AS A SENIOR IN 2018-19
Skated in all 39 games as a senior setting a new program standard with 154 career games played never missing a single game in his entire career...Scored a career-high 14 goals while adding 15 assists for 29 points...Named as the team's All-Big Ten Sportsmanship Award Honoree as well as earning the team's Players' Player Award, Iron Lion and Top Scholar-Athlete....Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors...Scored his first goal of the season while collecting a pair of assists over both games during a weekend sweep against No. 17 Clarkson (Oct. 12)...Tallied one goal and one assist in game one and notched the game winning goal in game two of a weekend sweep against Niagara (Oct. 19-20)...Collected a goal in a 6-5 win over Arizona State (Nov. 2)...Tallied one assist during an 11-6 victory over Bobby Mo (Nov. 10)...Recorded one assist during a shootout victory at Wisconsin (Nov. 30)...Tied a career high with four points on one goal and three assists during a 9-1 victory over No. 5 Notre Dame (Dec. 8)...Notched one goal during a 4-4 draw against Princeton (Dec. 15)...Registered the only goal during a 4-1 loss at Minnesota (Jan. 5)...Scored two goals for the first time this season during a 6-4 loss against Michigan State (Jan. 12)...Registered one goal during a 6-4 loss against No.4 Ohio State (Jan. 19)...Tallied one goal and two assists in game one along with one goal and one assist in game two of a weekend sweep over Minnesota (Feb. 8-9)...Registered one assist during a 5-3 victory over Michigan State (Feb. 16)...Notched one goal in both games of a weekend split against Wisconsin (Feb 22-23)...Recorded one assist during a 6-2 victory over Wisconsin in game two of the Big Ten Tournament Quarterfinals (Mar. 9)...Collected an assist during a 5-1 victory in the Big Ten Tournament Semifinals against No. 1 Ohio State (Mar. 17)…Tallied an assist during an upsetting 3-2 loss against Notre Dame in the Big Ten Tournament Finals (Mar. 23).
AS A JUNIOR IN 2017-18
2017-18 Academic All-Big Ten and Big Ten Distinguished Scholar...Skated in all 38 games scoring 11 goals and adding 16 assists for 27 points...Tallied an assist at No. 7 Minnesota (Oct. 15)...Collected a career-high of three assists in a 7-5 victory over AIC (Oct. 19)...Registered first goal of the season in a 5-4 win over Michigan (Oct. 27)...Tallied an assist in game two of the weekend split against Michigan (Oct. 28)...Tallied an assist with a goal in a 7-5 victory over Mercyhurst (Nov. 4)...Recorded an assist in a 5-3 loss at Notre Dame (Nov. 10)...Tallied an assist in game one and notched a goal in game two of a weekend sweep at Arizona State (Nov. 17-18)...Recorded three assists in a 7-2 victory over Michigan State (Nov. 24)...had an assist in a 5-5 tie at No. 11 Ohio State (Dec. 1)...Collected one goal in both games of a weekend sweep against Robert Morris (Dec. 8-9)...Notched a goal in a 5-1 victory and scored the third goal in a 3-3 tie with No. 15 Wisconsin (Jan. 5-6)...Tallied an assist in a 5-2 victory over No. 6 Ohio State (Jan. 12)...Collected a goal in the series finale at No. 18 Wisconsin (Jan. 27)...Notched two goals and an assist in a 5-3 loss against No. 2 Notre Dame (Feb. 2)...Registered a goal in a 3-2 victory at Michigan State (Feb. 17)...Tallied a pair of assists in game two during a 6-5 victory over No. 11 Minnesota in the Big Ten Tournament Quarterfinals (March 3).
AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2016-17
2016-17 Academic All-Big Ten and Big Ten Distinguished Scholar...Skated in all 39 games scoring 13 goals and adding 23 assists for 36 points...Led the team in faceoff percentage at .578 and was a plus-16 rating...Had the primary assist on the game-winning goal on opening night against No. 16 St. Lawrence (Oct. 6)...Tallied three points with one goal and two assists during a 7-0 victory over Mercyhurst (Oct. 14)...Tallied an assist during a 3-3 tie at No. 3 Notre Dame (Oct. 21)...Scored a goal in each game during the weekend sweep over Canisius (Oct. 28-29)...Recorded 2 goals in a victory 6-3 victory over Alaska-Anchorage (Nov. 11)...Scored the second goal and had an assist in the 8-0 shutout against Arizona State (Nov. 19)...Recorded an assist in the 6-1 victory over No. 20 Michigan (Dec. 1)...Collected a goal and an assist during a 5-2 victory against Michigan State (Jan. 13)...Tallied two goals in a 5-3 victory against Michign State (Jan. 14)...Big Ten First Star of the Week (Jan. 17)...Registered one assist in a 3-3 tie versus Ohio State (Jan. 20)...Collected two assists in a 6-3 loss versus Ohio State (Jan. 21)...Tallied two assists in a 5-4 loss against Princeton (Jan. 28)...Recorded two assits in a 5-2 loss versus Minnesota (Feb. 4)...Registered one assist in a 6-3 victory against Wisconsin (Feb. 10)...Registered a goal during a 4-2 victory at Michigan State (Feb. 24)...Registered an assist in four straight contests (Feb. 25 - Mar. 10)...Had an assist in the Big Ten Semifinals against Minnesota (Mar. 17)...Scored twice, including the game-winner, while adding one assist in a 10-3 NCAA Tournament victory over Union (Mar. 25)...Collected an assist during a 6-3 setback to No. 1 Denver in the NCAA Midwest Regional Final (Mar. 26).
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2015-16
Appeared in all 38 games, tying for second on the team with 13 goals and ranking fourth on the squad with 26 points…The 11 goals ranked tied for 11th nationally among all NCAA freshmen…Posted the second-best plus-minus rating on the team at plus-13 …Notched three power-play goals…Led team in face-off percentage (54.2) and face-off wins (346)…Collected four multi-point games…Scored in collegiate debut against Canisius (Oct. 10)…Scored first power-play goal against Notre Dame (Oct. 17) in a 5-3 win to kick-off a three-game scoring streak…Matched the program record with a four-point game by scoring two goals and two assists in an 8-3 win over AIC (Oct. 23), while posting a plus-5 rating…Scored the next day in a 5-3 win over AIC (Oct. 24)…Named Big Ten Third Star of the Week (Oct. 27)…Tallied a power-play goal vs. Sacred Heart (Nov. 13)…Notched second two-goal with a short-handed tally in a 3-2 comeback win over Sacred Heart (Nov. 14)…Added two assists in a 5-2 win at Alaska Anchorage (Nov. 20) …Scored in a 4-0 win vs. Vermont (Nov. 29)…Notched third power-play goal in a 6-3 win over Princeton (Dec. 11)…Tallied first Big Ten goal against Michigan (Jan. 28)…Scored the lone goal in a loss at Minnesota (Feb. 5)…Gathered third two-assist game of the season in a 5-3 win at Minnesota (Feb. 6)…Notched a goal against Ohio State (Feb. 20)…Finished the season with four three-game point streaks.
BEFORE PENN STATE
Played the for two seasons in the USHL for the Tri-City Storm, serving as alternate captain in 2014-15 ... Totaled 27 goals and 34 assists in 122 games ... Scored 10 times with 18 assists and 49 penalty minutes in 2014-15, earning a plus-nine rating before adding three goals and an assist it he playoffs ... Featured in 57 games in 2013-14, tallying 14 goals and 15 assists ... Played with Nittany Lion teammate Kevin Kerr in Tri-City ... Played three seasons (2010-2013) for the St. Louis Amateur Blues U18 team ... Played for the St. Louis AAA Blues U16 team in 2009-10.
PERSONAL
Born November 14, 1994 in St. Louis, Mo. to Cindy and Dan Berger ..Has four brothers: Jack (who played for Guy Gadowsky at Princeton in 2010-11), Jimmy, Scotty and Christian...Majoring in Finance.
BERGER ON PENN STATE
"I chose Penn State because I have heard great things about the coaching staff and was excited about the Big Ten Conference forming. I love the hockey aspect, but the fact that it was so highly regarded academically put me over the edge."