Irvine, CA, USA	6'0"	170	L
	#6	Mike Koster (D)	21	2001	Chaska, MN, USA	5'9"	170	L
	#2	Jackson LaCombe (D)	21	2001	Eden Prairie, MN, USA	6'2"	201	L
	#28	Sam Rossini (D)	24	1998	Inver Grove Heights, MN, USA	6'4"	201	L
	#55	Matt Staudacher (D)	22	2000	Grand Blanc, MI, USA	6'1"	194	L
FORWARDS
	#22	Bryce Brodzinski (RW)	22	2000	Blaine, MN, USA	6'0"	216	R
	#10	Tristan Broz (F)	19	2002	Bloomington, MN, USA	6'0"	179	L
	#21	Grant Cruikshank (C)	24	1998	Delafield, WI, USA	5'11"	187	L
	#7	Aaron Huglen (W/C)	21	2001	Roseau, MN, USA	6'0"	168	R
	#89	Matthew Knies (C/LW)	19	2002	Phoenix, AZ, USA	6'3"	205	L
	#29	Chaz Lucius (C)	19	2003	Lawrence, KS, USA	6'0"	172	R
	#27	Blake McLaughlin (LW/C)	22	2000	Grand Rapids, MN, USA	5'11"	161	L
	#39	Ben Meyers (C/LW) “C”	23	1998	Delano, MN, USA	5'11"	194	L
	#24	Jaxon Nelson (C)	22	2000	Magnolia, MN, USA	6'4"	220	R
	#18	Mason Nevers (C)	21	2001	Edina, MN, USA	5'9"	181	R
	#25	Jack Perbix (RW/D)	21	2000	Elk River, MN, USA	6'1"	181	R
	#77	Rhett Pitlick (LW)	21	2001	Plymouth, MN, USA	5'9"	161	L
	#16	Colin Schmidt (C)	22	2000	Wayzata, MN, USA	6'4"	225	R
	#11	Jonny Sorenson (F)	22	1999	St. Louis Park, MN, USA	6'1"	176	L
	#9	Samuel Walker (C) “C”	23	1999	Edina, MN, USA	5'11"	165	R
	#51	Noah Weber (F)	24	1998	Eagle River, WI, USA	6'0"	209	L
Position: G: 2, D: 7, F: 16 \| Av Age: 21.6 years \| Av Ht: 6'0" \| Av Wt: 190 lbs \| Compare with other teams

Team Staff

Head Coach Bob Motzko
Asst. Coach Ben Gordon
Asst. Coach Garrett Raboin
Conditioning Coach Cal Dietz

Team staff history

Demographics

Nationality

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Team Facts

Nationalities 26 players
2 players
Experience Univ. of Minnesota: 1 823 GP
NHL: 7 GP
WC: 10 GP
OG: 12 GP
AHL: 20 GP

Team Captains

“C” Ben Meyers
Jack LaFontaine
Samuel Walker

Team captaincy history

Arena Information

Arena Name Mariucci Arena
Location Minneapolis, MN
Capacity 10 000
Construction Year 1993
Secondary Arena Williams Arena

Games

Date	Home Team	Visiting Team	Score	League
2022-04-07T20:30:00-0400	Univ. of Minnesota	Minnesota State Univ. (Mankato)	1 - 5	NCAA
2022-03-27T16:00:00-0400	Univ. of Minnesota	Western Michigan Univ.	3 - 0	NCAA
2022-03-25T18:00:00-0400	Univ. of Minnesota	Univ. of Massachusetts	4 - 3 (OT68:31)	NCAA
2022-03-19T19:00:00-0500	Univ. of Minnesota	Univ. of Michigan	3 - 4	NCAA
2022-03-12T20:05:00-0600	Univ. of Minnesota	Penn State Univ.	3 - 2	NCAA

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Latest Transactions

DATE	STATUS		PLAYER		TEAM
08/13/2022
08/13/2022	Confirmed	Leaving	Jonny Sorenson (F)	Leaving for	Univ. of Alaska-Fairbanks
08/02/2022
08/02/2022	Confirmed	Joining	John Whipple (D)	Joining from	Shattuck St. Mary's 15U AAA
06/23/2022
06/23/2022	Confirmed	Joining	Zach Wiese (G)	Joining from	Rochester Grizzlies
05/11/2022
05/11/2022	Confirmed	Leaving	Brennan Boynton (G)	Leaving for	American International College
04/27/2022
04/27/2022	Confirmed	Leaving	Chaz Lucius (F)	Leaving for	Winnipeg Jets
04/15/2022
04/15/2022	Confirmed	Leaving	Grant Cruikshank (F)	Leaving for	St. Cloud State Univ.
04/15/2022	Confirmed	Leaving	Ben Brinkman (D)	Leaving for	Univ. of Notre Dame
04/13/2022
04/13/2022	Confirmed	Leaving	Ben Meyers (F)	Leaving for	Colorado Avalanche

