Finn Loftus

Position:
Defense
Ht./Wt.:
6-0 / 200
Class:
Junior
Shoot/Catch:
L
Hometown:
Blaine, Minn.
High School:
Blaine HS
Previous Team:
St. Cloud State (NCAA)

PRONUNCIATION

SOPHOMORE | 2025-26 (St. Cloud State)
NCHC Defenseman of the Week (Jan. 5)
• Appeared in all 36 games in his lone season with the Huskies for head coach Brett Larson
• Totaled four goals and 12 assists for a 16-point campaign, ranking second among SCSU defensemen in scoring
• Two of his four goals came while on the power play, scoring at North Dakota (Dec. 6) and at home versus Minnesota Duluth (Jan. 16)
• Picked up his lone game-winning goal of the year versus Yale (Jan. 2) in the opening game of the Cactus Cup in Palm Springs, Calif.
• Posted two assists in the Cactus Cup-clinching win over UMass Lowell (Jan. 3), setting a new career high for assists in a single game
• Had a career-long point streak of three games between Dec. 13 and Jan. 3, totaling five points in that span
• Turned up his offensive production through the middle of the season where he had 11 points over a 13-game stretch from Nov. 21 to Jan. 23
• Closed the year with three multi-point outings
• Blocked a total of 28 shots with a season high of two on seven separate occasions
• Huskies owned a 3-1-0 record when he scored a goal
• Was a plus-6 during the campaign, including a career-best plus-3 at Arizona State (Feb. 6)

FRESHMAN | 2024-25 (UMass)
AHCA Krampade All-American Scholar
• Took to the ice for 31 games during his first NCAA campaign
• Tallied one assist for the year, coming in his college hockey debut at Bentley (Oct. 5)
• Finished with nine shots blocked for the season
• Ended the year with a plus-3 rating thanks to a season-high plus-2 effort in back-to-back games against Alaska (Jan. 25) and Merrimack (Jan. 31)
• Helped the Minutemen reach the NCAA Fargo Regional Finals

JUNIOR/HIGH SCHOOL
• Spent two full seasons in the USHL with the Sioux City Musketeers (2022-24)
• Made 125 appearances for Sioux City, totaling 57 points on 12 goals and 45 assists
• Posted three game-winning goals and scored once on the power play in his USHL tenure
• Served as a Musketeers' alternate captain in 2023-24 and helped the team reach the Western Conference Finals
• His 35-point campaign ranked ninth among all USHL defensemen in 2023-24
• Tallied five multi-point efforts, including a season-high three assists versus Omaha (Dec. 9)
• Had 22 points (five goals, 17 assists) during the 61-game 2022-23 season
• Also made two appearances with the Musketeers in 2021-22 at the conclusion of the high school hockey season
• Played four years of prep hockey at Blaine High School, skating in 90 career games, and was a two-year captain
• Graduated as the Bengals' all-time leading scorer among defensemen with 85 points (18 goals, 67 assists)
• Helped Blaine win a conference championship and a Section 5AA title in 2019 before a third-place finish at the MSHSL Class AA State Tournament
• Was a three-time all-conference selection, twice named the BHS Defensive MVP, and once chosen as the team's Offensive MVP
• Put up a career-best 40 points as a senior in 2021-22 behind 11 goals and 29 helpers

PERSONAL
• Son of Rob and Denise Loftus
• Has an older brother, Wilson, and an older sister, Molly
• Was a member of the National Honor Society while in high school
• Outside of hockey, enjoys going to church, playing pickleball, investing, and cooking