2020–21 Michigan Tech Huskies men's ice hockey season

The 2020-21 Michigan Tech Huskies men's ice hockey season was the 100th season of play for the program and the 59th in the WCHA conference. The Huskies represented Michigan Technological University and were coached by Joe Shawhan, 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 Michigan Tech'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.
Michigan Tech got off to a bumpy start but quickly recovered and pulled themselves into the top-20 by late January. As sophomore netminder Blake Pietila was establishing himself as the team's starter, the Huskies were able to play a majority of their games without interruptions from COVID-19. Tech lost its ranking after getting swept at the end of the month but then reeled off seven consecutive wins. The only downside was that their opponents in six of those games were some of the worse teams in college hockey in 2021, so MTU could only get up to 18th in the rankings. When they did play good teams, the Huskies were able to compete on defense but the scoring was reduced to a paltry amount. In their final 8 games against teams that were in the top-20 at some point, MTU scored more than 1 goal twice and lost all but one contest. As a result of their failures against good teams, the Huskies had only a slim chance to make the NCAA Tournament without a WCHA championship. Being swept in the quarterfinals effectively ended the Huskies' campaign.
Cayden Bailey, Jed Pietila and Marcus Russell sat out the season.
==Departures==
Player 	Position 	Nationality	Cause
Robbie Beydoun	Goaltender 	 	Transferred to Wisconsin
Ray Brice 	Forward 	 	Graduation (signed with Macon Mayhem)
Seamus Donohue	Defenseman 	 	Transferred to St. Cloud State
Keegan Ford 	Defenseman 	 	Left program
Matt Jurusik 	Goaltender 	 	Graduation (signed with Texas Stars)
Todd Kiilunen 	Defenseman 	 	Graduation
Mitch Meek 	Defenseman 	 	Transferred to Long Island
Zach Noble 	Forward 	 	Left program
Alex Smith 	Forward/Defenseman	 	Graduation
==Recruiting==
Player 	Position 	Nationality	Age	Notes
Tristan Ashbrook	Forward 	 	22 	Manistique, MI; transfer from Rensselaer
Cayden Bailey 	Goaltender	 	21 	Estero, FL
Carson Bantle 	Forward 	 	20 	Onalaska, WI; Selected 142nd overall in 2020
Arvid Caderoth 	Forward 	 	20 	Göteborg, SWE
Rylan Mosley 	Forward 	 	20 	Arnprior, ON
Nick Nardella 	Forward 	 	21 	Rosemont, IL
Jed Pietila 	Defenseman	 	21 	Howell, MI
Blais Richartz 	Forward 	 	20 	Menomonie, WI
Mark Sinclair 	Goaltender	 	21 	Hamilton, ON; transfer from Alabama–Huntsville
Brett Thorne 	Defenseman	 	21 	Brampton, ON
==Roster==
As of January 20, 2021.
 
==Standings==
==Schedule and Results==
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==Scoring Statistics==
Name 	Position	Games	Goals	Assists	Points	
 	F 	29 	12 	13 	25 	27
 	LW 	30 	13 	8 	21 	16
 	LW 	28 	8 	10 	18 	16
 	C/RW 	30 	2 	16 	18 	12
 	D 	30 	3 	14 	17 	24
 	D 	30 	3 	11 	14 	12
 	RW 	20 	7 	5 	12 	0
 	C 	28 	4 	8 	12 	8
 	D 	30 	4 	7 	11 	12
 	F 	22 	2 	7 	9 	10
 	D 	29 	1 	8 	9 	4
 	RW 	26 	5 	3 	8 	8
 	F 	22 	6 	1 	7 	2
 	D 	30 	1 	6 	7 	29
 	F 	29 	0 	6 	6 	4
 	F 	17 	1 	3 	4 	2
 	F 	28 	0 	4 	4 	2
 	LW 	19 	2 	1 	3 	22
 	LW 	20 	2 	1 	3 	8
 	LW 	13 	1 	1 	2 	6
 	D 	29 	1 	1 	2 	12
 	D 	9 	0 	1 	1 	7
 	C/LW 	11 	0 	1 	1 	2
 	G 	24 	0 	1 	1 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	2
 	F 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	F 	7 	0 	0 	0 	2
 	G 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0
Bench	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	8
Total	 	 	78 	137 	215 	257
==Goaltending statistics==
Name 	Games	Minutes	Wins	Losses	Ties	Goals Against	Saves	Shut Outs	 	
 	24 	1394 	14 	9 	0 	42 	596 	3 	.934	1.81
 	8 	398 	3 	3 	1 	15 	132 	2 	.898	2.26
Empty Net	- 	16 	- 	- 	- 	6 	- 	- 	- 	-
Total 	30 	1810 	17 	12 	1 	63 	728 	5 	.920	2.09
==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 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	18 	NR 	NR 	18 	20 	19 	NR 	NR 	NR 	- 	NR 	 	 	
USA Today	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	 	 	
USCHO did not release a poll in week 20.
==Awards and honors==
Player 	Award 	Ref
Colin Swoyer 	WCHA Second Team	
Trenton Bliss 	WCHA Third Team 	
Arvid Caderoth	WCHA Rookie Team	
==References==
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