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2012-13 Men's Ice Hockey Roster

81 Grant Gorczyca

  • Position F
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 205
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool CBC
  • Hometown St. Louis, Mo.

Biography

2012-13 (Senior): Named an American Collegiate Hockey League (ACHA) Division I Third Team All-American... a member of the 2013 ACHA Division 1 National Championship First Team All-Tournament Team...named the Most Valuable Player in the Central States Collegiate Hockey League (CSCHL)...played in 33 games for the Lions…finished second on the team in goals (15)…first in assists (25)...first in points (40)…first in game-winning goals (3)…third in plus-minus (+17)...first in shots (108)…had 12 multiple-point games...scored a goal and added an assist during the 5-4 upset victory over No. 1 Adrian College in the 2013 ACHA National Championship Tournament (3//4/13)...netted two goals, including the game-winner, and an assist in 6-4 upset of No. 2 Arizona State University (3/5/13)...scored a goal and had four assists for a season-high five point game in championship versus Minot State University (3/6/13).

2011-12 (Junior): Season Statistics
Named First Team All-League by the Central States Collegiate Hockey League (CSCHL)...Played in 33 games for LU...tallied 20 goals and 21 assists ranking third on the team with 41 points...ranked first on the team with nine power play goals and three game-winning goals...had a season-high four points with two goals and two assists against Robert Morris University-Ill. (1/7/12)...recorded two goals and an assist against Ohio University (2/19/12) in the CSCHL Championship...had two assists in a 5-2 win against the University of Central Oklahoma in the opening round of the 2012 American Collegiate Hockey League (ACHA) National Championship tournament...scored two goals in a 7-4 victory over Minot State University (3/4/12)...earned an assist versus University of Delaware (3/5/12)...

2010-11 (Sophomore): Season Statistics
Named to the ACHA Division I First-Team All-American Team...Gorczyca appeared in 30 games for the Lions...finished second on the team in goals with 26 goals, points with 60, and plus-minus rating with a positive 44....ranked third on the squad with 34 assists...The sophomore forward collected 10 power-play goals and seven game-winners, both of which were team highs... had short-handed goal...represented Team USA at the 2011 Winter World University Games in Erzurum, Turkey...recorded four assists during a 8-0 victory at Indiana University (10/22/10)...scored two goals and had three assists in a 7-1 win versus Indiana (10/23/10), to finish the two-game series with nine points... had a season-high six points with two goals and four assists in a 11-0 defeat of Kent State University (10/30/10)...netted a goal in the 12-1 win over Slippery Rock University in the opening round of the 2011 American Collegiate Hockey Association National Championship (3/5/11)...scored two goals and added an assist in a 4-1 victory against the University of Oklahoma (3/6/11)...had a goal in the 2-0 defeat of the University of Delaware in the semifinal round (3/8/11)...scored a goal in the championship game versus Davenport University (3/9/11).

2009-10 (Freshman): Season Statistics
A member of the ACHA National Championship team...a first-team ACHA all-tournament selection...selected to the ACHA All-Rookie team...appeared in 45 games posting 67 total points, the third most on the squad...his 27 goals scored were the tied for third on the team...scored five power play goals...converted two short-handed tallies...recorded three game winners...had a hat trick against Rutgers in the opening round of the ACHA tournament...record 40 assists, the third most on the team...finished with an overall rating of +50.

Prior to LU: Joined the Lions after playing two seasons with the national champion St. Louis Bandits of the North American Hockey League (NAHL)...finished t-25th in scoring and t-16th in goals in the NAHL during the 2008-09 season...in total, played in 102 games and scored 35 goals and 43 assists with the Bandits. Graduate of CBC High School and played ice hockey for the Cadets...named Student Athlete of the Year in 2005, 2006, 2007.

Personal: The son of Rich and Debbie Groczyca ... has one sibling, Katie.

Historical Player Information

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    2009-10Freshman

    F
    6'1" 205 lbs
    81
  • 81

    2010-11Sophomore

    F
    6'1" 205 lbs
    81
  • 81

    2011-12Junior

    F
    6'1" 205 lbs
    81
  • 81

    2012-13Senior

    F
    6'1" 205 lbs
    81