2019-20 Men's Ice Hockey Roster
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Jersey Number 20
Josh Nodler
- Position:
- F
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 191
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Oak Park, Mich.
- Prev School:
- Fargo Force (USHL)
Bio
2021-22 (Junior): Earned Academic All-Big Ten Honors .. Appeared in all 36 games ... Had a career-best seven goals and 15 points, tying his eight assists he posted as a sophomore ... Won 54.1% of his faceoffs, good for second on the team while taking a squad-best 573 draws ... Had four power play-markers, tied for most on the team ... Had a goal and a pair of assists in the Air Force Series (10/8-9), scoring the first goal of the season in the first period of the opener and recording a pair of helpers in game two ... Assisted on Erik Middendorf’s game winner in the series finale vs. Miami (10/16) ... Factored in all three goals scored in the Ohio State series (10/29-30), scoring twice and adding an assist and a pair of blocked shots ... Assisted on Griffin Loughran’s goal vs. Michigan (11/6) ... Had a goal an assist - the helper on the game-winner - in a comeback victory at Ferris State (11/13) ... Had an assist on an Erik Middendorf power play goal vs. Wisconsin (11/19) ...Scored vs. Michigan Tech (12/30) ... Was the team’s top scorer in the Penn State series, with a pair of goals and an assist (2/25-26).
2020-21 (Sophomore): Won the team’s Amo Bessone Award, honoring athletic and academic achievement along with community involvement … Ranked third on the team with a career best 11 points (3g, 8a) while appearing in every game (27) for the second straight year … Academic All-Big Ten … Recorded points in four of the first six games to begin the season, including assists in both games vs. Minnesota (Dec. 3-4) … Had a career high two assists in a 4-3 overtime win at No. 16 Notre Dame (Dec. 20) … Had two points, including the game-winning goal with 37 seconds to play in a 3-2 victory over No. 9 Michigan (Jan. 9) … Scored the next time out a Penn State (Jan. 15) … Scored a goal at Minnesota (Feb. 19) … Ranked 11th in the Big Ten in faceoff winning percentage at .551 - .089 better than his freshman season.
2019-20 (Freshman): Voted the team winner of the Rookie of the Year Award ... One of four Spartans to earn Krampade All-American Scholar honors by the American Hockey Coaches Association for having posted a minimum 3.75 GPA in the fall semester and appearing in at least 40% of the Spartans' games … Had three goals and five assists in 36 games … Recorded his first collegiate point with an assist in the season-opening win at Northern Michigan (10/11) ... Scored his first collegiate goal on the power play vs. No. 4 Cornell (11/2) ... Assisted on Logan Lambdin’s game-winning goal on the power play at Michigan (11/14) ... Scored the game-winning goal 1:59 into the first period in a 3-0 win over Michigan … Assisted on Logan Lambdin’s game-tying goal in the third period of a 3-2 win over No. 3 Notre Dame (11/23) ... Had points in both games at Notre Dame (2/28-29), assisting on Logan Lambdin’s goal in a 3-1 win and then scoring the following night in a 2-2 tie … Posted a perfect 4.0 GPA in the classroom.
Prior to MSU
Selected in the fifth round (150th overall) by the Calgary Flames in the 2019 NHL Draft … Named to the 2018-19 USHL All-Rookie second team … Played one season for the Fargo Force where he ranked fourth on the team and 11th among all USHL rookies with 42 points in 54 games … His 17 goals were also fourth best on the team, while his 25 assists ranked ninth among all USHL rookies and third on the team … Voted Fargo’s Rookie of the Year … Was chosen to play in the 2019 USHL/NHL Top Prospects Game … Helped the U.S. to gold at the 2018 World Junior A Challenge … Led the U.S. Under-18 Men's Select Team at the 2018 Hlinka Gretzky Cup in Edmonton, Alberta, with seven points (1g, 6a) … Skated on the 2017 U.S. Under-17 Men's Select Team that won first place at the Five Nations Tournament in Ostrava, Czech Republic, recording five points (2g, 3a) in four games … Put up 22 points (8g, 14a) in 18 games and served as team captain for Honeybaked U16 in 2017-18, and also appeared in four games with the NTDP U-17s and two with Fargo that season … Played four seasons for Honeybaked.
