2021-22 Michigan Tech Huskies Men's Ice Hockey Roster

Trenton Bliss

23 Trenton Bliss

  • Class
    Senior
  • DOB
    3/16/98
  • Position
    F
  • S/C
    L
  • Height
    6-1
  • Hometown
    Appleton, WI
  • Weight
    195
  • Last Team
    Green Bay (USHL)

Biography

Junior Season (2020-21): Alternate captain … Named to the All-WCHA Third Team … Named to the WCHA All-Academic Team … Candidate for the Hobey Baker Award … Received the team’s Merv Youngs Award as the most valuable player and the Gary Crosby Memorial Award as the team's leading scorer for the second straight season … Led the team with 25 points after 12 goals and 13 assists … Skated in 29-of-30 games … Tallied eight points on the power play with four goals and four assists … Scored the game-winning goal at Ferris State (Feb. 2) … Assisted on the game-winning goal at Bemidji State (Dec. 13), versus Northern Michigan (Dec. 18), at NMU (Jan. 25), and at Alabama Huntsville (Feb. 5) … Had six multi-point games, including a goal and two assist performance in a 4-3 overtime win over NMU (Dec. 18) … Went on a seven-game point from Feb. 2-16 with four goals and four assists … Tech was 7-4 when he scored and 10-1 when he notched an assist … Tallied 74 shots on goal, 19 blocked shots and led the team with a .598 faceoff winning percentage.

Sophomore Season (2019-20): Named to the WCHA All-Academic Team … Received the team’s Gary Crosby Memorial Award as the leading scorer … Appeared in all 39 games and tallied 27 points on 12 goals and 15 assists … Had a hat trick at Northern Michigan (Feb. 28) … Was named the WCHA Forward of the Week on November 18 after scoring three goals, including a pair of game-winners, at Lake Superior State … Named to the GLI All-Tournament Team after a goal and two assists … Had a pair of four-game point streaks and six multi-point games … Scored game-winning goals at Robert Morris (Oct. 6), both nights at LSSU, and against Alaska Anchorage (Dec. 7) … Assisted on the game-winner at Arizona State (Jan. 5) and both games at Ferris State (Feb. 14-15).

Freshman Season (2018-19): Appeared in 34 games in first season … Tallied 15 points on six goals and nine assists … Tied for the team lead with five power-play goals, ranking eighth in the nation amongst freshmen … Named the WCHA Rookie of the Week on December 10 after scoring two goals and adding an assist versus Northern Michigan (Dec. 7-8) … Had an assist on the game-winning goal at Ferris State (Nov. 10) … Recorded first collegiate point with an assist versus Minnesota Duluth (Oct. 12) … Scored first collegiate goal at Wisconsin (Oct. 26).

Prior to Michigan Tech: Played the 2017-18 season with the Green Bay Gamblers in the USHL … Served as an alternate captain on a team coached by former Tech player and assistant coach Pat Mikesch … Was tenth in the USHL with 55 points, scoring 21 goals and adding 34 assists in 60 games in 2017-18 … Played 24 games for the Gamblers in 2016-17 and also nine for the Coulee Region Chill in the NAHL … Spent four seasons with the Appleton United from 2012-16, serving as an alternate captain in 2015-16 … Won Wisconsin state championship in 2016 and was named Mr. Hockey … Won a National Championship with Team Wisconsin in 2014.

Personal: Shoots left … Son of Cheryl Bliss … Born Trenton Beck Bliss on March 16, 1998, in Dallas, Texas … Has an older brother, Travis … Enjoys boating and golfing … Majoring in exercise science with a GPA of 3.32.