Matty Beniers

Photo by: Jonathan Knight

Class:
Sophomore
Position:
F
Height:
6-1
Weight:
175
Hometown:
Hingham, Mass.
S/C:
L
NHL:
SEA

NHL
• Selected 2nd overall (first round) for the Seattle Kraken in the 2021 NHL Draft
• First draft pick in history for the Seattle Kraken
• Signed with Seattle on April 10, 2022 and made his NHL debut on April 12 at Calgary
• Collected first point in his first game, scored his first goal in his second game at home versus New Jersey
• Started NHL career on a five-game point streak - the 2nd longest streak by a rookie in a new franchise (Wayne Gretzky leader with six)

Michigan Career
• Played in 61 career games, with 30 goals (10 PPG and 7 GWG) and 37 assists fo 61 points, and was a +50

International
• 2022 USA Olympic Team (goal, assist and led all US forwards in TOI)
• 2022 USA World Junior Championship (alternate captain)
• 2021 USA World Championships (bronze medal - scored one goal, one assist in 6 games)
• 2021 USA U-20 World Junior Championships (gold medal - scored one goal, two assists, was +3 and won 48 face offs)
• 2019 USA U18 Men's World Championship (bronze medal)
• Invited to the USA Hockey Summer Showcase in August 2021
• 2021-22 USA Hockey World Junior Camp invitee

Sophomore Year (2021-22)
• First-Team All-America
• Alternate Captain
• B1G Player of the Year finalist
• B1G Scoring Champion with 26 points (12-14) in 18 games and had 10 multiple-point games, 4 more than the next best player in the league
• Unanimous first-team All-B1G selection
• B1G All-Tournament Team selection
• B1G All-Academic Team
• B1G First Star of the Week (Nov. 9, Nov. 16, Jan. 18)
• HCA co-Player of the Month in January
• Preseason Second-Team All-B1G
• First point was an assist vs. LSSU a 7-4 win (10/9)
• Scored his first two goals of the season in 5-1 win vs. Minnesota Duluth (10/15)
• Recorded an assist in an OT win vs. WMU (10/23)
• Tallied an assist in a 3-0 victory over Wisconsin (10/28)
• Scored four goals in two wins over MSU (11/5, 11/6)
• Totaled three goals and three assists in weekend sweep at PSU (11/11, 11/12)
• Contributed a goal and an assist in 2-3 OT loss to ND (11/19)
• Added a goal and an assist in weekend sweep vs. Niagara (11/26, 11/27)
• Chipped in an assist in 6-2 win against Minnesota (12/4)
• Tallied up two assists in 5-2 win in Columbus vs. Ohio State (12/10)
• Combined for 3 assists and a goal in weekend sweep over UMass (1/8, 1/9)
• Compounded two goals and two assists in weekend wins vs. Penn State (1/14, 1/15)
• Recorded a goal and an assist in 4-1 victory at Minnesota (1/22)
• Scored a goal and three assists in weekend wins at Wisconsin (1/28, 1/29)
• Picked up the lone goal in 1-2 loss at Notre Dame (2/26)
• Net a goal in 4-1 win vs. MSU in B1G Tournament first round (3/4)
• Contributed a goal and an assist in 2-1 win vs. Notre Dame in B1G Tournament semifinal (3/12)
• Added an assist to the 4-3 B1G Tournament final win against Minnesota (3/19)
• Scored a goal and an assist in 5-3 win vs. American Int'l in NCAA first round (3/25)

Freshman Year (2020-21)
• All-Big Ten Honorable Mention
• Big Ten All-Freshman Team
• College Hockey News All-Rookie Team
• U-M Rookie of the Year (department-wide award)
• Led B1G in on-ice rating with a +21, ranking him 8th nationally
• 24 points (10 goals, 14 assists) in 24 games - 3rd in the league in freshmen scoring and 4th nationally
• Scored Michigan's first goal of the season and started career on a four-game point streak
• Tallied two goals in an 8-1 win over #15 Arizona State (11/14)
• Added an assist in a 3-0 shutout of #15 Arizona State (11/15)
• Set up the game-winning goal at #14 Wisconsin (11/19)
• Chipped in an assist in a 2-1 win over #14 Wisconsin (11/20)
• Scored in a 3-1 win over Penn State (12/2)
• Missed the Minnesota series (12/8-9) due to USA World Junior camp
• Picked up a goal and an assist in the 9-0 shutout against MSU (1/8)
• Tallied an assist in the OSU game (1/15)
• Recorded two assists against OSU (1/16)
• Racked up two assists at #16 Notre Dame (1/21)
• Scored the game-winning goal over #7 Wisconsin (2/13)
• Picks up a goal and assist in OSU game (2/19)
• Collected first career hat trick along with the game winner in 4-1 win over ASU (2/26)
• B1G Third Star of the Week on March 1
• Had a four-point game with a goal and three assists in a 5-2 win at #3 Minnesota (3/5)
• B1G Third Star of the Week on March 10
• Logged an assist against #4 Minnesota in the B1G semfinal (3/15)

Before Michigan
• Assistant captain of the US National Team Development Program
• Second on the team in scoring with 41 points (18 goals, 23 assists) in 44 games
• Scored 23 points in 42 games in his first year with USNTDP in 2018-19
• Won bronze at the 2019 IIHF U18 Men's World Championship
• Earned silver medal at the 2018 U17 Four Nations
• Named a Biosteel All-American
• Lettered in hockey and baseball at Milton Academy
• Top prospect for the 2021 NHL Draft

Personal
• Born November 5, 2002
• Son of Robert and Christine Beniers, both graduates of Cornell
• Robert works as a salesman and Christine is a lawyer
• Robert played football at Cornell and Christine performed on Broadway right after graduating
• Has one brother, Bobby who plays hockey at Williams; and one sister Gianna (Cornell)