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Meyers Represents Gophers as All-American
4/8/2022 4:14:00 PM | Men's Hockey
Meyers was previously recognized as the Big Ten Player of the Year and a First Team All-Big Ten selection.
BOSTON – Gopher Hockey captain Ben Meyers closed out a historic season that included his USA Hockey debut at the Winter Olympics, a Big Ten championship, Minnesota's second-ever Hobey Baker Award Hat Trick Finalist, and a return to the Frozen Four by earning Second Team All-America honors on Friday night.Â
A native of Delano, Minn., Meyers was previously recognized as the Big Ten Player of the Year and a First Team All-Big Ten selection while he was the first Gopher to be named a Hobey Baker Award Hat Trick Finalist since Jordan Leopold in 2002.Â
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 has tallied 95 points (39 goals, 56 assists).Â
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.
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.
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A native of Delano, Minn., Meyers was previously recognized as the Big Ten Player of the Year and a First Team All-Big Ten selection while he was the first Gopher to be named a Hobey Baker Award Hat Trick Finalist since Jordan Leopold in 2002.Â
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 has tallied 95 points (39 goals, 56 assists).Â
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.
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.
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