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With USA Hockey
Capsule: Winningest goaltender in Team USA History at the IIHF World Junior Championships, with 12 all-time victories in a record three appearances ... Five-time medal winner for Team USA at U20 World Juniors (2025-gold; 2024-gold; 2023-bronze) and U18 Worlds (2023-gold; 2022-silver) … One of just five goaltenders (and the only American) to win two gold medals in U20 World Juniors and one of four to win three medals overall (two gold, one bronze) … Is one of eight Americans to win three combined gold medals at U18 and U20, and also has one silver and one bronze …
Full USA Hockey Bio: Earned a second consecutive gold medal at the 2025 IIHF World Juniors, one of 19 goaltenders all-time to make three WJC squads in their career, also an IIHF record for the position ... Became Team USA's winningest goaltender with his 11th and 12th all-time WJC victories, moving past Jack Campbell's 10 (2010-12) ... Compiled a .917 save percentage and 2.52 goals against average in the 2025 event, appearing in five of Team USA's seven contests (including the semifinals and gold medal game) ... Selected for the Team USA roster for the 2024 IIHF Senior Men's World Championship in Prague and Ostravia, Czechia, where he made four appearances (4-0-0), with a 1.75 GAA and .936 save percentage ... Backstopped Team USA to a gold medal in the 2024 IIHF World Junior Tournament (U20), starting four games (including the semifinals and finals) and leading all tournament goaltenders with a 1.75 GAA and .936 save percentage … Helped Team USA to a gold medal at the IIHF U18 Men’s World Championship in May 2023 behind a 2.85 GAA as well as earning a silver medal (playing for then Team-USA coach Adam Nightingale) in May 2022 … Earned a bronze medal at the 2023 U18 World Junior Championship in Nova Scotia in January 2023 with a 1.61 GAA and .934 save percentage … Participated in the 2023 Under-18 Four Nations Tournament in Rauma, Finland … Took first place at the 2022 U18 Five Nations Tournament in Plymouth, Michigan … Took first place at the U17 Four Nations Tournament in Vaasa, Finland and second place at the U17 Four Nations Tournament in Slovakia.
At Michigan State
2024-25 (Sophomore)
Mike Richter Semifinalist for the second consecutive season as the top Goaltender in Division I hockey ... Big Ten Goaltender of the Year finalist ... Preseason First Team All-Big Ten ... Through Jan. 31, owns a 3-1-2 record against teams ranked in the top five in the national poll and 7-3-2 against teams ranked in the top 20 … Stopped 25 shots in each game at LSSU (10/4-5) ... Made a combined 58 saves in the series split against No. 2 Boston College (10/11-12) ... Stopped 15 shots in his first shutout of the season, at Canisius (10/25) ... Made 51 saves on 54 shots faced in the Ohio State sweep (11/8-9), earning Big Ten Second Star of the Week honors ... Stopped 55 shots in a sweep the Notre Dame series (11/15-16) ... Had 29 saves in a 4-0 shutout of Lindenwood (11/29) ... Had 51 saves in the series split at Wisconsin (12/7) ... Turned away 64 of 70 shots in a tie and win at No. 1 Minnesota (12/13-14), including a 40-save performance and one shootout save ... Made his first start after the World Juniors at Penn State with 32 saves and stopped a penalty shot in a 2-2 tie (1/11) ... Stopped 63 of 67 shots (.940) in the No. 10 Michigan weekend set ... Stopped 45 of 51 shots against and had an assist in the Minnesota series, earning a win and a tie against the No. 4/3 Gophers ... Picked up his second assist of the season and made 47 saves in a split at No. 11/11 Ohio State (1/30-31) ...Stopped 42 of 45 shots in the series against No. 10/10 Michigan (2/7-8), and earned an assist in the Duel at the D at LCA ... Stopped 52 of 57 shots in the final home series vs. Penn State (2/21-22) ... Made 51 saves and allowed four goals - two on the PP - in the final series at Notre Dame, helping MSU secure the Big Ten regular-season title (2/28-3/1) ...
2023-24 (Freshman)
Second Team All-Big Ten and All-Freshman Team honoree ... Big Ten Tournament Most Outstanding Player ... In 35 games posted a .918 save percentage (fourth B1G/15th nationally), 2.96 GAA (fifth B1G), and 23-9-2 record ... Ranked first nationally in saves (1113), fifth in victories (23), ninth in winning percentage (.710) and eighth in shutouts (3) ... Made 29 saves in his collegiate debut against LSSU and followed that up with 26 in game two (10/7-8) ... Made 38 saves over four periods at Air Force (10/12-13) ... Stopped 42 shots in the home opener against Canisius (10/19) ... Played both games at No. 1 Boston College, recording 59 saves ... Earned his first career shutout (34 saves) at OSU (11/3) and made a combined 64 saves in the weekend sweep ... Made 71 saves in the Penn State series (11/10-11) ... Stopped 60 of 64 shots against in earning a pair of wins over No. 1 Wisconsin, and earned B1G First Star honors (11/17-18) ... Made a career-best 44 saves in a 3-3 tie at Minnesota (11/24) ... Earned B1G First Star honors after stopping 66 of 69 shots against in the home sweep of Notre Dame (12/8-9) ... Returned to B1G play with a shutout win, and stopped 58 of 61 shots against at PSU (1/12-13) ... Made 43 saves in a come-from behind win at Michigan (1/20), and 71 stops in the series overall ... Stopped 59 shots in a home split with Minnesota (1/26-27) ... Made 57 saves and recorded a shutout in a series split at Notre Dame (2/2-3) ... Stopped 65 of 68 shots against in a sweep of Michigan, (2/9-10) earning B1G Second Star of the Week kudos ... Stopped 55 shots in a home split with OSU (2/23-24) ... B1G Second Star after an 80-save performance at Wisconsin (3/1-2) where MSU clinched a regular-season title behind his career-best 44 saves ... Stopped 37 shots in a B1G Semifinal win over Ohio State (3/16) ... Stopped 33 shots in the B1G title game vs. Michigan, earning Tournament MVP honors ... Earned his first career assist and had 34 saves in the NCAA game v. Western Michigan (3/29) ... Stopped 30 shots in the NCAA regional final against Michigan (3/31).
Prior to MSU
Drafted by the Detroit Red Wings (second round, No. 41 overall) in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft ... Played two seasons in the US National Team Development Program ... For the U18 team, posted a 2.13 GAA and .926 save percentage in 33 games, and owned a 27-1 record and one shutout … Played 23 games for the U17 squad in 2021-22, and owned a 3.23 GAA and .899 save percentage, and played four games for Adam Nightingale’s U18 squad that season, with a 2.25 GAA and .922 save percentage, winning all four games ... Product of the Honeybaked program out of Detroit, and won a U15 National Championship in 2021.