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Team History and Standings

Season	League	GP	W	T	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	TP	P/GP	Rank	Postseason
1992-1993	NCAA	42	22	8	12	-	-	167	155	39	0.93	2	Quarterfinal loss
1993-1994	NCAA	42	25	4	13	-	-	151	142	40	0.95	2	Frozen Four
1994-1995	NCAA	44	25	5	14	-	-	169	133	37	0.84	4	Frozen Four
1995-1996	NCAA	42	30	2	10	-	-	204	121	44	1.05	2	Quarterfinal loss
1996-1997	NCAA	42	28	1	13	-	-	179	128	43	1.02	1	Quarterfinal loss
1997-1998	NCAA	39	17	0	22	-	-	140	133	24	0.62	6	-
1998-1999	NCAA	43	15	9	19	-	-	139	157	26	0.60	5	-
1999-2000	NCAA	41	20	2	19	-	-	148	133	28	0.68	6	-
2000-2001	NCAA	42	27	2	13	-	-	171	109	38	0.90	3	First round loss
2001-2002	NCAA	44	32	4	8	-	-	197	119	39	0.89	3	Champion
2002-2003	NCAA	45	28	9	8	-	-	189	122	37	0.82	2	Champion
2003-2004	NCAA	44	27	3	14	-	-	178	127	31	0.70	4	Quarterfinal loss
2004-2005	NCAA	44	28	1	15	-	-	155	109	35	0.80	3	Frozen Four
2005-2006	NCAA	41	27	5	9	-	-	169	106	43	1.05	1	First round loss
2006-2007	NCAA	44	31	3	10	-	-	139	89	39	0.89	1	Quarterfinal loss
2007-2008	NCAA	45	19	9	17	-	-	109	109	25	0.56	7	First round loss
2008-2009	NCAA	37	17	7	13	-	-	119	105	29	0.78	5	-
2009-2010	NCAA	39	18	2	19	-	-	106	110	26	0.67	7	-
2010-2011	NCAA	36	16	6	14	-	-	113	102	31	0.86	5	-
2011-2012	NCAA	43	28	1	14	-	-	155	99	40	0.93	1	Frozen Four
2012-2013	NCAA	40	26	5	9	-	-	139	80	37	0.93	2	First round loss
2013-2014	NCAA	41	28	6	7	-	-	143	86	45	1.10	1	Final loss
2014-2015	NCAA	39	23	3	13	-	-	137	98	39	1.00	1	First round loss
2015-2016	NCAA	37	20	0	17	-	-	121	108	42	1.14	1	-
2016-2017	NCAA	38	23	3	12	-	-	141	104	43	1.13	1	First round loss
2017-2018	NCAA	38	19	2	17	-	-	102	100	33	0.87	5	-
2018-2019	NCAA	38	18	4	16	-	-	118	108	36	0.95	3	-
2019-2020	NCAA	37	16	7	14	-	-	100	98	38	1.03	4	-
2020-2021	NCAA	31	24	0	7	-	-	117	64	48	1.55	2	-
2021-2022	NCAA	39	26	0	13	-	-	138	91	55	1.41	1	Frozen Four

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Tournament Statistics

Season	Tournament	GP	W	T	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	TP	P/GP	Rank	Postseason
1981-1982	Spengler Cup	4	0	0	4	-	-	14	27	0	0.00	5	No playoffs held

Retired Numbers

#8 John Mayasich (F)

Stars and Cult Players

Where are they now?

#	Player	Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
1.	Ben Meyers (F)	2022-2023	Colorado Avalanche	NHL	-	-	-	-	-
2.	Vinni Lettieri (F)	2022-2023	Providence Bruins	AHL	-	-	-	-	-
3.	Jake Bischoff (D)	2022-2023	Henderson Silver Knights	AHL	-	-	-	-	-
4.	Rem Pitlick (F)	2022-2023	Montréal Canadiens	NHL	-	-	-	-	-
5.	Ryan Lindgren (D)	2022-2023	New York Rangers	NHL	-	-	-	-	-
6.	Tommy Novak (F)	2022-2023	Nashville Predators	NHL	-	-	-	-	-
7.	Ryan Zuhlsdorf (D)	2022-2023	Rapid City Rush	ECHL	-	-	-	-	-
8.	Scott Reedy (F)	2022-2023	San Jose Sharks	NHL	-	-	-	-	-
9.	Nathan Burke (F)	2022-2023	Bowling Green State Univ.	NCAA	-	-	-	-	-
10.	Grant Cruikshank (F)	2022-2023	St. Cloud State Univ.	NCAA	-	-	-	-	-

