UMD Athletics

2025-26 (Junior):

• Invited to the Detroit Red Wings Development Camp (July 2026)

2025-26 (Sophomore):

• 2026 U.S. Men's National Team IIHF Men's World Championship roster (May)
• 2026 Hobey Baker Award Winner
• 2025-26 USA Hockey's Jim Johannson College Player of the Year
• 2025-26 USCHO's Player of the Year
• 2025-26 CCM/AHCA Hockey West First Team All-American
• 2025-26 NCHC Player of the Year
• 2025-26 NCHC Forward of the Year
• 2026 All-NCAA Regional Team
• 2025-26 First Team All-USCHO
• 2025-26 AHCA Academic All-American
• 2025-26 CSC Academic All-America® Men's At-Large Team 
• 2025-26 NCHC First Team
• 2025-26 CSC Academic All-District® Men's At-Large Team 
• 2025-26 NCHC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete
• 2025-26 NCHC Honor Roll
• Ranked third in the NCAA with 52 points on 25 goals (tied for first in the NCAA) and 27 assists
• Tied for the most game-winning goals in the NCAA (6), and scored the third most power play goals (8)
• Posted 15 multiple point games, including five games with three or more
• Scored first career hat trick against Colorado College on Nov. 21, 2025 on the road
• Had an impressive +19 plus/minus rating and logged an average 21:50 time on ice
• Along with his brother Zam, part of the first pair of brothers to go 1-2 in leading the NCAA scoring in the first half of the season
• Named to the 2026 U.S. National Junior Team in January
• Voted an alternate captain
• U.S. Roster for the 2025 World Junior Summer Showcase (July 25-August 2, 2025)
• Invited to the Detroit Red Wings Summer Development Camp (July 2025)

2024-25 (Freshman): 

• Won a Gold Medal with the 2025 U.S. National Junior Team in January
• 2024-25 Finalist for NCHC Rookie of the Year
• 2024-25 NCHC All-Rookie Team
• 2024-25 Newcomer NCHC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete
• 2024-25 Newcomer NCHC Academic All-Conference Team
• NCHC Rookie of the Week (January 20, 2025)
• NCHC Rookie of the Week (December 9, 2024)
• Despite playing in just 23 games due to injury and national junior team duty, scored nine goals and dished 19 assists for 28 points as a rookie
• Averaged 1.21 points per game overall, including a 1.05 ppg average in NCHC games that led all rookies in league play
• Had nine games with two or more points and ran up a seven-game scoring streak from Dec. 6, 2024 through Jan. 24, 2025 (6g, 5a for 11 points)
• Ranked second on the Bulldogs in scoring and added three power play goals and one game-winning tally
• Notched a career-high three points against Arizona State on March 15, 2025 (1g, 2a)
• Dished two assists in his first game as a Bulldog against Bemidji State at home on Oct. 5, 2024
• Scored his first collegiate goal on Dec. 6, 2024 against Arizona State

BEFORE UMD: 2024 NHL Entry Draft Pick (Detroit Red Wings, Round 2 #47) ... invited to the Red Wing Summer Development Camp in July of 2024 ... one of three current Bulldogs invited to the 2024 USA Hockey World Junior Summer Showcase ... skated for the U.S. in the 2024 IIHF Under-18 Men's World Championship in Finland, helping his side to a silver medal ... appeared in seven games, scoring two goals and adding nine assists for 11 points for a 1.57 ppg average in the tournament ... played the last two seasons in the NTDP – was honored as one of the top American draft prospects with an invite to the Chipotle All-American Game in Plymouth, Mich. in January of 2024 ... helped lead Hermantown High School to a Minnesota Class A state championship in 2021-22 as a sophomore and was named to the 2022 Boys Hockey State All-Tournament Team for his efforts ... led the Hawks in scoring that season -- his final year of high school hockey before going to the USNTDP -- with 71 points, totaling 18 goals and a team-high 53 assists in 31 games.
 
PERSONAL: Son of Derek and Kristi Plante ... Derek played hockey for the Bulldogs from 1989-93 and was a Hobey Baker finalist in 1992-93 ... Kristi was both a standout basketball player (1991-1995) and softball player for UMD (1993-95) ... has two brothers (Zam, Victor) ... older brother Zam and younger brother Victor are also on the team  ... is a business major at UMD.