Simon Mack Season 2022-23

2022-23 • SOPHOMORE SEASON
 
Awards: Named an Academic All-Big Ten honoree.
 
Season: Skated in 36 games registering a career high in each offensive category with 12 points on four goals and eight assists…Blocked 32 shots.
 
St. Thomas (10/20): Scored his first goal as a Nittany Lion in a 6-2 victory. St. Thomas (10/21):  Registered an assist in a 3-2 win. at Wisconsin (10/29) Tallied an assist in a 4-0 victory.  No. 1 Michigan (11/04): Recorded an assist in a 3-0 win. No. 17 Ohio State (12/3): Registered an assist in a 4-3 defeat. RIT (12/31): Assisted a goal in a 3-1 victory. at No. 17 Michigan State (1/14): Scored a goal in a 4-4 tie. Notre Dame (1/21): Scored the first goal for Penn State in a come-from-behind 3-2 victory. at No. 7 Ohio State (2/3): Registered an assist in a 4-3 victory. Wisconsin (2/24): Scored a goal in 6-1 victory. vs. No. 13 Michigan Tech (3/24): Had a career-best two assists in an 8-0 win in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament. 

2021-22 • FRESHMAN SEASON

Season: Skated in 37 games...Tallied seven assists for seven points.

LIU (10/3): Tallied his first collegiate point with one assist in a 3-1 opening night victory. Canisius (10/8): Assisted on the lone goal in a 4-1 loss. vs. No. 6 North Dakota (10/30): Registered one assist in a 6-4 win. at No. 7 Minnesota (11/19): Notched one assist in a 5-3 victory. at Wisconsin (12/10): Tallied one assist in a 4-1 defeat. at No. 4/5 Michigan (1/15): Contributed one assist in a 4-3 loss. No. 12/12 Ohio State (3/4): Recorded one assist in a 4-3 defeat.

BEFORE PENN STATE
 
Played the 2020-21 season with the Des Moines Buccaneers of the USHL…Scored four goals while adding seven assists for 11 points in 51 games...Spent the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons with his hometown Brockville Braves of the CCHL…Collected 66 points on eight goals and 58 assists in 108 career games with Brockville…Registered a 44-point season (4G, 40A) during the 2018-19 campaign…Named the Braves Rookie of the Year following the 2017-18 season and earned the team’s Top Defenseman Award and Don Wallace Memorial Award in 2018-19…Named a CCHL Second Team All-Star in 2018-19…Named the 2018-19 CCHL High School Academic Player of the Year…Earned the 2018-19 CCHL Top Prospect Award…Selected for Team Canada East in the World Junior A Challenge in 2018-19…Nominated for the 2018-19 Brockville and Area Sports Person of the Year Award.
 
PERSONAL
 
Son of Kim and Tim Mack…Has one younger sister, Olivia…Majoring in Pre-Med.
 
MACK ON PENN STATE
“The campus, facilities and people that I met, when visiting Penn State for the first time, were the most impressive. The recent success of the team and the knowledge of the coaching staff helped me decide that this was the place I wanted to play. Penn State’s academic history was also a great fit for my educational pursuits.”
 
GADOWSKY ON MACK
 
“Simon is a smooth skating defenseman who is also very smart with the puck.  Those natural attributes allow him to be effective with minimal risk.”