2021-22 Men's Ice Hockey Roster
Biography
NHL: Selected by the Tampa Bay Lightning in Round 6 (180th Overall) of the 2017 NHL Draft. Signed with the Chicago Blackhawks as a free agent on Aug. 18, 2022.
Honors and Awards: 2022 NCAA National Champion … Team Captain (2021-22) … 2022 NCAA West Regional Most Outstanding Player … 2022 NCAA West Regional All-Tournament Team … All-NCHC Honorable Mention (2021-22) … 4x NCHC Academic All-Conference Team (2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22) ... 2x NCHC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete (2020-21, 2021-22) ... Denver Athletics’ Male Student-Athlete of the Year (2021-22) … Two-time winner of DU's Bill Masterton MVP Award (2020-21, 2021-22) and also won the team’s Dr. Ralph Verploeg Most Inspirational Player Award (2021-22) and Dallas Gaume Award for Offensive Player of the Year (2020-21) ... Earned DU's "Three Stars" Award (2019-20) ... 2x NCHC Forward of the Week (Feb. 24, 2020; Jan. 24, 2022) ... 2x NCHC Rookie of the Week (Oct. 22, 2018; Jan. 14, 2019).
Record Book: Finished his career 53rd all-time in program history with 121 points (55 goals, 66 assists) in 140 games.
2021-22: Captained the Pioneers to their NCAA record-tying ninth national championship and was the only member of the team to finish in the top three in all three scoring categories … Played in all 41 games and tied for second on DU with 45 points and 26 assists and was third with 19 goals—all of which were career highs … Took a team-high 940 faceoffs, leading DU and ranking second in the country in wins (579) … His .616 faceoff-winning percentage was also first on the Pioneers and was the fourth-best in the entire NCAA during the season … Was second on the team in shots (141) and tied for fourth on the squad with three game-winning goals … Tied for fourth on the team in power-play scoring with 14 points (4g/10a) and tied for fifth in power-play goals (4) … Finished the year with 23 blocks, 26 penalty minutes and a +20 plus/minus rating … Led the team with two short-handed goals, scoring on March 5 vs. Colorado College and March 12 at Miami … Played in his 100th career game in the season opener on Oct. 8 vs. Arizona State and recorded three points in the contest (1g/2a) ... Posted a career-high four points on two occasions: Oct. 15 vs. Air Force (1g/3a) and March 12 vs. Miami (2g/2a) in his final home game at Magness Arena … Had a career-long, seven-game point streak from Nov. 12-Dec. 10 (2g/6a) … Picked up his 50th career assist on Nov. 20 vs. Miami … Garnered three assists on Dec. 31 vs. Alaska Fairbanks, tying a season/career high … Recorded his 100th career point on Jan. 20 at Colorado College, becoming the 101st Denver player to reach the century mark … Earned his second career NCHC Forward of the Week award on Jan. 24 after also scoring on Jan. 21 vs. CC … Had two goals and an assist in a 5-4 OT win on Jan. 28 at Miami, including scoring twice in the final 3:03 to tie the game and then contributing the primary assist on Mike Benning’s game-winner in overtime to help the Pioneers erase a two-goal deficit in the third period … Scored his 50th career goal on Feb. 11 vs. Minnesota Duluth to become the 60th Pioneer to accomplish the feat … Won a career-high 29 faceoffs on Feb. 12 vs. Minnesota Duluth … Voted as the Most Outstanding Player and was named to the All-Tournament Team at the 2022 NCAA West Regional, recording a goal and contributing an assist on the game-winner in the Regional Final vs. Minnesota Duluth on March 18 … One of three Pioneers nominated for the 2022 Hobey Baker Award … Named Team Captain prior to the season on Sept. 7.
2020-21: Appeared in 23-of-24 games ... Tallied a team-high 22 points on eight goals and a team-best 14 assists ... Was second on the squad with five power-play goals and two game-winning tallies ... Registered 12 penalty minutes and 12 blocked shots ... Led the team in power-play points (11) and assists (6-tied) … Recorded eight points (3g/5a) in nine contests in the NCHC Pod in Omaha, including multi-point games against Miami on Dec. 10 (0g/2a) and against Western Michigan on Dec. 19 (1g/1a) ... Played a role in all three goals (1g/2a) in Denver's 3-1 win over Omaha on Feb. 5 ... Tallied three assists in Denver's NCHC Quarterfinal win vs. Omaha on March 13 ... Picked up four points in the final series against Colorado College, recording a goal and an assist at CC on Feb. 25 and two markers at Magness Arena on Feb. 27.
2019-20: Appeared in 35-of-36 games ... Tied for the NCAA lead with six game-winning goals … Led the Pioneers with 14 goals and a .552 faceoff percentage, going 298-of-540 at the circle … Had a career-high 28-point season (14g/14a) … Matched a career high with one goal and two assists on Feb. 21, 2020 vs. Miami … Tied for fourth in team scoring with 28 points … Had seven multi-point games … Participated in the Tampa Bay Lightning’s development camp in the summer prior to the season.
2018-19: One of seven Pioneers to appear in all 41 games ... Scored first NCAA goal in first collegiate game on Oct. 12, 2018 vs. Air Force … Recorded first multi-point game on Oct. 19, 2018 vs. Alaska Fairbanks … Tallied two goals and one assist on April 11, 2019 vs. UMass in the 2019 Frozen Four semifinal … Notched seven multi-point games and two multi-goal outings … Earned a +16 plus/minus rating, ranking fourth on the team … Led Denver freshmen and finished third in team goal scoring with 14 goals.
Before Denver: Recorded 66 points (33g/33a) in 75 career games with the Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL) ... Helped the Fighting Saints to the 2017 Clark Cup Final with 54 points (27g/27a) in 53 regular season games and had four points (1g/3a) in six playoff games during the 2016-2017 season ... Served as alternate captain of the Fighting Saints during the 2016-2017 season and team captain for the 2017-18 campaign ... Represented the U.S. at the 2017 World Junior A Challenge ... Product of the Los Angeles Jr. Kings.
Personal: Son of Brent and Julie Guttman ... Has a younger brother, Jeremy ... Favorite movie is Step Brothers ... Favorite TV show is The Office ... Favorite sport other than hockey is basketball ... Favorite artist is Post Malone ... Favorite sports team is the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Statistics
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Historical Player Information
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2018-19Freshman
Forward
5'9"
172 lbs
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2019-20Sophomore
Forward
5'9"
175 lbs
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2020-21Junior
Forward
5'9"
169 lbs
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2021-22Senior
Forward
5'11"
175 lbs