2019-20 • SENIOR SEASON
Awards: Named a 2019-20 Academic All-Big Ten Honoree.
Season: Skated in 26 games registering one assist for one point...2020 Big Ten Tournament and NCAA Tournament cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Ohio State (11/22): Collected his lone assist of the season in a 5-4 victory.
2018-19 • JUNIOR SEASON
Season: Appeared in 23 games as a junior collecting three assists.
Awards: Named an Academic All-Big Ten honoree.
No. 17 Clarkson (10/11): Assisted a goal in a 4-3 win. No. 16 Michigan (11/16-11/17): Registered one assist during game one of a weekend split. Wisconsin (3/9): Recorded an assist during a 6-2 victory in game two of the Big Ten Tournament Quarterfinals.
2017-18 • SOPHOMORE SEASON
Season: Skated in 35 games, scoring one goal and adding eight assists for nine points.
Awards: A 2017-18 Academic All-Big Ten.
Mercyhurst (11/4): Tallied his first assist of the season in a 7-5 victory. At Robert Morris (12/8): Registered a career-high three points scoring the game-winning goal and adding a pair of assists during a 5-2 victory. At No. 6 Ohio State (1/13): Tallied an assist in a 5-1 loss. No. 2 Notre Dame (2/3): Assisted a goal in a 2-2 tie. No. 8 Minnesota (2/23): Added a pair of assists in a 5-1 victory. No. 11 Minnesota (3/3): Registered an assist during a 6-5 game two victory during the Big Ten Tournament Quarterfinals.
2016-17 • FRESHMAN SEASON
Season: Skated in 21 games and recorded a single goal with 18 blocked shots.
No. 1 Denver (3/26): Scored his first collegiate goal during a 6-3 setback in the NCAA Midwest Regional Final.
BEFORE PENN STATE
Played for the Des Moines Buccaneers of the United States Hockey League (USHL) during the 2015-16 season…Skated in 52 games compiling five goals and five assists for 10 points.
PERSONAL
James Daniel Gobetz...Son of Karen and Dan Gobetz...Has two older sisters Casey and Shannon...Majoring in supply chain management...Born August 6, 1996 in St. James, N.Y.
GOBETZ ON PENN STATE
“It was an easy choice to go to Penn State because of the up and coming hockey program and the great academic opportunities.”