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2023-24 Men's Ice Hockey Roster

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9 Matt Choupani

  • Position Forward
  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 185
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Baie D'Urfe, Quebec

Biography

Awards:
  • Hockey East All-Academic Team (2023-24)
  • Most Improved Player - Team Award (2022-23)
2023-24:
  • Appeared in 28 of NU’s 36 games
  • Finished with 12 points from three goals and nine assists
  • Recorded a career-high three-point game (1g, 2a) in a 9-2 victory over RPI (11/25)
  • Tallied 53 shots and 20 blocks on the year
  • Recorded a career-high nine shots against #3 Quinnipiac (1/6)
  • Played in his 100th career game as a Husky against UConn (3/2)
2022-23:
  • Appeared in all 35 games for Northeastern
  • Finished with 19 points from ten goals and nine assists
  • Tallied two goals to bring the Huskies back from a three-goal deficit over Providence, including the game-tying goal (2/10)
  • Tied for the third most goals on the team with ten
  • Recorded an assist on the game-winning goal in Northeastern’s Frozen Fenway victory over #9/10 UConn (1/7)
  • Finished with a plus-17 rating, third-best mark on the team
2021-22:
  • Appeared in all 39 games
  • Scored first career goal against Holy Cross in 3-0 win (10/8)
  • Finished season with six goals and four assists, with a plus-four rating 
  • Blocked 18 shots this season with his season-high in a 3-1 win over #19 UConn (2/25)
  • Recorded a goal and an assist in a 2-1 win over Rensselaer (11/28)  
Before Northeastern: Played with the Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL) from 2019-21 and recorded 37 goals with 37 assists in 74 games... Named to the Second Rookie All-Star Team in the USHL... Skated with Lac St. Louis from 2014-19 and played with the Lions (QMAAA) for two seasons scoring 60 goals and 51 assists in 82 games... Was named the top scorer in peewee AAA with the Lions... Scored the most goals in midget AAA during the 2018-19 season... Won the RDS cup with the Lions

Personal: Son of Majid Choupani and Susanne Nierzwicki... Has three siblings, Shawn, Sarah and Mitra... Went to John Rennie High School and University of Nebraska High School... Was an honor roll student... Majoring in Business Administration

NHL: Free Agent

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 5

    2021-22Freshman

    Forward
    5'11" 185 lbs
    5
  • 9

    2022-23Sophomore

    Forward
    5'11" 185 lbs
    9
  • 9

    2023-24Junior

    Forward
    5'10" 185 lbs
    9