Personal
Born April 27, 2001 in Royal Oak, Michigan … Son of Michael and Dana Nodler … Lists Patrice Bergeron as his favorite NHL player because of his “complete game” … Graduated from Berkley High School and was a member of the National Honor Society … Names his father as his biggest hockey influence because “he has always been my biggest supporter.”
2020-21 (Sophomore): Won the team’s Amo Bessone Award, honoring athletic and academic achievement along with community involvement … Ranked third on the team with a career best 11 points (3g, 8a) while appearing in every game (27) for the second straight year … Academic All-Big Ten … Recorded points in four of the first six games to begin the season, including assists in both games vs. Minnesota (Dec. 3-4) … Had a career high two assists in a 4-3 overtime win at No. 16 Notre Dame (Dec. 20) … Had two points, including the game-winning goal with 37 seconds to play in a 3-2 victory over No. 9 Michigan (Jan. 9) … Scored the next time out a Penn State (Jan. 15) … Scored a goal at Minnesota (Feb. 19) … Ranked 11th in the Big Ten in faceoff winning percentage at .551 - .089 better than his freshman season.
2019-20 (Freshman): Voted the team winner of the Rookie of the Year Award ... One of four Spartans to earn Krampade All-American Scholar honors by the American Hockey Coaches Association for having posted a minimum 3.75 GPA in the fall semester and appearing in at least 40% of the Spartans' games … Had three goals and five assists in 36 games … Recorded his first collegiate point with an assist in the season-opening win at Northern Michigan (10/11) ... Scored his first collegiate goal on the power play vs. No. 4 Cornell (11/2) ... Assisted on Logan Lambdin’s game-winning goal on the power play at Michigan (11/14) ... Scored the game-winning goal 1:59 into the first period in a 3-0 win over Michigan … Assisted on Logan Lambdin’s game-tying goal in the third period of a 3-2 win over No. 3 Notre Dame (11/23) ... Had points in both games at Notre Dame (2/28-29), assisting on Logan Lambdin’s goal in a 3-1 win and then scoring the following night in a 2-2 tie … Posted a perfect 4.0 GPA in the classroom.
Prior to MSU
Selected in the fifth round (150th overall) by the Calgary Flames in the 2019 NHL Draft … Named to the 2018-19 USHL All-Rookie second team … Played one season for the Fargo Force where he ranked fourth on the team and 11th among all USHL rookies with 42 points in 54 games … His 17 goals were also fourth best on the team, while his 25 assists ranked ninth among all USHL rookies and third on the team … Voted Fargo’s Rookie of the Year … Was chosen to play in the 2019 USHL/NHL Top Prospects Game … Helped the U.S. to gold at the 2018 World Junior A Challenge … Led the U.S. Under-18 Men's Select Team at the 2018 Hlinka Gretzky Cup in Edmonton, Alberta, with seven points (1g, 6a) … Skated on the 2017 U.S. Under-17 Men's Select Team that won first place at the Five Nations Tournament in Ostrava, Czech Republic, recording five points (2g, 3a) in four games … Put up 22 points (8g, 14a) in 18 games and served as team captain for Honeybaked U16 in 2017-18, and also appeared in four games with the NTDP U-17s and two with Fargo that season … Played four seasons for Honeybaked.
Personal
Born April 27, 2001 in Royal Oak, Michigan … Son of Michael and Dana Nodler … Lists Patrice Bergeron as his favorite NHL player because of his “complete game” … Graduated from Berkley High School and was a member of the National Honor Society … Names his father as his biggest hockey influence because “he has always been my biggest supporter.”
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