Nikita Pavlychev Season 2016-17

CAREER NOTES & RECORDS

Career: Finished his Nittany Lions career just outside the top-10 all-time in points and goals with 70 and 36, respectively…Ranks fifth all-time with 12 power-play goals.

2019-20 • SENIOR SEASON

Awards:2019-20 Academic All-Big Ten honoree.

Season: Skated in 27 games scoring seven goals while adding seven assists for 14 points...2020 Big Ten Tournament and NCAA Tournament cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Alaska (10/17): Scored his first goal of the season in a 7-0 shutout. Wisconsin (10/31-11/1): Collected a pair of assists in each game to help secure the series sweep. Michigan State (11/9): Registered a goal in a 6-4 victory. at Notre Dame (12/13): Added an assist in a 4-2 win. Niagara (1/3-4): Recorded a goal in each game and added an assist in game two to help lead the Nittany Lions to a series sweep. Notre Dame (1/31-2/1): Scored a goal in each game of the series including the Saturday night White Rush game. Minnesota (2/22): Registered the game-tying goal followed by the primary assist on the game-winning goal just 31 seconds later in a 3-2 comeback victory.

2018-19 • JUNIOR SEASON

Awards: Named an Academic All-Big Ten selection...Named the Big Ten and NCAA First Star of the Week (11/13).
 
Season: Skated in all 39 games as a junior having a career-year with 14 goals and 15 assists for 29 points.
 
No. 17 Clarkson (10/12): Registered three points, one goal and two assists, in a 5-1 victory. Niagara (10/19-10/20): Tallied one assist in game one and one goal in game two of a weekend sweep. No. 13 Princeton (10/26): Collected one assist during a 4-2 victory. Arizona State (11/2-11/3): Registered one goal in game one and two assists in game two during a weekend split. Robert Morris (11/9-11/10): Recorded a career-high tallying four points with two goals, including the game winning goal, and two assists in game one and registered two goals and one assist in game two during a weekend sweep. No. 16 Michigan (11/17): Tallied the primary assist on the overtime game-winning goal. at Wisconsin (11/30-12/1): Registered one goal in game one and one goal in game two of a weekend split. No. 5 Notre Dame (12/8): Recorded one goal during a 9-1 victory landing the top spot on SportsCenter's Top-10 plays. Michigan State (1/11): Scored one goal in a 4-2 victory. Michigan (1/26): Added an assist in a 5-2 victory at Madison Square Garden. Minnesota (2/8): Notched a goal during a 6-2 victory. at Michigan State (2/15-2/16): Scored one goal with two assists in game one and one assist in game two of a weekend split. at Notre Dame (3/2): Assisted on a goal during a 3-2 loss in the Big Ten Championship.
 
2017-18 • SOPHOMORE SEASON

Awards: A 2017-18 Academic All-Big Ten.

Season: Skated in 35 games, scoring nine goals and adding five assists for 14 points.

At No. 7 Minnesota (10/13): Registered his first goal of the season during a 3-1 victory. Michigan (10/28): Collected a goal in game two of a weekend split. Mercyhurst (11/3-11/4): Notched a goal in game one and scored the game-winner in game two of a weekend split. at Notre Dame (11/10): Registered a goal in a 5-3 loss. at Arizona State (11/17): Recorded a goal during a 7-0 shutout. Robert Morris (12/8-12/9): Secured a pair of assists during a 5-2 victory in game one before potting the game-winning goal to complete the sweep in a 7-4 victory the following night. No. 15 Wisconsin (1/6): Tallied an assist in a 3-3 tie. No. 6 Ohio State (1/13): Registered the lone goal in a 5-1 loss. at Michigan State (2/16): Notched a goal in a 4-2 loss. No. 8 Minnesota (2/23): Added an assist in a 5-1 victory.

2016-17 • FRESHMAN SEASON

Awards: Named to the NCAA Tournament Midwest Regional All-Tournament Team.

Season: Skated in 36 games, scoring six goals and adding seven assists for 13 points.

at Mercyhurst (10/14): Collected his first collegiate goal and added a later assist for two points during a 7-0 victory. at No. 3 Notre Dame (10/21): Registered the opening goal during a 3-3 tie. Canisius (10/29): Recorded an assist during a 4-2 victory. Alaska Anchorage (11/12): Had an assist on the game-winning goal in a 3-1 victory. Arizona State (11/18-11/19): Tallied an assist in game one and registered a goal and an assist in game two of a weekend sweep. at No. 17 Wisconsin (2/10): Recorded an assist during a 6-3 victory. Minnesota (3/17): Scored the opening goal during a 4-3 double-overtime victory in the Big Ten semifinals. NCAA Tournament (3/25-3/26): Scored a goal in back-to-back games against Union and No. 1 Denver.

BEFORE PENN STATE
Was a member of the Des Moines Buccaneers of the United States Hockey League (USHL) for two seasons…Registered 15 goals and 23 assists for 38 points in 100 games played…Drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the seventh round of the 2015 NHL Entry Draft.
 
PERSONAL
Nikita Andreevich Pavlychev...Son of Nadezda and Andrey Pavlychev...Has an older sister Anastasiya...Majoring in business management...Born March 23, 1997 in Yaroslavl, Russia.

PAVLYCHEV ON PENN STATE
“I chose Penn State because The University will provide me with the best education and hockey experience to reach my goals in life.”

GADOWSKY ON PAVLYCHEV
"The first thing you notice about Nikita is his size, but he is also very smart at both ends of the rink, is a tough competitor, and possesses very good hands for a big body."