LJ Mooney

Position:
Forward
Ht./Wt.:
5-8 / 165
Class:
Freshman
Shoot/Catch:
R
Hometown:
West Mifflin, Pa.
Previous Team:
US NTDP U18
NHL Rights:
Montreal (2025)

JUNIOR/HIGH SCHOOL
• Spent two seasons playing with the USA Hockey National Team Development Program from 2023-25 and saw the ice in 112 games
• Made 51 appearances with the U18 team in 2024-25, tallying 10 goals and 41 assists for 51 points
• Ranked fifth on the team in scoring and tallied 14 multi-point outings, including a season-high three points on five separate occasions
• Played for Team Blue in the 2025 Chipotle All-American Game
• Split time between the USNTDP U17s (41 games) and U18s (20 games) during the 2023-24 campaign
• Posted 33 points on 17 goals and 16 assists with the U17s before recording 20 points behind seven goals and 13 assists as part of the U18s
• Spent four seasons in the Pittsburgh Penguins Elite AAA program from 2020-23

INTERNATIONAL
• Skated for Team USA at the 2025 IIHF U18 World Championships in Frisco, Texas, and finished with a bronze medal
• Registered 11 points on two goals and nine assists across seven games at the tournament
• Named the Player of the Game after a two-assist performance versus Czechia (Apr. 23) in the tournament's opening contest
• Picked up a bronze medal at the 2025 U18 Five Nations Tournament after winning gold during the 2024 U17 Five Nations Tournament, where he had seven points in four games
• Helped the Americans to a silver medal in the 2024 IIHF U18 Men's World Championship in Finland

PERSONAL
• Son of John and Donna Mooney
• Father, John, spent two seasons of NCAA hockey at Colorado College (1989-91) before a professional career with the ECHL's Johnstown Chiefs (1991-92) and the CHL's Memphis RiverKings (1992-93)
• Has five older sisters, Kaley, Ireland, Shannon, Brin, and Faryn
• Cousin of former Gophers' All-American center Logan Cooley
• Uncle, Tom Mooney, played four years of college hockey at Notre Dame (1984-88) and served as a team captain in 1986-87
• Selected by the Montreal Canadiens in the fourth round of the 2025 NHL Entry Draft as the 113th-overall pick