2024-25 Hockey Roster

#9 Grant Silianoff 2023-24 Hockey Roster

Height 5-11

Weight 180 lbs.

Class Graduate

Hometown Edina, Minnesota

Last Team Cedar Rapids (USHL)

Bio / Statistics

HONORS & AWARDS

AS A SENIOR (2023-24)

2024 Academic All-Big Ten
Skated in 28 games for the Irish before being sidelined with an injury.
Tallied 11 points off four goals and seven assists.
Posted four goals on the season.
Blocked 11 shots on the season.
Posted 48 shots on goal with .083 shot percentage.
Collected his first point of the season with an assist in the second game of the home opening series against Clasrkson (Oct. 8).
Recorded a two game point streak Dec. 30-31.
Net his first goal of the season during the 4-1 victory against Ohio State (Nov. 10).
Scored his second goal of the season on the road in the 4-2 victory over Minnesota

(Nov. 17).

Secured the first goal for the Irish in what would be a 5-2 road victory over Ohio State (Jan. 13).
Finished the season with a +4 on-ice rating.

AS A JUNIOR (2022-23)

Skated in 33 games for the Irish
Tallied nine points off three goals and six assists
Tied a career-long point streak of three games early in the season, registering a goal and two assists Oct. 8-16
Net his first goal of the season in a 5-4 win over Northern Michigan (Oct. 16)
Scored the game-winning goal with an overtime tally against Michigan (Nov. 12)
Blocked 18 shots on the season
Scored the lone goal in game one of the Big Ten Quarterfinals against Michigan State to give ND the 1-0 victory

AS A SOPHOMORE (2021-22)

Tallied an assist in back-to-back road wins over Michigan Tech (Oct. 15) and Northern Michigan (Oct. 16).
Scored his first goal of the season at Minnesota (Oct. 30).
Recorded a goal in a home win against Wisconsin (Nov. 13).
Added two assists, including the game-tying goal at Michigan (Nov. 19), en route to a 3-2 overtime victory over the then-No. 1 Wolverines.
Earned his second multipoint game of the season with two assists against Niagara (Jan. 2).
Scored a goal in the second period in a 4-2 road victory over Penn State (Jan. 7).
Contributed an assist en route to a 5-4 overtime win over Penn State to extend his point streak to three games (Jan. 2-8, 1-3-4), matching a career long.
Set single-game career highs in assists (three) and points (four) in an 8-2 victory over Boston College (Jan. 19).
Added an assist on the first goal in a 3-0 win over Penn State (Feb. 5).
Notched a goal on the road at Wisconsin (Feb. 12)

AS A FRESHMAN (2020-21)

Played in 28 games while scoring four goals and adding four assists for eight points.
Had one game-winning goal and a +4 rating.
Scored his first career goal at third-ranked Michigan in Notre Dame’s 3-2 win (Nov. 27).
That goal against the Wolverines also proved to be his first career game winner.
Notched his first career assist against Ohio State (Dec. 13).
Scored his second goal of the season against Michigan State to close out the first semester (Dec. 20).
Posted his first career two-goal game (and first multipoint game) in the 5-4 win over Arizona State (Jan. 9).

IN THE USHL

Silianoff joins the Irish after playing the past two seasons with Cedar Rapids (USHL).
In 100 career USHL games, he totaled 75 points on 33 goals and 42 assists.
Last season he played in 43 games and scored 14 goals and added 18 assists for 32 points.
His 18 assists led the team, while his 14 goals and 32 points each ranked second.
Finished the shortened season with one game-winning goal and two power-play tallies.
In 2018-19, his first full season with Cedar Rapids, he played in 55 games and scored 18 goals to go along with 23 assists for 41 points.
Skated in six playoff games in 2019, netting two goals and adding an assist.
Earned USHL All-Rookie Second Team honors following the 2018-19 season.

WITH USA HOCKEY

Named to the 2018 U.S. Junior Select Team for the World Junior A Challenge and won gold with Team USA (Dec. 16, 2018).

PREP AND PERSONAL

Named to the 2019 USHL/NHL Top Prospects Game and notched an assist (Jan. 8, 2019).
Ranked 60th among North American skaters on NHL Central Scouting Final Rankings (April 15, 2019).
Skated with Shattuck St. Mary’s before joining Cedar Rapids (2014-18).
In his final season with Shattuck in 2017-18 (USHS-Prep), he scored 35 goals and added 32 assists for 67 points in 55 games en route to being named to the High School All-USA Hockey Second Team.
Cousin of former Irish hockey player Ryan Thang.