2024-25 Hockey Roster

#26 Zach Plucinski 2023-24 Hockey Roster

Height 6-1

Weight 202 lbs.

Class Graduate

Hometown Eagle River, Alaska

Last Team Omaha Lancers (USHL)

Bio / Statistics

HONORS & AWARDS

AS A SENIOR (2023-2024)

2024 Academic All-Big Ten
Skated in all 36 games for the Irish.
Blocked 56 shots on the season.
Recorded 29 shots on goal.
Tallied his first point of the season with an assist in the 6-1 victory over Michigan (Dec. 1).
Finished the season with a +5 on-ice rating.

AS A JUNIOR (2022-23)

Skated in 31 contests for the Irish
Tallied one goal and four assists for five points on the season
Scored the team’s first goal of the game in a 5-5 tie at Air Force (Oct. 8)
Notched an assist on Justin Janicke’s second period goal against Western Michigan (Oct. 21)
Recorded a career-long point streak of two games with a pair of assists against Michigan State (Oct. 29) and at Minnesota (Nov. 4)
Also recorded an assist at Michigan State (Feb. 4)

AS A SOPHOMORE (2021-22)

Notched first point of the season in the form of an assist at Minnesota (Oct. 30).
Tallied an assist en route to a 5-1 win over Wisconsin (Nov. 12).
Recorded his first goal of the season in 5-0 win over Niagara (Jan. 2).
Scored enroute to a 3-2 victory over Wisconsin in game 2 of the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals (Mar. 5).

AS A FRESHMAN (2020-21)

Played in 20 games while scoring a goal.
Notched his first career goal in Notre Dame’s 5-2 win over Penn State (March 5).
Forced to miss eight games with an injury during the second semester (Feb. 5-27).

IN THE USHL

Plucinski skated with the Omaha Lancers during the 2019-20 season after splitting time between Omaha and the Sioux City Musketeers in 2018-19.
With Omaha in 2019-20, he notched 26 points on eight goals and 18 assists in 48 games.
His eight goals ranked tied for third among all USHL defensemen, while his 26 points ranked tied for 10th.
He had two game-winning goals on the season and a power-play tally.
In 52 games with Sioux Falls and Omaha in 2018-19, he had a goal and five assists in his rookie season in the USHL.

PREP AND PERSONAL

Before heading to the USHL, Plucinski skated for the Notre Dame Hounds of the Saskatchewan Midget Hockey League.
In 2018, Plucinski helped Notre Dame win the Telus Cup and be crowned Canada’s midget hockey National Champion.
Won an Alaska state championship for the Chugiak Mustangs in 2017.