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Gavin Puskar

Class:
Junior
Position:
Forward
Height:
6-1
Weight:
190
Hometown:
Fairfield, Conn.
Last Team:
UConn (HEA)

2023-24: Skated in 26 games as a senior winger … Finished the season with 22 shots and 11 blocked shots.

2022-23: Skated in all 30 games as a junior forward … Finished the season with five goals and nine points … Recorded his first collegiate goal against Harvard (Nov. 4) … Added goals in consecutive games against Boston College (Nov. 29) and LIU (Dec. 3) … Chipped in an assist against LIU (Dec. 4) and a goal at Clarkson (Dec. 9) for a four-game point streak … Recorded a goal and assist against Clarkson (Feb. 4) … Finished the season with 48 shots on goal.

BEFORE BROWN: Spent two seasons in the Hockey East at UConn after graduating from Hotchkiss in 2020 … Played in three games in the shortened 2020-21 season for the Huskies … Posted 18 goals and 36 points in 26 games as a senior at Hotchkiss to earn First Team All-NEPSAC Honors … Played for Brown Hall-of-Famer Mike Traggio ’95 at Hotchkiss … Skated with the Mid-Fairfield Rangers for three seasons.

PERSONAL: Son of Gary and Tricia Puskar … Has one sister, Grace … Chose Brown for the ability to play hockey at a very high level while receiving a top-class education … Economics concentration.