SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The University of Notre Dame hockey team has added defenseman Ben Brinkman as a graduate transfer for the 2022-23 season.
Brinkman joins the Irish after spending the past four seasons with the University of Minnesota (Big Ten). He played 140 career games with the Gophers, scoring a pair of goals and adding 21 assists for 23 points.
A native of Edina, Minnesota, Brinkman was an Academic All-Big Ten selection each of the past three seasons. As a senior, he skated in 37 games and totaled a goal and seven assists for eight points. He helped lead the Gophers to the 2022 NCAA Frozen Four, where Minnesota also fell to Minnesota State in the national semifinals.
Brinkman was selected in the sixth round (173rd overall) of the 2019 NHL Entry Draft by the Dallas Stars.
Brinkman joined the Gophers after skating for Edina High School for three seasons. He was a two-year captain for the Hornets and closed out his prep career by leading Edina to a third-place finish in the 2018 MSHSL Class AA State Tournament. A 2018 first team all-state selection and a 2018 All-USA Boys Hockey Team honoree, he recorded 82 career points (29 goals, 53 assists) in 68 high school games with the Hornets.
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