Max Johnson

Bemidji State

Nov 1 (Sat)

6:07 p.m.

Photo by: Isaiah Vazquez/BGSU Athletics

Photo by: BGSU Marketing and Communications

Photo by: BGSU Marketing and Communications

Career Highlights:

2020-21, 2019-20, 2018-19 WCHA All-Academic
Became 74th player in program history to reach 100 career points
2018-19 National Player of the Month for October by the Hockey Commissioners Association
Two-Time WCHA Forward of the Month (Oct. 2018, March 2019)
Four-Time WCHA Forward of the Week (Oct. 29, 2018; March 11, 2019; March 18, 2019; Dec. 14, 2020)
2017-18 WCHA All-Rookie Team
WCHA Rookie of the Week (Nov. 13, 2017)

2020-21:

Played in 27 games for the Falcons this season
Reached 100 career points with two goals against Adrian (11/13/2020)
Tallied 24 points on the season with 10 goals and 14 assists
Logged four goals in the first two games of the season
Tied for the team-high in game-winning goals with four, tied for sixth in the nation
Was able to net two power play goals on the season
Had six multiple-point games over the course of the season
Had a season-high two assists in the WCHA Semifinal win over Northern Michigan (3/13/2021)

2019-20:

Played in 34 of the Falcons’ 38 games
Concluded the season sixth on the team for points with 25, consisting of six goals and 19 points
Scored two power play goals
Second on the team with three game-winning goals
Registered six multiple-point performances on the season
Had four two-assist games
Had a season-high three points in the season finale against Alaska (March 7)
Totaled six points over four games against Ferris State and Alabama Huntsville to close the regular season.

2018-19:

Led the Falcons in points scoring 43 total on 19 goals and 24 assists
Paced the Falcons in goals scored with 19
Was tied for the team lead in power play goals (10)
Tallied 11 multi-point games on the year
Held two scoring streaks of five straight games and a four game streak during the season
Logged the second most game-winning- goals on the roster (4)
Second on the team in assists (24)
Registered a hat trick in an 8-2 victory at Ohio State (Oct. 26)
Recorded a career high 14 points in Bowling Green’s eight games during the month of March

2017-18:

Appeared in all 41 games for the Falcons on the season
Tallied 30 points by 13 goals and 17 assists
10 of his 13 goals came on the power play, which ranked sixth overall in the nation of Division I players, and the most of any freshman in the country
Marked seven multi-point games, including a career-high of three points on two occasions
Went on a career-long point streak of four games twice
Averaged 0.73 points per game on the season
Earned the game-winning goal in the 6-4 victory over Michigan in the Great Lakes Invitational Semifinals (Jan. 1) at Little Caesar’s Arena
Registered 79 shots on goal, including a career-high of eight in the 2-1 win over Ferris State in the WCHA First Round Playoffs

Prior to BGSU:

A two-year hockey letterwinner at Lakeville North High School
Played three years of varsity hockey at Lakeville North under head coach Trent Eigner
Posted a 31-0-0 record to win the state championship in 2015
Served as team captain for the 2015-16 season
Totaled 138 points with 62 goals and 76 assists throughout three seasons on the varsity team
A multi-sport athlete, Johnson also lettered in lacrosse where he was named Second Team All-State
Played junior hockey with the Sioux Falls Stampede of the USHL
Tallied 12 goals and eight assists for 20 points with the Stampede

Personal:

Full name is Maxwell Robert Johnson
Son of Scott and Jill Johnson
Has two sisters, Elle and Lauren
Both his father Scott Johnson and uncle Dustin Rusch played football at the University of Wisconsin, Madison
Born on May 12, 1998 in Lakeville, Minnesota
Majoring in Business