Assistant Coach @NMUHockey
Marquette, MI
Joined April 2014
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Welcome, R.J. Harris 😼
R.J. Harris joins the NMU Hockey Staff as Director of Hockey Operations!
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One Month Out ‼️
Registration is filling up fast, be sure to secure one of the last spots today at tickets.nmu.edu
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Welcome to the team, Coach Kamal!
Read the release 📰 bit.ly/4espC3T
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With the 12th overall pick in Phase ll of the 2026 @ushl Draft, the Green Bay Gamblers are all in on Reece Gault. Welcome to Green Bay! 🤘♠
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Johnny Hicks' freshman season:
☑️ National championship
☑️ #MFrozenFour MOP
☑️ Unbeaten W-L record (16-0-1)
☑️ Best SV% in NCAA single-season history
#collegehockey | #NCAAHockey
ALT Graphic listing the top 10 save percentage leaders in NCAA Division I men's hockey in 2025-26, led by Denver's Johnny Hicks (pictured), who had an NCAA single-season record .957 percentage. He was followed by Augustana's Josh Kotai (.938), UMass' Michael Hrabal (.937), Northern Michigan's Oliver Auyeung-Ashton (.930), Michigan State's Trey Augustine (.929), Northeastern's Lawton Zacher (.929), Sacred Heart's Ajeet Gundarah (.928), Minnesota State's Alex Tracy (.927), UConn's Tyler Muszelik (.926), and Penn State's Josh Fleming (.924).
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We are happy to announce that Reece Gault has been named to the 2025-26 BCHL All-Rookie team!
Reece led all BCHL rookie defenseman with 44 points, while the next closest was an astounding 22 points behind him.
Well done, Reece!
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Oliver Auyeung-Ashton is a finalist of CCHA Rookie of the Year! 😼 👏
📰 bit.ly/4rZvlDO
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#30 is TOP 5!
Freshman goaltender Oliver Auyeung-Ashton ranks 5th in the NCAA and 1st in the CCHA with a .932 save percentage. An impressive performance in his first season at the collegiate level 👏
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SLOVAKIA STRIKES FIRST 👀
Tobias Pitka rifles home the opening goal of the game.
#WorldJuniors
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🔝 Tobias Pitka vyhral najviac vhadzovaní v doterajšom priebehu šampionátu - 29 (70.73% úspešnosť).
@HockeySlovakia | @NMUHockey
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Tobias Pitka notches the primary assist to bring Slovakia level with Sweden in the third!
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WE'RE ALL TIED UP!
Tobias Tomik buries the equalizer, it's a brand new game between Sweden and Slovakia! #WorldJuniors
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🚨RECORD BROKEN🚨
In his first career start, #30 Oliver Auyeung-Ashton set the record for most saves by a NMU freshman in their first collegiate start in the modern NCAA era (since 2004), as well as is this weeks @CCHAHockey Rookie of the Week 😼
In addition to his record:
-7th NMU freshman to make 45+ saves in a game; first to do it since Tolvanen in 2015
-10th freshman since 2005 to make 45+ saves in their first start (across the entire NCAA)
#NMUWildcats | #CCHAHockey | #NCAAHockey
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Putting in the work behind the scenes 💪
We are fortunate enough to work with @athleticmentors and Mark Olson, a key part to our strength and performance program 😼
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🎥: youtu.be/xQWAZtvzJNs?si=br3H…
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Introducing our incoming transfer and freshman class for the 2025/26 season 😼
📰 tinyurl.com/2552yrlz
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