Rem Pitlick

Photo by: Brace Hemmelgarn

Photo by: Brad Rempel

Position:
Forward
Ht./Wt.:
5-11 / 200
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Plymouth, Minn.
High School:
Shattuck-St. Mary's

PRONUNCIATION

CAREER NOTES & HONORS
Recorded 108 points (47 goals, 61 assists) in 112 career games with Minnesota • First Team All-America selection (2019) • First Team All-Big Ten (2019) • Big Ten All-Freshman Team (2017) • skated in 104-straight games to end his career including every game of his sophomore and junior seasons • two-time Academic All-Big Ten • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2018) • AHCA All-America Scholar (2018) • three-year letter winner • signed a two-year, entry-level contract with the Nashville Predators following his junior season, forgoing his final year with the Gophers • became the 121st Gopher Hockey alum to play in the NHL when he debuted with Nashville on March 25, 2019.

2018-19 | JUNIOR SEASON
First Team All-America selection • First Team All-Big Ten • skated in all 38 games for the Gophers as a junior • led the Maroon & Gold in scoring for the second year in a row with 45 points and 21 goals • recorded new career highs for points (45), goals (21) and assists (24) • finished tied for eighth in the nation in goals and tied for 10th in the nation in points • tied for the national lead with 10 power-play goals and three shorthanded goals • recorded points in 31 of 38 games as a junior including a career-long 13-game point streak • his 21 goals were the most in a season by a Gopher since Nick Bjugstad recorded 21 during the 2012-13 season • Academic All-Big Ten • earned Minnesota's John Mariucci Most Valuable Player Award and Mike Crupi Most Determined Player Award • earned third letter.

2017-18 | SOPHOMORE SEASON
Skated in all 38 games for the Gophers during the 2017-18 campaign • led the Maroon & Gold with 31 points (12 goals, 19 assists), 107 shots on goal and 11 power-play points • his 12 goals were tied for the team lead • team was 8-2-1 when he recorded a point • notched eight multi-point games for the Maroon & Gold • set a new career best with points in eight-straight games between Oct. 27 and Nov. 18 with 11 points (five goals, six assists) over the stretch • closed out the streak with goals in three-straight games from Nov. 11 to Nov. 18 to tie his career best streak for goals • factored into eight game-winning goals including scoring the game winner in a 3-1 victory over Clarkson on Oct. 27, 2017 • tied his career single-game high with three assists against Penn State on March 2, 2018 • Academic All-Big Ten and a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar • AHCA All-American Scholar • earned second letter.

2016-17 | FRESHMAN SEASON
Named to the Big Ten All-Freshman Team • skated in 36 games as a rookie for the Gophers • notched 32 points (14 goals, 18 assists) to finish tied for fifth on the team in scoring and first among rookies • made his collegiate debut and scored his first collegiate goal on Oct. 7, 2016 at UAA • notched three assists (a single-game high) in Minnesota's win over Ohio State on Dec. 2, 2016 • notched his first career hat trick and set a single-game career high with four points (three goals, one assist) in Minnesota's win over Penn State on Feb. 17, 2017 • also recorded four points including a hat trick in Minnesota's exhibition game against USA Hockey's National Team Development Program • named Minnesota's Frank Pond Rookie of the Year • earned first letter.

JUNIORS/HIGH SCHOOL
2016 USA Hockey Dave Tyler Junior Player of the Year • 2016 USHL Player of the Year, Forward of the Year and a First Team All-USHL honoree as a member of the Muskegon Lumberjacks in 2015-16 • led the USHL in points (89), goals (46) and assists (43) • his 89 points in 56 games were a Muskegon single-season record while his 46 goals were the third most all-time in the USHL Tier I era • competed in the 2016 USHL/NHL Top Prospects Game in Omaha, Neb. • spent the 2014-15 season with the Waterloo Black Hawks, playing with Gophers Tommy Novak and Tyler Sheehy • recorded 16 points (seven goals, nine assists) in 47 games • totaled 105 points (53 goals, 52 assists) in 103 career USHL games • previously skated at Shattuck-St. Mary’s and helped capture the 2014 Tier I Boys 18 and Under National Championship with Gophers Ryan Norman and Ryan Lindgren.

INTERNATIONAL
Helped the U.S. Junior Select Team win a bronze medal at the 2015 World Junior A Challenge in Whitby, Ontario, tallying four points (two goals, two assists) in five games.

PERSONAL
Native of Plymouth, Minn. • son of Lance and Lisa (Wittwer) Pitlick • father was a defenseman for the Gophers from 1986-90 (captain in 1989-90) and skated in 144 career games with 39 points (10 goals, 29 assists) before an eight-year career in the NHL with Ottawa and Florida • mother was a two-time Big Ten champion gymnast for the Gophers (team MVP in 1988) and went on to compete with USA Gymnastics • cousin, Tyler Pitlick, played at Minnesota State and skates in the Dallas Stars organization • selected in the third round (76th overall) of the 2016 NHL Entry Draft by the Nashville Predators.