2020–21 Omaha Mavericks men's ice hockey season

The 2020–21 Omaha Mavericks men's ice hockey season was the 24th season of play for the program and the 8th in the NCHC conference. The Mavericks represented the University of Nebraska Omaha and were coached by Mike Gabinet, in his 4th season.
==Season==
As a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic the entire college ice hockey season was delayed. Because the NCAA had previously announced that all winter sports athletes would retain whatever eligibility they possessed through at least the following year, none of Colorado College's players would lose a season of play. However, the NCAA also approved a change in its transfer regulations that would allow players to transfer and play immediately rather than having to sit out a season, as the rules previously required.
Due to ongoing COVID-19 concerns, The entire NCHC conference began the season playing in Omaha, Nebraska. Despite playing all of these game in their home building, the Mavericks didn't officially play a home game in December. All games were considered 'neutral site' matches but Omaha was still able to use the familiar surroundings to get off to a good start. It took the Mavs a few games to get used to the compressed schedule but, by the end of the third week of play, the team had shot up into the middle of the top-20 rankings. UNO would hover around that point for the remainder of the regular season and, despite losing 3 out of 4 to North Dakota at the end, Omaha was projected to make the NCAA Tournament under normal circumstances.
When their conference tournament began, Omaha was hoping it could at least improve its standing and get a better matchup in late March. However, the team was outplayed by Denver for most of the contest and lost the quarterfinal 4–5. As a result, Omaha was ranked 14th by the selection committee and placed opposite to Minnesota in the regional semifinals. The Mavericks never really were in the game, surrendering the first three goals before ending the first down 1–3. The Gophers scored an additional trio in the second and then skated to a rather easy 7–2 win over Omaha.
Jacob Zab sat out the season.
==Departures==
Player 	Position 	Nationality	Cause
Colby Enns 	Defenseman	 	Transferred to Northern Michigan
Ryan Jones 	Defenseman	 	Graduation (Signed with Rochester Americans)
Zach Jordan 	Forward 	 	Graduation (Signed with Cleveland Monsters)
Tristan Keck 	Forward 	 	Graduation (Signed with Coventry Blaze)
Teemu Pulkkinen	Forward 	 	Graduation (Signed with Mikkelin Jukurit)
Dean Stewart 	Defenseman	 	Graduation (Signed with Wichita Thunder)
==Recruiting==
Player 	Position 	Nationality	Age	Notes
Kaden Bohlsen 	Forward 	 	19 	Willmar, MN
Brock Bremer 	Forward 	 	21 	Forest Lake, MN
Jimmy Glynn 	Forward 	 	20 	Lemont, IL
Jake Harrison 	Defenseman	 	21 	West Kelowna, BC
Nolan Krenzen 	Defenseman	 	19 	Duluth, MN
Matt Miller 	Forward 	 	21 	Leo, IN
Jack Randl 	Forward 	 	20 	Carpentersville, IL
Jonny Tychonick	Defenseman	 	20 	Calgary, AB; transfer from North Dakota; selected 48th overall in 2018
==Roster==
As of March 1, 2021.
==Standings==
==Schedule and Results==
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==Scoring Statistics==
Name 	Position	Games	Goals	Assists	Points	
 	LW/RW 	26 	9 	14 	23 	4
 	C/LW 	26 	7 	16 	23 	36
 	F 	26 	13 	9 	22 	20
 	F 	25 	9 	10 	19 	39
 	D 	24 	2 	15 	17 	14
 	RW 	26 	8 	5 	13 	2
 	LW 	25 	6 	7 	13 	10
 	LW 	24 	5 	8 	13 	8
 	D 	26 	2 	11 	13 	16
 	RW 	24 	6 	4 	10 	37
 	F 	26 	4 	5 	9 	29
 	D 	26 	3 	6 	9 	12
 	LW 	22 	1 	8 	9 	63
 	D 	23 	3 	5 	8 	16
 	F 	25 	2 	5 	7 	2
 	C 	18 	1 	6 	7 	4
 	D 	25 	4 	2 	6 	6
 	D 	21 	0 	4 	4 	14
 	D 	10 	0 	3 	3 	2
 	G 	24 	0 	2 	2 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	F 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	F 	3 	0 	0 	0 	2
 	G 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	0 	0 	0 	15
 	D 	9 	0 	0 	0 	8
 	C 	24 	0 	0 	0 	21
Bench	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	16
Total	 	 	85 	145 	230 	396
==Goaltending statistics==
Name 	Games	Minutes	Wins	Losses	Ties	Goals Against	Saves	Shut Outs	 	
 	5 	212 	2 	0 	0 	10 	106 	1 	.914	2.83
 	24 	1348 	12 	11 	1 	68 	661 	1 	.907	3.03
Empty Net	- 	12 	- 	- 	- 	3 	- 	- 	- 	-
Total 	26 	1573 	14 	11 	1 	81 	767 	2 	.904	3.09
==Rankings==
Poll 	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week 	Week	Week	Week
Poll 	Pre 	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7 	8 	9 	10 	11 	12 	13 	14 	15 	16 	17 	18 	19 	20 	21 (Final)	 	 	
USCHO.com	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	18 	17 	11 	11 	11 	10 	11 	9 	9 	10 	9 	11 	12 	11 	12 	12 	- 	13 	 	 	
USA Today	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	14 	11 	11 	9 	11 	9 	10 	10 	10 	12 	12 	12 	13 	12 	14 	14 	 	 	
USCHO did not release a poll in week 20.
==References==
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