Gopher Duo Named CCM/AHCA All-Americans

| April 14, 2025 | Uncategorized | No Comments
With the addition of two All-Americans this season, the Golden Gophers increased their number of honorees for this distinction to 74 in program history. That number includes at least one selection in four of the last five seasons, totaling nine All-Americans in that five-year span. Snuggerud and his father, Dave, became the first father-son duo in program history to earn All-American status after Dave was a second-team selection in 1989.

Rinzel was named the Big Ten Conference Defensive Player of the Year thanks to a brilliant sophomore season where he also landed All-B1G First Team honors. The Chanhassen, Minn., native recorded a career-best 10 goals and 32 points in 2024-25 with 13 of those points coming on the power play and added a pair of game-winning goals. He finished the year as the league’s leader in goals and points by a defenseman, aided by eight multi-point performances

Snuggerud picked up All-B1G First Team honors for the second-straight season and was named a top 10 finalist for the Hobey Baker Memorial Award. Serving as a captain for the Gophers, the junior led the team in scoring behind career bests of 51 points and 24 goals to go with 27 assists, while tallying 17 games with multiple points. Snuggerud recorded a conference-high 19 goals during league play with seven multi-goal outings and also set a career-long, goal-scoring streak of six games in the month of January.
Both skaters made their National Hockey League debuts last week and have already secured their first professional points.
2024-2025 AHCA/CCM Hockey Men’s Division I All-American Teams
West First Team
Goalie – Trey Augustine, Michigan State
Defense – Zeev Buium, Denver
Defense – Sam Rinzel, Minnesota
Forward – Alex Bump, Western Michigan
Forward – Jack Devine, Denver
Forward – Isaac Howard, Michigan State
West Second Team
Goalie – Alex Tracy, Minnesota State
Defense – Matt Basgall, Michigan State
Defense – Jack Livanavage, North Dakota
Forward – Aiden Fink, Penn State
Forward – Artem Shlaine, Arizona State
Forward – Jimmy Snuggerud, Minnesota
East First Team
Goalie – Jacob Fowler, Boston College
Defense – Cole Hutson, Boston University
Defense – Mac Gadowsky, Army West Point
Forward – Ryan Leonard, Boston College
Forward – Ayrton Martino, Clarkson
Forward – Cole O’Hara, Massachusetts
East Second Team
Goalie – Albin Boija, Maine
Defense – Eamon Powell, Boston College
Defense – Trey Taylor, Clarkson
Forward – Liam McLinskey, Holy Cross
Forward – Joey Muldowney, Connecticut
Forward – Gabe Perreault, Boston College

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