2015-16 Ice Hockey Roster
Oct 4 (Sat)
6:07 p.m.
Matt Pohlkamp
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 199
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Baxter, Minn.
- High School:
- Brainerd Senior High
- Prev School:
- Bismarck Bobcats (NAHL)
2016-17 (Senior): Appeared in 40 of the Falcons 41 games this season … earned third WCHA All-Academic honor … awarded as WCHA Championship Third Star of the Game after scoring the game-tying goal to force overtime play … named WCHA Offensive Player of the Week after a six-point series in the first round sweep of Ferris State in the WCHA Playoffs … through the five games of the WCHA Playoffs, tallied five goals and five assists for 10 points … on the season, had 13 goals and 10 assists for 23 points … went on a season-best five-game point streak through the WCHA Playoffs … led the team with seven multi-point games of the season, posting a game-high of four points against Ferris State (March 3) in a 6-1 win with two goal and a pair of assists … led the Falcons with five power play goals on the season … tallied 112 shots on goal for the year and 23 blocked shots … topped the Bowling Green squad with three game-winning goals, including in back-to-back games at Miami (Oct. 29), at home against Ferris State (Nov. 4) and at Bemidji State (March 11) in the WCHA Semifinals … finished the season with a plus-8 rating on the ice, including a game-high of plus-3 against Ferris State (March 3) … served eight penalties for 16 minutes on the season.
2015-16 (Junior): WCHA Scholar-Athlete and WCHA All-Academic … Played in all 42 games and was third on the team with 24 points (eight goals, 16 assists) … 16 assists were tied for third on the team … Had a +7 on-ice rating and 29 blocked shots … Scored two power play goals and a short-handed goal … Had two goals and an assist during the opening weekend, a home-and-home sweep of Ohio State … Accounted for all four goals in a 4-3 win over Alabama Huntsville Nov. 21, posting two goals and two assists … Scored short-handed in a 6-2 win over Alaska Anchorage Jan. 22 … Posted an empty-net goal in a 3-1 win over Bemidji State in game three of the WCHA Tournament First Round that iced the series victory.
2014-15 (Sophomore): WCHA All-Academic Team … Played in all 39 games and tied for a team-high with 17 assists … Added eight goals for 25 points, tied for second-most on the team … Had a team-best +20 on-ice rating … Scored two of the team’s three short-handed goals on the season … Added one game-winning goal and had 24 blocks … Had a season-best three points by recording three assists in a 5-5 tie against Northern Michigan … Had a goal and an assist in a 5-0 win at Alabama Huntsville … First short-handed goal came late in the first period of a 3-2 win over Bemidji State that gave the Falcons a 2-0 lead … Also scored short-handed to give the Falcons a 1-0 lead in an eventual 2-2 tie with Robert Morris in the first outdoor game in program history at Fifth Third Field in Toledo … Broke a 2-2 tie at Alaska with the game-winning tally with less than eight minutes remaining … Had a season-high four blocks in a 4-1 win at Ferris State … Named the team’s Bill and Helen Lloyd Most Improved Player award.
2013-14 (Freshman): One of five players to have played in all 39 games ... Ranked tied for first among Falcon rookies with 16 points … Ranked tied for first among Falcon rookies with nine goals … Added seven assists in his rookie campaign … Honored as Co-Rookie of the Year … Ranked first among rookies with 70 shots on goal and finished with a .129 shot percentage … Ranked fifth on the team with a plus-7 on-ice rating … Committed five penalties on the year, earning 10 PIM … Ranked second among Falcon rookies with 24 blocked shots … Recorded his first collegiate point with a goal against No. 16 Union on the road (10/12/13) … Recorded his first collegiate assist with a helper at home in the Falcons’ 6-1 win over Alaska-Anchorage (11/1/13) … Tallied a goal on the road against No. 14 Ferris State (11/16/13) … Registered a goal on the road against Lake Superior (11/29/13) … Registered a goal and a plus-1 on-ice rating on the road against Michigan Tech in a 3-2 win over the Huskies (12/13/13) … Recorded a goal and a plus-2 on-ice rating on the road against Alabama-Huntsville (1/3/14) … Tallied a career-high two goals at home against Michigan Tech (2/1/14) … Recorded an assist against Bemidji State to help clinch a playoff spot in a 5-3 victory (3/7/14) … Netted a goal against Michigan Tech in the Falcons’ playoff-series clinching 5-2 victory to advance to the WCHA Final Five (3/15/14).
Prior to BGSU: Played for the Bismarck Bobcats (NAHL) in 2012-13, scoring eight goals and added six assists (14 points) in 18 total games. Attended Brainerd Senior High … Lettered four years for the Warriors … Played under Jim Archibald during his time at Brainerd Senior High … Also lettered in football and golf … Elected captain of the hockey and football teams … Was on the National Honor Society.
Personal: Full name – Matt Paul Pohlkamp … Son of Joe and Mary Pohlkamp … Father (Joe) played football for St. Cloud State … Has two brother and three sisters named Chris, Eric, Sarah, Abby and Molly … Favorite athlete is Tiger Woods … Majoring in business administration and maintains a 3.488 grade point average through spring of 2015.
