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Jersey Number 23
Zach Metsa
- Position:
- Defenseman
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Delafield, Wis.
- Previous Team:
- Central Illinois Flying Aces (USHL)
- Height:
- 5-9
- Weight:
- 180
2022-23 Captain
As a Grad Student in 2022-23
As a Grad Student in 2022-23
- AHCA/CCM Second Team All-American
- ECAC Second Team All-League
- Finalist for ECAC Best Defensive Defenseman
- ECAC Defender of the Week (Nov. 7, Nov. 14, Jan. 16)
- ECAC All-Academic Selection
- Assisted on all three goals in National Championship Game, finishing tournament with five points.
- Finished with career-high 28 assists, besting 27 from a season ago.
- Tied for sixth nationally amongst defensemen in assists per game.
- Scored opening goal of season, the game-winner in a 4-0 win over Boston College on Oct. 7
- Started late, third-period rally by scoring goal from the point with 3:13 to go against Dartmouth on Feb. 4.
- Assisted on three of four goals in Connecticut Ice Final, helping clinch 4-3 win.
- Dished a pair of assists in Belpot final, a 2-2 tie vs. UMass that Bobcats clinched in shootout.
- Named as the 49th Captain of the Bobcats for the 2022-23 season
- Played all 42 games, his third straight season player every game
- Earned the First Quinnipiac Men’s Ice Hockey Michael Torello Award
- Named New England Division 1 Men’s Ice Hockey All-Star Team
- Named to the AHCA First Team East All-America Team
- Won the ECAC Hockey award for Best Defensive Defenseman
- Named to the ECAC Hockey First Team for second straight year
- Named a Finalist for ECAC Hockey Student-Athlete of the Year
- Won the ECAC Hockey Player of the Month for October
- Named ECAC Hockey Player of the Week on Jan. 31
- Led the nation in plus/minus rating posting a +38
- He led the Bobcats with 37 points and 27 assists while also scoring 10 goals
- Was second on the team in shots on goal with 111
- Recorded 13 multi-point games
- Tallied three game winning goals
- Posted two goals and an assist in a 5-1 win at Colgate on Jan. 21
- Recorded three assists in a 4-1 victory at LIU on Dec. 10
- Dished two assists in the NCAA Tournament win over St. Cloud State
- Assisted on Desi Burgart’s double overtime game winning goal in the 4-3 ECAC Quarterfinal victory over St. Lawrence on March 12
- Named an Assistant Captain for the 2021-22 season
- Named to the ECAC Hockey First Team
- Shared the program's Coaches' Award with Josh Mayanja at the end of season awards
- Named ECAC Hockey First Star of the Week on Dec. 21
- Played all 29 games, his second straight season playing every game
- Posted career-highs with five goals, 21 assists and 26 points
- Also had a career-high three power-play goals
- Led Quinnipiac with 31 blocked shots, and also had a +7 plus/minus rating
- Tied for 10th overall in the nation in assists
- Led the nation's defensemen in assists, points, power-play assists (11) and power-play points (14)
- Recorded seven multi-point games
- Opened the season with a five-game point streak, including a career-high three assists and four points in the 9-2 win over Sacred Heart on Dec. 14
- Had two points on a goal and an assist on Jan. 3 vs. St. Lawrence
- Recorded his second multi-assist game with two helpers in a 3-0 win at Colgate on Jan. 15
- Posted another two-assist game at Clarkson on Jan. 24
- Held a five-game point streak from Feb. 12-27 in which he had two goals and five assists
- Scored two goals in a 9-0 win at Colgate on Feb. 13, both of which came on the power play
- Closed out his point streak with a pair of assists in a 3-2 win at St. Lawrence
- Named an AHCA All-American Scholar
- Named to the ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team
- Received Quinnipiac men's ice hockey's 7th Player Award
- Played in all 34 games in his second season
- Had a breakout season, recording career-highs with five goals, 12 assists and 17 points as well as 39 blocked shots
- Also recorded career-highs with 69 shots on goal and a +9 plus/minus rating
- Committed just one penalty on the season
- Recorded assists in back-to-back games to open the season in 3-2 wins vs. AIC (Oct. 11) and at AIC (Oct. 12)
- Blocked a season-high four shots at AIC (Oct. 12) and vs. Vermont (Oct. 27)
- Tallied his first career two-goal, three-point game in a 4-3 win vs. Princeton (Dec. 29)
- Recorded another multi-point game with the game-winning goal and an assist in a 3-2 win at St. Lawrence (Jan. 10)
- Scored a goal in a 5-0 shutout of #1 Cornell (Jan. 31)
- Tallied assists in back-to-back games vs. Clarkson (Feb. 14) and St. Lawrence (Feb. 15)
- Scored a goal and added an assist for his third multi-point game in a 5-0 shutout of Yale (Feb. 29)
- Named to the ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team
- Skated in 32 games for the Bobcats in his first season with the program
- Scored two goals and added two assists for four points
- Recorded 18 shots on goal and a +2 plus/minus rating as he shifted between forward and defenseman
- Tallied his first collegiate goal with the game-winning tally in a 2-0 win at Maine (Nov. 24)
- Added another critical goal for the Bobcats in a 4-0 shutout of No. 1 UMass (Dec. 7)
- Picked up his first collegiate assist in a 7-2 win vs. St. Lawrence (Feb. 22)
- Split the 2017-18 season between the Youngstown Phantoms and the Central Illinois Flying Aces in the USHL
- Opened the year by scoring a goal and adding 12 assists for 13 points in 37 games with the Phantoms
- Was traded to the Flying Aces at the trade deadline and scored three goals with eight assists for 11 points in 23 games
- Played the 2016-17 season with the Merritt Centennials, tallying three goals and 24 assists for 27 points in 57 games
- Added five assists in 11 playoff games that season
- Raised in Delafield, Wisconsin
- Son of Tom Metsa and Lisa Driscoll
- Father, Tom, played hockey at Hamline University
- Has two brothers, Matthew and Brady, and one sister, Lauren
Men's Ice Hockey vs. Maine: Cinematic Recap
Friday, October 31
Coaches Road Show at Bears BBQ
Thursday, September 04
Alumni Game Mic'd Up (pres. by Aunt Chilada's) - Chris Cerella and Mike Lombardi
Thursday, August 21
Quinnipiac Athletics 2024-25 Highlight Video
Tuesday, May 20
