20 Blake Hietala
Blake Hietala
  • Height:
    5-10
  • Weight:
    185
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Houghton, Mich.
  • Position:
    F
  • Team:
    Melfort (SJHL)
  • Previous Experience:
    Melfort (SJHL)
  • gp
    29
  • p
    14
  • g
    5
  • a
    9
  • pim
    12
  • +/-
    +3

Bio

Junior Season (2013-14): Named to the WCHA All-Academic Team … Played in 36 games with 15 points on eight goals and seven assists … Had five of his 15 points in the first five games of the season including two goals in Tech's 2-0 win over Northern Michigan Oct. 26 … Scored goals in three consecutive games Feb. 14-21 including one each in a series vs. Alaska and another vs. NMU.

Sophomore Season (2012-13): Earned a spot on the WCHA All-Academic Team … Appeared in 16 games with five total points on three goals and two assists … Played his first collegiate game vs. Nebraska Omaha (Nov. 3) … Tallied first collegiate goal vs. Minnesota Duluth (Nov. 30) … Had the game-tying goal with 3:06 left in regulation in a 3-3 tie at Wisconsin (Dec. 8) … Posted a goal and an assist in the GLI Championship game win over No. 7 Western Michigan (Dec. 28). 

Freshman Season (2011-12): Named to WCHA All-Academic Team.

Redshirt Season (2010-11): Redshirted due to injury.

Prior to Michigan Tech: Played two seasons for the Melfort Mustangs of the SJHL ... Averaged over one point a game during his career with the Mustangs ... Finished with 115 points (52 goals, 63 assists) in 112 games ... Represented the North Division at the 2009 SJHL All-Star Game ... Also played 21 games for the Bismark Bobcats of the NAHL during the 2007-08 season ... A 2008 graduate of Houghton High School ... Also played golf for the Gremlins.

Personal: Son of Paul and Jane Hietala ... Has one brother and one sister, both younger ... Born Nov. 9, 1989 ... Enjoys golf, baseball and hanging out at the lake ... Shoots right … Owns a 3.34 grade point average in sports and fitness management.

Pietila's Individual Statistics
 Year GP
 G
 A
 PTS
 PEN/MIN
 PP
 SH
 GW
 GT
 2011-12 0
 0
 0
 0
 0/0 0 0 0 0
 2012-13 16
 3
 2
 5
 5/10 0
 0
 0
 1
 2013-14 36
 8 8 16 14/28 0 0 1 0
Total
 52 11 10 21 19/38 0 0 1 1

Player Profile

Recent Games
Mar 7 at Northern Michigan W, 3-1
Mar 13 Alabama Huntsville W, 1-0
Mar 14 Alabama Huntsville W, 3-0
Mar 20 vs. Bowling Green W, 5-2
Mar 21 vs. Minnesota State L, 5-2
Mar 27 vs. St. Cloud State L, 3-2
  Overall Conf
Games 29 19
Points 14 7
Goals 5 3
Assists 9 4
PIM 12 8
+/- +3 +3
Power-play goals 1 0
Short-handed goals 1 1
Empty net goals 1 1
Games started 3 1
Game-winning goals 1 0
Game-tying goals 0 0
Hat tricks 0 0
Shots 41 29
Date Opponent Score gs g a pts pim +/- ppg shg eng gwg gtg s
Oct 4 at Lake Superior State W, 5-3 - 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Oct 5 at Lake Superior State W, 5-1 - 2 0 2 2 +2 0 0 0 0 0 3
Oct 24 at Ferris State W, 1-0 - 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Oct 25 at Ferris State W, 2-1 - 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Oct 31 Michigan W, 4-1 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 1 Michigan W, 6-2 - 0 2 2 2 +1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nov 7 Alaska Anchorage W, 2-0 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 8 Alaska Anchorage W, 3-1 - 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Nov 14 at Bemidji State W, 2-1 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 15 at Bemidji State W, 4-2 - 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Nov 21 Minnesota State L, 2-1 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 22 Minnesota State L, 3-2 - 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Nov 28 at Alabama Huntsville W, 4-2 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 29 at Alabama Huntsville W, 5-2 - 1 1 2 0 +1 0 1 1 0 0 2
Dec 12 Minnesota Duluth L, 3-1 - 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dec 13 Minnesota Duluth W, 4-3 - 0 2 2 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Dec 28 vs. Michigan L, 2-1 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dec 29 vs. Ferris State W, 4-2 1 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jan 2 at Wisconsin W, 8-1 - 1 0 1 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0 4
Jan 3 at Wisconsin L, 2-0 - 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jan 9 at Northern Michigan T, 3-3 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Jan 10 Northern Michigan L, 5-4 - 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jan 16 Bowling Green W, 4-3 - 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jan 17 Bowling Green L, 3-2 - 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jan 23 Alaska W, 4-3 - 0 1 1 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jan 24 Alaska W, 3-2 - 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Jan 30 Alabama Huntsville W, 5-0 - 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jan 31 Alabama Huntsville W, 11-1 - 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Feb 6 Bemidji State W, 3-1 - 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Feb 7 Bemidji State W, 2-1 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Feb 13 at Alaska Anchorage W, 5-1 - 0 1 1 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Feb 14 at Alaska Anchorage W, 10-0 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Feb 27 at Minnesota State T, 1-1 - 0 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Feb 28 at Minnesota State L, 4-2 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 6 Northern Michigan W, 5-1 1 0 1 1 2 +1 0 0 0 0 0 5
Mar 7 at Northern Michigan W, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 13 Alabama Huntsville W, 1-0 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 14 Alabama Huntsville W, 3-0 - 1 1 2 0 +0 1 0 0 1 0 4
Mar 20 vs. Bowling Green W, 5-2 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 21 vs. Minnesota State L, 5-2 - 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mar 27 vs. St. Cloud State L, 3-2 - 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1
  gp g a pts pim +/- ppg shg eng gwg gtg hat s
2011-12 - - - 0 - - - - - - - - -
2012-13 16 3 2 5 10 -3 0 0 0 0 1 0 24
2013-14 36 8 7 15 28 -1 2 0 0 1 0 0 71
2014-15 29 5 9 14 12 +3 1 1 1 1 0 0 41
Total 81 16 18 34 50 -1 3 1 1 2 1 0 136
    gp g a pts pim +/- ppg shg eng gwg gtg hat s
Event Total 29 5 9 14 12 +3 1 1 1 1 0 0 41
Conference 19 3 4 7 8 +3 0 1 1 0 0 0 29
Exhibition - - - 0 - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 15 1 7 8 8 +0 1 0 0 1 0 0 21
Away 10 4 2 6 4 +5 0 1 1 0 0 0 18
Neutral 4 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Result Wins 20 5 9 14 10 +6 1 1 1 1 0 0 36
Losses 8 0 0 0 2 -4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Ties 1 0 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Month October 4 2 0 2 4 +1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
November 5 1 3 4 2 +2 0 1 1 0 0 0 8
December 4 0 2 2 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
January 9 1 1 2 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
February 3 0 1 1 0 +2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
March 4 1 2 3 2 +0 1 0 0 1 0 0 11