24 Colin Swoyer
Colin Swoyer
  • Height:
    6-0
  • Weight:
    190
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Hinsdale, Ill.
  • Position:
    D
  • Team:
    Sioux Falls (USHL)
  • gp
    30
  • p
    17
  • g
    3
  • a
    14
  • pim
    24
  • +/-
    +9

Bio

Junior Season (2020-21): Alternate captain … Named to the All-WCHA Second Team … Named to the WCHA All-Academic Team … Received the Gitzen-Loutit Memorial Award as the team's most outstanding defensive player for the second straight season … Named the WCHA Defenseman of the Month for February and was a four-time WCHA Defenseman of the Week … Ranked second in the WCHA amongst defensemen with 17 points, scoring three goals and tallying 13 assists … Led Tech skaters with a plus-9 rating and led WCHA blueliners with 71 shots on goal … Tech was 11-3 when he registered a point and 3-0 when he scored … Scored the game-winning goal versus Ferris State (Feb. 13) in Winter Carnival … Had a pair of assists including on the game winner at Bemidji State (Dec. 13) and versus Northern Michigan (Dec. 18) … Also assisted on the game winner against FSU (Feb. 12) … Had a goal and an assist on the power play at Northern Michigan (Feb. 27) … Scored a power play goal at FSU (Feb. 2) … Had six points on the power play with two goals and four assists … Led the team with 53 blocked shots to rank eighth in the nation and was third with 71 shots on goal.

Sophomore Season (2019-20): Named to the WCHA All-Academic Team … Received the team’s Gitzen-Loutit Memorial Award as the outstanding defensive player … Appeared in all 39 games and led the team with 17 assists while scoring four goals … Was second on the team with 56 blocked shots which ranked sixth in the WCHA … Was named the WCHA Defenseman of the Week on February 17 after a three-point weekend at Ferris State … Scored two goals, including the game-winner, at FSU (Feb. 15) … Had a goal and an assist in the Winter Carnival opener against Lake Superior State (Feb. 7) … Also scored against Northern Michigan (Nov. 22) … Had a pair of assists at Bowling Green (Oct. 26) and at NMU (Feb. 28) … Led WCHA defensemen in assists in October … Ended the season with 10 points in the last nine games.

Freshman Season (2018-19): Appeared in 36-of-38 games in first season … Tallied 11 points on two goals and nine assists … Eight assists came on the power play … First collegiate goal was the game-winner at Alabama Huntsville (Nov. 2) … Recorded first collegiate point with an assist at Wisconsin (Oct. 26) … Assisted on the game-winning goal versus Alaska Anchorage (Feb. 23) … Went on a four-game point streak from October 26-November 3 with a goal and three assists … Also scored at Minnesota State (Jan. 5) … Blocked 41 shots to rank fourth on the team … Attended the St. Louis Blues Development Camp in July 2019.

Prior to Michigan Tech: Played 114 games in two seasons for the Sioux Falls Stampede … Alternate captain in 2017-18 … Finished fourth in the USHL in defensemen scoring with 36 points … Scored seven goals and racked up 29 assists to finish fourth on the team in scoring … Received the team’s community service award in 2016-17 … Played four games for the Chicago Steel in 2015-16, getting coached by current Tech assistant Dallas Steward … Played three seasons with the Chicago Fury before his time in the USHL.

Personal: Shoots right … Son of Jim and Jenny Swoyer … Born Colin James Swoyer on March 31, 1998, in Hinsdale, Illinois … Father played hockey and baseball for Southern New Hampshire University and is a former college hockey assistant coach and current high school hockey coach … Has a younger sister (Hannah) and brother (Devin) … Enjoys golfing … Majoring in finance with a 3.22 GPA.

