Oliver Moore

Photo by: Brad Rempel

Photo by: Bjorn Franke

Photo by: Matt Krohn

Photo by: Brad Rempel

Photo by: Matt Krohn

Photo by: Brad Rempel

Position:
Forward
Ht./Wt.:
6-0 / 185
Class:
Sophomore
Shoot/Catch:
R
Hometown:
Mounds View, Minn.
High School:
Totino-Grace HS
Previous Team:
US NTDP U18
NHL Rights:
Chicago (2023)

PRONUNCIATION

• Signed three-year, entry-level NHL contract with the Chicago Blackhawks on March 29, 2025
• Made NHL debut March 30, 2025

2024-25 | SOPHOMORE
Minnesota's Mike Crupi Most Determined Player Award
Big Ten Conference First Star of the Week (Mar. 4)
Academic All-Big Ten
• Played in 38 of the team's 40 games in his second season, missing twice while with Team USA at the IIHF World Junior Championships
• Ranked fourth in scoring offense for the Gophers with 33 points, matching his freshman total, with 12 goals and 21 assists
• Reached double-digit goals for the first time in his career thanks to seven goals in his final 14 appearances
• Excelled during league play with 21 points in 24 Big Ten Conference outings, which ranked 10th among all B1G skaters
• Tallied his lone game-winning goal for the year in the first road test at Minnesota Duluth (Oct. 18)
• Put together seven multi-point efforts and the Gophers won all seven of those games
• Matched a career high with three points on three different occasions
• Found the back of the net in three-consecutive contests between Feb. 15-22 to tie a career-long, goal-scoring streak
• Had a season-long, five-game point streak from Feb. 15 to Mar. 1, totaling seven points in that stretch
• Earned B1G First Star of the Week honors (Mar. 4) following a four-point weekend at Penn State to close the regular season with a three-point effort that helped clinch the B1G championship
• Finished the year with six power-play points behind two goals and four assists
• Scored power-play goals at home versus Ohio State (Feb. 21) and Notre Dame (Mar. 8)
• His 355 faceoff victories were the most of any Gopher and ended the year winning 52.7 percent of draws (355-of-674), including a season-high 21 at the 2025 NCAA Fargo Regional where he won 21-of-29 faceoffs
• Closed the campaign with a plus-13 rating and tied his career best of a plus-3 rating three times
• Gophers owned a record of 15-6-2 in games when he picked up a point and were 10-1-1 when he scored a goal
• Earned second letter

2023-24 | FRESHMAN
Big Ten Conference All-Freshman Team
Big Ten Conference Second Star of the Week (Jan. 30)
Minnesota's Mike Crupi Most Determined Player Award
• Was one of nine Gophers to appear in all 39 games in his first season of college hockey
• Closed the year ranking fourth on the team with 33 points on nine goals and 24 assists, tying for 17th in rookie scoring in the NCAA and fourth in the Big Ten Conference
• Named the B1G Second Star of the Week after logging three goals and an assist for four points at No. 8/7 Michigan State (Jan. 26-27)
• Put up a team-best 21 points (seven goals, 14 assists) in 21 games when the calendar flipped to 2024
• Recorded nine outings with multiple points, tied for the second most on the team
• Tallied a season-high three points in his Minnesota debut against St. Thomas (Oct. 13) with three assists
• Also registered three points in two other outings versus Ohio State (Jan. 19) and at Michigan State (Jan. 27)
• Scored two goals in a single game twice, coming against Michigan State (Jan. 27) and Michigan (Mar. 1)
• Registered a season-long, eight-game point streak from Jan. 8 to Feb. 2, the longest scoring streak for the Gophers this year, totaling 15 points in that stretch
• Posted 10 of his 33 points on the man advantage, including his only two power-play goals against Michigan (Mar. 1)
• Finished the year with 20 points in 24 games of Big Ten Conference play, ranking second among all B1G freshmen
• Ranked third for the Gophers with a plus-16 rating and was a season-high plus-3 versus Ohio State (Jan. 19)
• Finished second on the team winning 251 faceoffs, reaching double-digit wins six times, including a season-best 13 against Colorado College (Jan. 8)
• Gophers tallied a 17-2-2 record when he registered a point and were 6-1-0 when he scored a goal as 31 of his 33 total points came in Minnesota wins or ties
• Earned first letter

JUNIOR/HIGH SCHOOL
• Played two years with the USA Hockey National Team Development Program
• Spent the 2022-23 season with the USNTDP U18's making 60 appearances
• Registered 74 points on 31 goals and 43 assists, including nine power-play goals and two shorthanded goals, to rank fourth on the team for total points
• Scored a goal for Team USA in an exhibition game against the Gophers at 3M Arena at Mariucci (Dec. 29, 2022)
• Played in the 2023 BioSteel All-American Game and scored the game's opening goal
• Ranked second on the team with 39 points behind 24 goals and 15 assists in 43 games during his first year with the NTDP U17 team
• Scored a team-best six goals on the power play in 2021-22
• Spent two seasons at Totino-Grace High School
• Appeared in 17 games, tallying 17 goals and 21 assists for 38 points, for the Eagles during the 2020-21 season
• Made 25 games appearances as a freshman at TGHS in 2019-20, recording seven goals and 28 assists for 35 points

INTERNATIONAL
• First Gopher to ever win back-to-back IIHF World Junior Championship gold medals
• Served as an alternate captain for Team USA at the event in 2025, posting five points with a goal and four assists
• Tallied a point in four of five games leading up to the finals
• Three of his five total points came during the medal round aided by a two-assist game versus Switzerland (Jan. 2) in the quarterfinals
• Registered three points on a goal and two assists in seven outings to help Team USA win a gold medal at the 2024 IIHF World Junior Championship
• Picked up his first WJC point with an assist versus Slovakia (Dec. 31) before having a multi-point effort in the final game of the preliminary round against Latvia (Jan. 2) where he recorded a goal and an assist
• Also had a goal and an assist in two pre-tournament contests
• Served as an alternate captain for Team USA at the 2023 IIHF U18 Men's World Championship in Switzerland and helped win a gold medal by going undefeated for the tournament, the team's first gold since 2017
• Recorded at least one point in every game of the 2023 World Championship, totaling four goals and five assists for nine points

PERSONAL
• Son of Brian and Shawna Moore
• Has an older brother, Howie, and a younger sister, Lila
• Played two years of prep hockey with Howie at Totino-Grace
• First round selection (No. 19 overall) in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft by the Chicago Blackhawks
• Ranked as the No. 8 overall North American skater in the 2023 Central Scouting final rankings