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Franchise All-Time Points

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	John Mayasich (F)	111	144	154	298
2.	Pat Micheletti (F)	162	120	149	269
3.	Corey Millen (F)	149	119	122	241
4.	Bryan Erickson (F)	144	109	129	238
5.	Larry Olimb (D)	182	59	159	218

Franchise All-Time Goals

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	John Mayasich (F)	111	144	154	298
2.	Pat Micheletti (F)	162	120	149	269
3.	Corey Millen (F)	149	119	122	241
4.	Tim Harrer (F)	157	117	84	201
5.	Bryan Erickson (F)	144	109	129	238

Franchise All-Time Assists

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Larry Olimb (D)	182	59	159	218
2.	John Mayasich (F)	111	144	154	298
3.	Pat Micheletti (F)	162	120	149	269
4.	Bryan Erickson (F)	144	109	129	238
5.	Johnny Pohl (F)	165	71	129	200

Franchise All-Time PIM

#	Player	GP	G	TP	PIM
1.	Matt DeMarchi (D)	158	16	48	473
2.	Chris McAlpine (D)	154	36	81	443
3.	Pat Micheletti (F)	162	120	269	403
4.	Ben Hankinson (F)	156	49	100	400
5.	Casey Hankinson (F)	149	50	106	347

Franchise All-Time Games played

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Larry Olimb (D)	182	59	159	218
2.	Grant Bischoff (F)	180	80	81	161
3.	Ken Gernander (F)	176	78	62	140
4.	Jason Miller (F)	173	53	101	154
5.	Travis Richards (D)	173	35	98	133

Franchise All-Time Points per Game

#	Player	GP	G	TP	PPG
1.	John Mayasich (F)	111	144	298	2.68
2.	Dick Dougherty (F)	81	109	187	2.31
3.	Gordie Watters (F)	22	27	46	2.09
4.	Aaron Broten (F)	86	72	178	2.07
5.	Kurt Madryga (F)	1	1	2	2.00

Franchise All-Time Points per Season

#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Aaron Broten (F)	1980-1981	NCAA	45	47	59	106	2.36	24
2.	Pat Micheletti (F)	1984-1985	NCAA	44	48	48	96	2.18	154
3.	Steve Ulseth (F)	1980-1981	NCAA	45	41	52	93	2.07	18
4.	Scott Bjugstad (F)	1982-1983	NCAA	44	43	48	91	2.07	30
5.	Bryan Erickson (F)	1980-1981	NCAA	44	39	47	86	1.96	30

Franchise All-Time Goals per Season

#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Tim Harrer (F)	1979-1980	NCAA	41	53	29	82	2.00	50
2.	Pat Micheletti (F)	1984-1985	NCAA	44	48	48	96	2.18	154
3.	Aaron Broten (F)	1980-1981	NCAA	45	47	59	106	2.36	24
4.	Scott Bjugstad (F)	1982-1983	NCAA	44	43	48	91	2.07	30
5.	John Mayasich (F)	1952-1953	NCAA	27	42	36	78	2.89	16

Franchise All-Time Assists per Season

#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Aaron Broten (F)	1980-1981	NCAA	45	47	59	106	2.36	24
2.	Larry Olimb (D)	1991-1992	NCAA	44	24	56	80	1.82	72
3.	Neal Broten (F)	1980-1981	NCAA	36	17	54	71	1.97	56
4.	Steve Ulseth (F)	1980-1981	NCAA	45	41	52	93	2.07	18
5.	Johnny Pohl (F)	2001-2002	NCAA	44	27	52	79	1.80	26

Franchise All-Time PIM per Season

#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Pat Micheletti (F)	1984-1985	NCAA	44	48	48	96	2.18	154
2.	Matt DeMarchi (D)	2000-2001	NCAA	39	4	9	13	0.33	149
3.	Ben Hankinson (F)	1990-1991	NCAA	43	19	21	40	0.93	133
4.	Matt DeMarchi (D)	2002-2003	NCAA	44	8	9	17	0.39	130
5.	Chris McAlpine (D)	1991-1992	NCAA	39	3	9	12	0.31	126

Average Height, Weight, Age per Season

Season	Roster	Avg Height	Avg Weight	Avg Age
2022-2023	View roster	6'0"	188 lbs	19.76
2021-2022	View roster	6'0"	190 lbs	21.60
2020-2021	View roster	6'1"	194 lbs	21.21
2019-2020	View roster	6'1"	192 lbs	21.04
2018-2019	View roster	6'1"	191 lbs	21.21

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