Isaac Gordon named CCHA Rookie of the Year

HOUGHTON, Mich. – Michigan Tech's Isaac Gordon has been named the CCHA Rookie of the Year the league announced on Wednesday. It's the second year in a row a Tech player was honored after Kyle Kukkonen received the award in 2023.

Gordon, a native of Landmark, Manitoba, was named to the CCHA All-Second Team and CCHA All-Rookie Team earlier this week. He has skated in all 37 games this season and leads the Huskies with 18 goals and 36 points. He currently leads the CCHA in points and is ranked second in goals. He had a hat trick on November 3 against Augustana while also adding an assist for a four-point night. He had seven-game and five-game point streaks during the season and is currently on a three-game point streak with three goals and five assists.

Gordon tied Kyle Kukkonen's mark from last season for the fifth-most goals by a Michigan Tech freshman in program history. His 36 points are the most by a Tech rookie since Colin Murphy in 2002-03 when he tallied 37. He was named the CCHA Rookie of the Week four times and the CCHA Rookie of the Month in November after tallying nine points.

In CCHA games, Gordon played in all 24 contests for the Huskies and was second among all CCHA skaters in goals (11) during conference play, pacing league rookies in points (20) and plus-minus (+10) and finishing second in shots (66). Fifth overall in plus-minus, he was third on Michigan Tech with nine assists, including two helpers on the power play. Notching three multi-point games, he had two five-game point streaks during the conference season and tallied a game-winning goal against Bowling Green (Dec. 2).

Voting for the 2023-24 All-CCHA Teams and year-end awards was conducted by the eight head coaches at each CCHA member institution, based on CCHA conference games only. Coaches were not permitted to vote for their own players. The CCHA will be announcing additional major awards today, Thursday, and Friday.

Huskies Named Conference Rookie of the Year
1959-60—Lou Angotti
1962-63—George Hill
1964-65—Gary Milroy
1970-71—Mike Usitalo
1972-73—Mike Zuke
2022-23—Kyle Kukkonen
2023-24—Isaac Gordon