Player Profile

Recent Games
Feb 26 Northern Michigan W, 6-1
Feb 27 at Northern Michigan W, 3-2
Mar 5 at Minnesota State L, 2-1
Mar 6 at Minnesota State L, 3-2
Mar 12 at Bemidji State L, 3-1
Mar 13 at Bemidji State L, 4-1
  Overall Conf
Games 30 14
Points 17 7
Goals 3 2
Assists 14 5
PIM 24 8
+/- +9 +1
Power-play goals 2 2
Short-handed goals 0 0
Empty net goals 0 0
Games started 15 8
Game-winning goals 1 0
Game-tying goals 0 0
Hat tricks 0 0
Shots 71 33
Date Opponent Score gs g a pts pim +/- ppg shg eng gwg gtg s
Nov 21 at Lake Superior State T, 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Nov 22 at Lake Superior State L, 4-1 1 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Dec 6 Minnesota State W, 3-1 - 0 1 1 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Dec 7 Minnesota State L, 2-0 1 0 0 0 2 +0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Dec 12 at Bemidji State L, 6-3 - 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Dec 13 at Bemidji State W, 3-0 - 0 2 2 0 +3 0 0 0 0 0 2
Dec 18 Northern Michigan W, 4-3 1 0 2 2 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Dec 19 at Northern Michigan W, 3-1 1 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Jan 2 Alabama Huntsville W, 4-0 1 0 1 1 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Jan 3 Alabama Huntsville W, 2-1 1 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Jan 23 Northern Michigan W, 2-0 - 0 0 0 4 +1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jan 25 at Northern Michigan W, 4-1 - 0 1 1 2 +1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jan 29 at Bowling Green L, 6-3 - 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jan 30 at Bowling Green L, 5-2 - 0 1 1 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Feb 2 at Ferris State W, 6-4 - 1 0 1 2 +0 1 0 0 0 0 3
Feb 5 at Alabama Huntsville W, 3-1 1 0 1 1 2 +0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Feb 6 at Alabama Huntsville W, 4-1 - 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Feb 9 at Ferris State W, 2-1 - 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Feb 12 Ferris State W, 3-0 1 0 1 1 2 +2 0 0 0 0 0 4
Feb 13 Ferris State W, 5-1 1 1 0 1 0 +2 0 0 0 1 0 2
Feb 16 Lake Superior State L, 3-1 1 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 4
Feb 19 Bemidji State L, 4-1 - 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Feb 20 Bemidji State L, 2-1 1 0 1 1 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Feb 23 Lake Superior State W, 4-1 1 0 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0 4
Feb 26 Northern Michigan W, 6-1 - 0 1 1 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Feb 27 at Northern Michigan W, 3-2 1 1 1 2 4 +0 1 0 0 0 0 4
Mar 5 at Minnesota State L, 2-1 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mar 6 at Minnesota State L, 3-2 1 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mar 12 at Bemidji State L, 3-1 - 0 0 0 2 +0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Mar 13 at Bemidji State L, 4-1 - 0 1 1 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  gp g a pts pim +/- ppg shg eng gwg gtg hat s
2018-19 36 2 9 11 28 -6 0 0 0 1 0 0 51
2019-20 39 4 17 21 32 +3 0 0 1 1 0 0 61
2020-21 30 3 14 17 24 +9 2 0 0 1 0 0 71
2021-22 36 5 18 23 22 +13 4 0 0 1 0 0 78
Total 141 14 58 72 106 +19 6 0 1 4 0 0 261
    gp g a pts pim +/- ppg shg eng gwg gtg hat s
Event Total 30 3 14 17 24 +9 2 0 0 1 0 0 71
Conference 14 2 5 7 8 +1 2 0 0 0 0 0 33
Exhibition - - - 0 - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 13 1 7 8 12 +7 0 0 0 1 0 0 38
Away 17 2 7 9 12 +2 2 0 0 0 0 0 33
Neutral - - - 0 - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 17 3 11 14 18 +12 2 0 0 1 0 0 46
Losses 12 0 3 3 6 -3 0 0 0 0 0 0 22
Ties 1 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Month November 2 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
December 6 0 5 5 4 +2 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
January 6 0 3 3 6 +3 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
February 12 3 5 8 12 +5 2 0 0 1 0 0 34
March 4 0 1 1 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2