12 Brian Halonen
Brian Halonen
  • Height:
    6-0
  • Weight:
    215
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Delano, Minn.
  • Position:
    F
  • Team:
    Des Moines (USHL)
  • gp
    28
  • p
    18
  • g
    8
  • a
    10
  • pim
    16
  • +/-
    +6

Bio

Junior Season (2020-21): Named to the WCHA All-Academic Team … Skated in 28 games and ranked third on the team with 18 points after scoring eight goals and tallying 10 assists … Ranked sixth in the nation with four game-winning goals … Had two four-game point streaks and two three-game point streaks … Scored game-winning goals versus Northern Michigan in overtime (Dec. 18), at NMU (Dec. 19), against Alabama Huntsville (Jan. 2), and versus Lake Superior State (Feb. 23) … Notched a pair of assists at Ferris State (Feb. 9) and at NMU (Feb. 27) … Recorded an assist on the game-winning goal three times … Tallied five points on the power play with two goals and three assists … Ranked third on the team with a plus-6 rating and fourth with 68 shots on goal.

Sophomore Season (2019-20): Named to the WCHA All-Academic Team … Appeared in all 39 games and ranked fourth on the team with 22 points … Was third on the team with 12 goals and added 10 assists … Named the Winter Carnival MVP after scoring two goals and assisting on the game-winner against Lake Superior State (Feb. 8) … Scored the game-winning goals against Northern Michigan (Nov. 22) and versus Alaska Anchorage (Dec. 6) as part of a two-goal game … Had a goal and an assist at Robert Morris (Oct. 6) … Registered a pair of assists at NMU (Feb. 28) … Had seven points in seven games from November 15-December 6.

Freshman Season (2018-19): Named to the WCHA All-Rookie Team … Received the team’s Norbert Matovich Memorial Outstanding Freshman Award … Led the Huskies and all WCHA rookies with 12 goals … Appeared in 35-of-38 games … Third on the team with 21 points after also tallying nine assists … Six points came on the power play with three goals and three assists … Ranked third amongst league freshmen with 87 shots on goal … Scored first collegiate goal at Wisconsin (Oct. 27) … Scored two goals, including the game-winner, at Alaska Anchorage (Jan. 25) … Named the WCHA Rookie of the Week on October 29 after tallying a goal and three assists at UW (Oct. 26-27) … Had a pair of assists at Northern Michigan (March 1) … Scored a Friday night goal five weekends in a row … Had a four-game point streak with two goals and two assists from November 23-December 1 … Had three other three-game point streaks … Attended the Dallas Stars Development Camp in July 2019.

Prior to Michigan Tech: Played 59 games for the Des Moines Buccaneers in the USHL in 2017-18, tallying 35 points on 16 goals and 19 assists … Also played eight games for the Buccaneers in 2016-17 after finish a three-year career with Delano High School … Racked up 167 points in 96 games in high school, serving as the team captain in 2016-17 when he had 81 points in 25 games … Named Third Team All-State in 2017 and team was sectional champions in 2017.

Personal: Shoots right … Son of Jim and Carol Halonen … Born Brian Raymond Halonen on January 11, 1999, in Minneapolis, Minnesota … Has 10 siblings with an older sister and older brother, three young sisters, and five young brothers … Played high school football and baseball … Baseball team was state champions in 2014 … Enjoys fishing and golfing … Majoring in mechanical engineering with a GPA of 3.09.

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 28 14
Points 18 11
Goals 8 3
Assists 10 8
PIM 16 10
+/- +6 +2
Power-play goals 2 0
Short-handed goals 0 0
Empty net goals 1 0
Games started 4 2
Game-winning goals 4 2
Game-tying goals 0 0
Hat tricks 0 0
Shots 68 38
Date Opponent Score gs g a pts pim +/- ppg shg eng gwg gtg s
Nov 21 at Lake Superior State T, 0-0 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 22 at Lake Superior State L, 4-1 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Dec 6 Minnesota State W, 3-1 1 1 0 1 0 +0 1 0 1 0 0 2
Dec 7 Minnesota State L, 2-0 - 0 0 0 2 +0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Dec 12 at Bemidji State L, 6-3 - 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Dec 13 at Bemidji State W, 3-0 - 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Dec 18 Northern Michigan W, 4-3 - 1 0 1 0 +2 0 0 0 1 0 2
Dec 19 at Northern Michigan W, 3-1 - 1 0 1 2 +0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Jan 2 Alabama Huntsville W, 4-0 - 1 0 1 0 +2 0 0 0 1 0 3
Jan 3 Alabama Huntsville W, 2-1 - 0 1 1 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Jan 23 Northern Michigan W, 2-0 - 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Jan 25 at Northern Michigan W, 4-1 - 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Jan 29 at Bowling Green L, 6-3 - 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Jan 30 at Bowling Green L, 5-2 - 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Feb 2 at Ferris State W, 6-4 - 0 1 1 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Feb 5 at Alabama Huntsville W, 3-1 - 1 0 1 2 -1 1 0 0 0 0 5
Feb 6 at Alabama Huntsville W, 4-1 - 0 1 1 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0 4
Feb 9 at Ferris State W, 2-1 1 0 2 2 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Feb 12 Ferris State W, 3-0 1 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Feb 13 Ferris State W, 5-1 - 0 1 1 0 +2 0 0 0 0 0 1
Feb 16 Lake Superior State L, 3-1 - 0 1 1 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Feb 19 Bemidji State L, 4-1 - 0 1 1 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0 5
Feb 20 Bemidji State L, 2-1 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Feb 23 Lake Superior State W, 4-1 - 1 0 1 0 +2 0 0 0 1 0 6
Feb 26 Northern Michigan W, 6-1 - 1 0 1 4 +1 0 0 0 0 0 4
Feb 27 at Northern Michigan W, 3-2 - 0 2 2 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Mar 5 at Minnesota State L, 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Mar 6 at Minnesota State L, 3-2 - 0 0 0 6 +1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mar 12 at Bemidji State L, 3-1 - 1 0 1 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mar 13 at Bemidji State L, 4-1 - 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 2
  gp g a pts pim +/- ppg shg eng gwg gtg hat s
2018-19 35 12 9 21 26 +1 3 0 0 1 0 0 87
2019-20 39 12 10 22 22 +4 3 0 0 2 0 0 80
2020-21 28 8 10 18 16 +6 2 0 1 4 0 0 68
2021-22 37 21 23 44 49 +24 3 0 2 3 0 0 132
Total 139 53 52 105 113 +35 11 0 3 10 0 0 367
    gp g a pts pim +/- ppg shg eng gwg gtg hat s
Event Total 28 8 10 18 16 +6 2 0 1 4 0 0 68
Conference 14 3 8 11 10 +2 0 0 0 2 0 0 38
Exhibition - - - 0 - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 13 5 4 9 6 +10 1 0 1 3 0 0 35
Away 15 3 6 9 10 -4 1 0 0 1 0 0 33
Neutral - - - 0 - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 17 7 8 15 8 +8 2 0 1 4 0 0 43
Losses 11 1 2 3 8 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 25
Ties - - - 0 - - - - - - - - -
Month December 6 3 0 3 4 +2 1 0 1 2 0 0 13
January 6 1 1 2 0 +2 0 0 0 1 0 0 12
February 12 3 9 12 6 +3 1 0 0 1 0 0 37
March 4 1 0 1 6 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6