John Mittelstadt

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Photo by: Bjorn Franke

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Position:
Forward
Ht./Wt.:
5-9 / 185
Class:
Senior
Shoot/Catch:
L
Hometown:
Eden Prairie, Minn.
High School:
Eden Prairie HS
Previous Team:
Green Bay (USHL)

PRONUNCIATION

2025-26 | SENIOR
Academic All-Big Ten
• Was one of eight Gophers to not miss a game, skating in all 36 contests in his final campaign
• Closed the year with four points on one goal and three assists
• Snapped a 43-game drought with his first and only goal of the season at Notre Dame (Feb. 13)
• Posted his first point this year on an assist versus Long Island (Nov. 15)
• Added his lone multi-point effort of the campaign behind a pair of helpers in an upset of No. 5 Penn State (Nov. 21)
• Recorded a season-high plus-2 rating during the win over the fifth-ranked Nittany Lions (Nov. 21)
• Won a season-best seven faceoffs twice, coming in back-to-back outings versus Notre Dame (Nov. 8) and Long Island (Nov. 14)
• Gophers held a 2-0-1 record in games he tallied a point
• Earned fourth letter

2024-25 | JUNIOR
Academic All-Big Ten
• Took to the ice for 35 of Minnesota's 40 games during his third campaign on campus
• Closed the year with a career-best eight points and five assists, while scoring three times
• Tallied five of his eight points during an eight-game stretch between Dec. 14 and Jan. 17
• All three of his goals came on home ice inside 3M Arena at Mariucci as did six of his eight total points
• Secured game-winning goals against Bemidji State (Nov. 14) and Notre Dame (Jan. 17), tying for second on the team with two game winners
• Registered the first multi-point game of his career versus Mercyhurst (Jan. 4) behind a two-assist effort
• Posted a career-long, three-game point streak from Dec. 14 to Jan. 4
• Won 51.2 percent of faceoffs for the year (105-of-205)
• Ended the season with a plus-5 rating aided by a career-high, plus-3 outing against Mercyhurst (Jan. 4)
• Gophers were a perfect 3-0-0 when he scored a goal and had a record of 4-3-0 when he tallied a point
• Earned third letter

2023-24 | SOPHOMORE
Academic All-Big Ten
Dean's List
• Made 34 appearances during his second year with the Gophers
• Recorded two points behind one goal and one assist
• Both his points this season came at home inside 3M Arena at Mariucci
• Tallied his first point of the year with an assist against Wisconsin (Oct. 27)
• Found the back of the net in the first game back from holiday break versus Colorado College (Jan. 7)
• Registered a season-high three shots on goal versus Colorado College (Jan. 7) and at Wisconsin (Feb. 3), totaling 23 for the season
• Earned second letter

2022-23 | FRESHMAN
• Made an appearance in 30 of the team's 40 games during his first collegiate campaign
• Totaled five points behind four goals and one assist
• Scored the first goal of his NCAA career at Ohio State (Oct. 28), with his brother Luke picking up the lone assist on the goal
• Buried his first game-winning goal in the Big Ten Conference Tournament Semifinals versus Michigan State (Mar. 11)
• Excelled late in the year, recording two goals and an assist during six postseason outings, including the opening goal during the NCAA Championship game against Quinnipiac (Apr. 8)
• Closed the year winning 50 percent of faceoffs (81-of-162)
• Key piece of Minnesota's NCAA-leading offense that averaged 4.2 goals per game
• Made his collegiate debut opening night against Lindenwood (Oct. 1)
• Part of the Gophers runner-up finish at the 2023 NCAA Frozen Four and a Big Ten Conference regular season championship
• Earned first letter

JUNIOR/HIGH SCHOOL
• Spent two years in the USHL playing for the Green Bay Gamblers making 107 appearances
• Recorded 27 points (12 goals, 15 assists) in 62 games during the 2021-22 campaign, including four power-play goals
• Put together seven, multi-point performances in his career with the Gamblers recording a goal and an assist each time
• Played three seasons at Eden Prairie High School totaling 100 career points in 75 games
• Helped the Eagles to a Minnesota Class 2A runner-up finish in both 2018-19 and 2019-20
• Had his best prep season in 2019-20 posting 49 points (17 goals, 32 assists) in 25 appearances
• Was a team captain for two years at EPHS and wore the "C" in his final season

PERSONAL
• Son of Tom and Dede Mittelstadt
• Has an older brother, Casey, and a younger brother, Luke
• Older brother, Casey, played for the Gophers in 2017-18 and has tallied more than 500 NHL appearances with the Buffalo Sabres, Colorado Avalanche, and Boston Bruins
• Younger brother, Luke, came to Minnesota as his teammate in the same freshman class and played two years with him at Eden Prairie High School
• Was a teammate of current Gopher Brody Lamb with the Green Bay Gamblers in 2021-22