The 2025–26 Michigan Tech Huskies men's ice hockey season was the 105th season of play for the program and 8th in the CCHA. The Huskies represented Michigan Technological University in the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, played their home games at MacInnes Student Ice Arena and were coached by Bill Muckalt in his 1st season.
Season For Muckalt's first season behind the bench, he brought with him three players from his former team in Lindenwood. All three (Jack Anderson, Owen Bartoszkiewicz and Joe Prouty) would prove to be key contributors for the team over the course of the season. Aside from two transfer from Canadian colleges, the remainder of the recruiting class was made up of freshman, making the Huskies one of the youngest teams in the conference. From the beginning of the season, Bartoszkiewicz was installed as the starting netminder and, in spite of a few poor performances, he did not relinquish control of the crease. With a consistent presence in net, the rest of the team had plenty of runway to get their season off the ground. After an up and down start, they did just that and rose to the top of the CCHA standings by min-November.
The first big test for the team came around Thanksgiving when they travelled to take on Minnesota State. The Mavericks proved too much for the Huskies, sweeping the series thanks to their All-American goalie. Tech continued its winless streak the following weekend when St. Thomas took both games (one in a shootout) from Michigan Tech, dropping the team down into the middle of the national rankings. Tech was able to finish the first half of its season with a sweep of Ferris State and then lick their wounds before competing in two separate in-season tournaments.
Michigan Tech's appearance in the Great Lakes Invitational went about as well as could have been expected. They managed to defeat a resurgent Miami team before falling to #3 Michigan State in a credible performance. However, the following week the team was embarrassed by Air Force in a 2–8 shellacking that saw Bartoszkiewicz allow four goals in just over 8 minutes. Even with their subsequent win to finish third in the field, the Huskies had much to make up for in the Desert Hockey Classic. Coincidentally, the offense picked up the pace immediately afterwards and Tech reeled off a season-high 5-game winning streak. After a pair of losses, they then won four out of five and put themselves right into the thick of the playoff race. While Stiven Sardaryan had largely been responsible for the offense in the first half of the season, the increased assistance from players like Jack Anderson and Noah Reinhart paid major dividends in the second half.
Entering the final week of the season, Tech was sitting just outside the postseason at #18 and had a chance to win a regular season title. Unfortunately, the Huskies dropped a pair of 1-goal games to Bowling Green, knocking them out of the race for an at-large bid and dropping the team to 4th in the CCHA. While Tech just barely hung on to a home stand in the quarterfinals, they would have a chance to exact their revenge against the Falcons. The two games saw Bartoszkiewicz under siege by Bowling Green. The junior netminder faced over 80 shots on goal, almost double what Tech was able to bring to bear. Fortunately, Bartoszkiewicz was up to the task and turned aside 76 attempts. The offense, meanwhile, did its job and scored enough to secure the victory. Continuing their trend from the regular season, the goals were spread around with seven players accounting for eight markers.
After banishing the Falcons, Tech had to travel back to Minnesota to take on the Mavericks. The heavy workload caught up to Bartoszkiewicz who allowed 7 goals on just 12 shots in 34 minutes of game time. The shocking bad performance left the team no chance to win in the second half, particularly as they were facing one of the top defensive teams in the nation. The final score saw the Huskies' season end as they finished off a very promising season with a whimper.
Departures Henry Bartle Forward Transferred to Alaska Anchorage Oliver Bezick Defenseman Left program (retired) Matthew Campbell Defenseman Transferred to Merrimack Quinn Disher Forward Transferred to British Columbia Philip Fankl Forward Signed professional contract (Västerviks IK) Viktor Hurtig Defenseman Signed professional contract (Karlskrona HK) Logan Morrell Forward Transferred to Arizona State Derek Mullahy Goaltender Graduation (retired) Alexander Nordstrom Forward Graduation (retired) Marcus Pedersen Forward Graduation (signed with Karlskrona HK) Chase Pietila Defenseman Signed professional contract (Pittsburgh Penguins) Blais Richartz Forward Graduation (retired) Trevor Russell Defenseman Graduate transfer to Rensselaer Nick Williams Defenseman Transferred to St. Thomas Jack Works Forward Graduation (signed with Wheeling Nailers)
Recruiting Ryan Abraham Forward 21 Livonia, MI Jack Anderson Defenseman 22 St. Louis, MO; transfer from Lindenwood Reid Andresen Defenseman 20 Saskatoon, SK Owen Bartoszkiewicz Goaltender 22 Northville, MI; transfer from Lindenwood Carson Birnie Forward 20 Arcola, SK Brayden Boehm Forward 21 Nanaimo, BC Michael Cicek Forward 21 Winnipeg, MB Reid Daavettila Forward 20 Howell, MI Luca Fasciano Defenseman 22 Toronto, ON; joined mid-season Rylan Gould Forward 20 Headingley, MB Carson Latimer Forward 22 White Rock, BC; transfer from British Columbia; selected 123rd overall in 2021 Max Matthews Defenseman 21 Arlington Heights, IL Kalem Parker Defenseman 20 Clavet, SK; selected 181st overall in 2023 Braden Pietila Defenseman 20 Howell, MI Joe Prouty Defenseman 23 Apple Valley, MN; transfer from Lindenwood Noah Reinhart Forward 21 Dundas, ON Teydon Trembecky Forward 20 Strathcona, AB Matthew Van Blaricom Forward 18 Southey, SK
Roster As of August 21, 2025.
Standings
Schedule and results
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Scoring statistics LW/RW 37 12 32 44 30 C/W 39 13 22 35 4 C 38 8 21 29 10 F 36 15 11 26 6 D 39 11 13 24 33 F 37 8 14 22 8 RW 39 9 12 21 10 C 39 6 13 19 10 D 39 4 10 14 4 D 39 2 12 14 22 RW 35 7 6 13 4 D 39 4 9 13 4 D 39 3 10 13 18 F 28 2 8 10 10 C/W 28 6 3 9 24 D 29 5 4 9 18 F 33 2 7 9 6 C 38 4 4 8 20 F 30 1 7 8 6 C/W 11 2 1 3 0 C/LW 6 1 1 2 2 RW 7 0 2 2 0 C 6 1 0 1 4 D 9 0 1 1 8 G 38 0 1 1 4 G 1 0 0 0 0 D 1 0 0 0 0 G 1 0 0 0 0 G 2 0 0 0 0 F 4 0 0 0 0 F 4 0 0 0 0 D 11 0 0 0 4 Bench – – – – – 10 Total 126 224 350 291
Goaltending statistics 2 1:09 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0.00 38 2211:37 23 12 3 93 978 2 .913 2.52 2 75:49 0 0 0 4 34 0 .895 3.17 1 59:20 0 1 0 5 30 0 .857 5.06 Empty Net - 18:02 - - - 4 - - - - Total 39 2365:57 23 13 3 106 1043 2 .908 2.69
Rankings
PollWeekPre 1 23456789101112131415161718192021222324252627 (Final) USCHO.comRVRVRVRVRVRVRVRVRVRVRVRV–RVRVRV1919201716162019RVRV USA HockeyNRRVRVNRRVRVRVRVNRNRNRNR–RVNRRV192020171617RV1920тRV Note: USCHO did not release a poll in week 12.Note: USA Hockey did not release a poll in week 12.
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