Luca Di Pasquo

Photo by: Brace Hemmelgarn

Position:
Goaltender
Ht./Wt.:
6-1 / 195
Class:
Junior
Shoot/Catch:
R
Hometown:
Livonia, Mich.
Previous Team:
Michigan State (NCAA)
Major:
Aerospace Engineering

PRONUNCIATION

2024-25 | SOPHOMORE (Michigan State)
Big Ten Conference First Star of the Week (Dec. 31)
Academic All-Big Ten
• Totaled seven appearances, all starts, in his second season at Michigan State
• Compiled a perfect 7-0-0 record with two shutouts
• Finished the year with a 1.70 goals-against average and a .933 save percentage
• Stopped 18-of-19 shots faced in his season debut at Canisius (Oct. 26)
• Recorded the first shutout of his career behind a 14-save performance against Lindenwood (Dec. 1)
• Added a second shutout in his next outing by stopping all 16 shots faced versus Northern Michigan (Dec. 29) to start the Great Lakes Invitational
• Tallied a 29-save victory over No. 4 and eventual national champion Western Michigan to claim the GLI championship
• Earned Great Lakes Invitational MVP honors after backstopping the Spartans to the title and was named B1G First Star of the Week for his efforts
• Led MSU to a series sweep of Wisconsin by making 30 saves in game one (Jan. 2) before a career-best, 31-save outing in an OT win during the B1G Frozen Confines at Wrigley Field (Jan. 4)
• Picked up a victory in his final appearance of the campaign at Penn State (Jan. 10) with 29 saves

2023-24 | FRESHMAN (Michigan State)
• Appeared in four games in his first season with the Spartans and made three starts
• Closed the year with a 2-1-1 record behind a 2.41 goals-against average and a .910 save percentage
• Made his college hockey debut by playing the final two periods in relief at Air Force (Oct. 12)
• Earned the first start and victory of his NCAA career against Canisius (Oct. 20), finishing with a season-best 30 saves
• Turned aside 48-of-52 shots he faced during a pair of starts the Great Lakes Invitational, picking up a win over Ferris State (Dec. 28) and a tie with Michigan Tech (Dec. 29)

JUNIOR/HIGH SCHOOL
• Guided Penticton to a second-consecutive Fred Page Cup as BCHL champions in 2022-23 and was a First Team BCHL All-Star
• Given the BCHL's Wally Forslund Trophy for the league's best combined goals-against average
• Tallied a 36-3-1 record with four shutouts, a 1.70 goals-against average, and a .922 save percentage in 40 regular season games for the Vees
• Posted an undefeated 16-0-1 postseason record thanks to a 1.99 goals-against average and a .924 save percentage to go with one shutout
• Spent the 2021-22 season in the NAHL for the Maryland Black Bears and one game with the USHL's Green Bay Gamblers, where he played with current Gopher teammates Brody Lamb and John Mittelstadt
• Finished the NAHL campaign with a 16-11-5 record behind a 2.31 goals-against average and a .924 save percentage along with three shutouts
• Played two games for the Shreveport Mudbugs during the 2020-21 season and held a 1-1-0 record

PERSONAL
• Son of Riccardo and Shauna Di Pasquo
• Has an older sister, Julianna