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Avalanche Sign Coveted Free Agent Ben Meyers
4/13/2022 2:33:00 PM | Men's Hockey
Meyers was a Hobey Baker Award finalist, an All-American, a U.S. Olympian and the Big Ten Player of the Year this season.
MINNEAPOLIS – Gopher Hockey captain, Second Team All-American, Big Ten Player of the Year and U.S. Olympian Ben Meyers has signed a two-year, entry-level contract with the Colorado Avalanche through the 2022-23 season, the organization announced on Wednesday.
A native of Delano, Minn., Meyers closed out a notable year as Minnesota's leading scorer and the second Gophers player in program history to be named a Hobey Baker Award Hat Trick Finalist while leading the Maroon & Gold to a Big Ten regular-season title and an NCAA Frozen Four appearance.
Meyers, who helped Minnesota to its NCAA-best 39th NCAA tournament appearance and 22nd Frozen Four berth this year, led Minnesota with 17 goals and 41 points (both career highs for the junior) in 34 games as the first Gopher to post 40 or more points in a season since All-Americans Rem Pitlick (45) and Tyler Sheehy (41) in 2018-19. In 102 games with Minnesota, Meyers tallied 95 career points (39 goals, 56 assists).
Meyers was named the 2021-22 Big Ten Player of the Year and a unanimous First Team All-Big Ten selection after leading Minnesota to the Big Ten regular-season championship (Minnesota's fifth in the nine-year history of the Big Ten Conference) and an NCAA tournament appearance for the second-straight year. He earned All-Big Ten Honorable Mention accolades as a sophomore while helping Minnesota win the 2021 Big Ten tournament title and was selected to the Big Ten All-Freshman Team in 2019-20.
The Frozen Four wasn't the only big stage Meyers played on this year as the forward made his USA Hockey debut as one of four Gophers on the 2022 U.S. Olympic Men's Ice Hockey Team in Beijing. He proceeded to finish second among U.S. scorers with four points (two goals, two assists) in four games.
A two-time Academic All-Big Ten selection (earning the honor every year he has been eligible), Meyers holds a 3.54 cumulative grade point average while majoring in entrepreneurial management in the Carlson School of Management.
Prior to joining the Gophers, Meyers helped the Fargo Force capture the organization's first USHL Clark Cup in 2018 and captained Delano High School to its first state tournament appearance in 2017.
A native of Delano, Minn., Meyers closed out a notable year as Minnesota's leading scorer and the second Gophers player in program history to be named a Hobey Baker Award Hat Trick Finalist while leading the Maroon & Gold to a Big Ten regular-season title and an NCAA Frozen Four appearance.
Meyers, who helped Minnesota to its NCAA-best 39th NCAA tournament appearance and 22nd Frozen Four berth this year, led Minnesota with 17 goals and 41 points (both career highs for the junior) in 34 games as the first Gopher to post 40 or more points in a season since All-Americans Rem Pitlick (45) and Tyler Sheehy (41) in 2018-19. In 102 games with Minnesota, Meyers tallied 95 career points (39 goals, 56 assists).
Meyers was named the 2021-22 Big Ten Player of the Year and a unanimous First Team All-Big Ten selection after leading Minnesota to the Big Ten regular-season championship (Minnesota's fifth in the nine-year history of the Big Ten Conference) and an NCAA tournament appearance for the second-straight year. He earned All-Big Ten Honorable Mention accolades as a sophomore while helping Minnesota win the 2021 Big Ten tournament title and was selected to the Big Ten All-Freshman Team in 2019-20.
The Frozen Four wasn't the only big stage Meyers played on this year as the forward made his USA Hockey debut as one of four Gophers on the 2022 U.S. Olympic Men's Ice Hockey Team in Beijing. He proceeded to finish second among U.S. scorers with four points (two goals, two assists) in four games.
A two-time Academic All-Big Ten selection (earning the honor every year he has been eligible), Meyers holds a 3.54 cumulative grade point average while majoring in entrepreneurial management in the Carlson School of Management.
Prior to joining the Gophers, Meyers helped the Fargo Force capture the organization's first USHL Clark Cup in 2018 and captained Delano High School to its first state tournament appearance in 2017.
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