Connor MacEachern Season 2019-20

CAREER NOTES & RECORDS
 
Season: 2021-22: Tied the Penn State single-season record with six powerplay goals.
 
2022-23 • SENIOR SEASON
 
Awards: Named a 2022-23 Academic All-Big Ten honoree.
 
Season: Skated in all 39 games…Finished third on the team with 27 points on 12 goals and a career-high 15 assists.
 
Canisius (10/7): Netted a goal with one assist in a 5-2 win. Canisius (10/8): Collected an assist in a 7-5 victory. St. Thomas (10/20): Scored the game-winning goal in a 6-2 win. St. Thomas (10/21): Recorded an assist in a 3-2 win. at Wisconsin (10/29): Scored a goal in a 4-0 victory to complete the series sweep. No. 1 Michigan (11/4):  Collected an assist in a 3-0 victory. at No. 1 Minnesota (11/10): Tallied a pair of goals, including the game-winner, while adding an assist for a career-high three points in a 4-2 victory. No. 17 Michigan State (11/18): Tallied an assist in a 4-3 victory. No. 17 Ohio State (12/2): Netted one goal in a 2-1 win. at Notre Dame (12/9): Scored a goal in a 5-2 win. at Notre Dame (12/10): Recorded an assist in a 5-2 loss. at RIT (12/30): Registered the game-winning goal while adding two assists in a 6-1 victory. at No. 17 Michigan State (1/14): Collected an assist in a 4-4 tie. Notre Dame (1/21): Tallied a goal in a 3-2 victory. at No. 7 Ohio State (2/3): Scored twice in a 4-3 victory. Wisconsin (2/24): Registered an assist in a 6-1 win. at No. 9 Ohio State (3/4): Had the primary assist on the game-winning goal in a B1G Quarterfinal 2-1 victory. vs. No. 13 Michigan Tech (3/24): Assisted twice in an 8-0 win in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament. vs. No. 2 Michigan (3/26): Scored the lone goal on the powerplay in an overtime loss in the Allentown Regional Final.

2021-22 • JUNIOR SEASON

Awards: Named a 2021-22 Academic All-Big Ten honoree.

Season: Skated in 36 games...Registered career highs of 14 goals and 14 assists for 28 points...Tied the single-season record for powerplay goals with six...Paced the team with a 58.9 percent (360-for-611) winning percentage at the faceoff circle.

LIU (10/4): Registered his first assist and point of the season in a 5-2 victory. Canisius (10/9): Registered his first multi-goal game with a career-best two goals in a 5-2 victory. Niagara (10/21): Notched two assists in a 4-0 win. vs. No. 6 North Dakota (10/30): Tallied his second multi-goal game of the season while scoring the game-winning goal in a 6-4 win during the 2021 US Hockey Hall of Fame Game at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. at Ohio State (11/5): Scored once in a 5-2 loss. at Ohio State (11/6): Scored the lone goal in a 4-1 defeat. at No. 7 Minnesota (11/19): Notched both an assist and a goal in a 5-3 win. at St. Thomas (11/23): Tallied one assist in a 5-1 victory. at St. Thomas (11/24): Scored one goal in a 4-1 win. Michigan State (12/3): Registered the game-winning goal on the powerplay in a 4-2 win. Michigan State (12/4): Tallied one goal in a 4-3 loss, to extend his career-long point streak to four games. at Wisconsin (12/11): Registered one goal and one assist in a 5-4 overtime victory. at Army (1/1): Notched one assist in a 5-3 win. No. 13/13 Notre Dame (1/7): Tallied one assist in a 4-2 defeat. No. 13/13 Notre Dame (1/8): Recorded one assist in a 5-4 loss. Wisconsin (1/21): Tallied one assist in a 4-1 win. Wisconsin (1/22): Scored one goal in a 7-2 victory. at No. 13/12 Notre Dame (2/4): Registered one goal in a 7-2 defeat. Minnesota (2/19): Contributed one assist to a 6-4 loss. at Michigan State (2/25): Recorded the game-winning goal in a 5-3 victory. No. 12/12 Ohio State (3/4): Tallied one assist in a 4-3 loss. No. 12/12 Ohio State (3/6): Registered one assist in a 2-1 victory. No. 2/2 Minnesota (3/12): Notched one assist in a 3-2 loss.

2020-21 • SOPHOMORE SEASON

Season: Skated in 21 games and tied for sixth on the team with 11 points on two goals and a career-best nine assists.

Awards: Named an Academic All-Big Ten honoree.

Michigan (12/3): Recorded a career-high two assists to register the first multi-point game of his career. Arizona State (12/11): Scored the game-winning goal and added one assist in a 3-2 overtime victory. Arizona State (12/13): Tallied two assists in a 5-4 win, his third-straight game with multiple points. at Michigan State (1/4): Recorded one assist in a loss. Michigan State (1/15): Scored one goal in 3-2 win in the first game of a series sweep. Notre Dame (1/28): had one assist in a 2-1 overtime victory. Notre Dame (3/14): Tied his career-high with a pair of assists in a 6-3 victory in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals.

2019-20 • FRESHMAN SEASON

Season: Skated in all 34 games...Scored three goals while adding eight assists for 11 points...Postseason cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sacred Heart (10/11): Scored his first collegiate goal on opening night in an 8-2 victory. Alaska (10/17): Collected an assist in a 7-0 shutout. Robert Morris (10/25): Recorded game’s first goal in 2-1 win. Wisconsin (10/31): Added an assist in a 6-1 victory. Michigan State (11/9): Tallied an assist in a 6-4 triumph. at Minnesota (11/15): Notched an assist in the series opening 8-2 victory. at Merrimack (11/29): Added an assist in a 7-0 shutout. Niagara (1/4): Collected an assist to contribute to a 2-0 victory and the series sweep. at Robert Morris (1/11): Scored a goal in a 6-2 win at PPG Paints Arena. at Michigan State (1/24): Tallied an assist in a 4-2 setback. Notre Dame (1/31): Added an assist in a 3-3 tie.

BEFORE PENN STATE

Spent the 2018-19 season with Youngstown in the USHL...Ranked in the top 20 with 56 points and 26 goals in 62 games for the Phantoms in his first season in league…Finished third and second on team, respectively, in each category…Played two seasons for the Cobourg Cougars of the OJHL and tallied 26 goals with 40 assists for 66 points in 96 games...Added seven goals and 11 assists for 18 points in 23 playoff games…Helped his team capture the 2017 RBC Cup Championship and was named Cobourg’s 2017 Rookie of the Year in the process.

PERSONAL

Son of Diane and Ross MacEachern...Has one younger sister, Margaret, who plays Division I hockey at Colgate...Majoring in supply chain & information systems.