Rutger McGroarty

Class:
Sophomore
Position:
F
Height:
6-1
Weight:
200
Hometown:
Lincoln, Neb.
S/C:
L
NHL:
WPG
Prev School:
USNTDP

NHL
• Selected 14th overall (first round) by the Winnipeg Jets in the 2022 NHL Draft

International
• 2024 World Junior Championship - (captain, gold medal, 7 GP 5-4-9, +8, 22 SOG, 16:58 TOI)
• 2023 World Junior Championship - (bronze medal, 7 GP, 1-6-7, 13:32 TOI)
• 2022 U18 World Championship (team captain, silver medal with nine points in six games)
• 2021 U18 World Championship (played in five games)
• 2020 Youth Olympic Games (silver medal, three points in four games)
• 2021 Five Nations (gold medal, team captain, led team in scoring)

Sophomore Year (2023-24)
• Second-Team All-American
• First-Team All-Big Ten
• Big Ten all-tournament team
• Academic All-Big Ten
• National Player of the Month (October, 2023; January, 2024)
• Named B1G First Star of the Week (Oct. 10, Jan. 23)
• Totaled one goal and four assists in a series split vs. Providence (10/7,10/8)
• Recorded one goal and one assist in a series split at UMass Amherst (10/13,10/14)
• Scored one goal and picked up an assist in a 7-1 win over Ohio State (10/20)
• Totaled two goals and two assists in a series sweep vs. Lindenwood (10/27, 10/28)
• Tallied one assist in loss at Wisconsin (11/3)
• Recorded one goal and one assist in loss vs. Minnesota (11/10)
• Assisted on five goals in series sweep vs. Stonehill (1/12, 1/13)
• Combined for three goals and five assists in series split vs. Michigan State (1/19,1/20)
• Tallied three assists in series vs. Wisconsin (1/26, 1/27)
• Scored one goal in 4-1 victory over Ohio State (2/3)
• Contributed one assist at Duel in the D vs. Michigan State (2/10)
• Recorded two goals in 5-3 victory at Penn State (2/16)
• Assisted on two goals in series sweep vs. Notre Dame (2/23, 2/24)
• Combined for two goals and three assists in series at Minnesota (3/1, 3/2)
• Scored two goals and contributed three assists in B1G Ten Tournament first round sweep vs. Notre Dame (3/8, 3/9)
• Picked up an assist in the B1G Tournament semifinal win (3/16) and in the B1G Tournament Championship (3/23)

Freshman Year (2022-23)
• NCAA Midwest All-Region Team
• Big Ten All-Tournament Team
• Recorded his first two assists as a Wolverine in weekend sweep over Lindenwood (10/7, 10/8)
• Totaled a goal and three assists in series split vs. Boston University (10/14, 10/16)
• Assisted on a goal in 5-2 win at LSSU (10/21)
• Scored a hat trick in 6-5 victory at WMU (10/29)
• Tallied an assist in 5-2 loss vs. Minnesota (11/17)
• Combined for three points from a goal and two assists in series vs. Harvard (11/25, 11/26)
• Scored three goals along with an assist in series split at Wisconsin (12/2, 12/3)
• Assisted on a goal in 2-1 victory over MSU (12/10)
• Notched a goal in 4-2 win vs. Ohio State (1/14)
• Scored a goal and an assist in series sweep over #6 PSU (1/27, 1/28)
• Recorded an assist in 6-2 win vs. Wisconsin (2/3)
• Picked up an assist in 3-3 tie (SO loss) at #10 Ohio State (2/16)
• Scored a goal in 2-1 OT loss vs. #20 ND (2/25)
• Combined for a pair of goals and assists in B1G Tournament first round series sweep vs. Wisconsin (3/3, 3/4)
• Scored and picked up an assist in 7-3 B1G Tournament semi-final win against Ohio State (3/11)
• Contributed a pair of goals and an assist in 4-3 OT B1G Tournament final victory at top-seeded Minnesota (3/18)
• Recorded first career hat-trick in 11-1 NCAA Tournament first round win vs. Colgate (3/24)
• Assisted on a goal in 2-1 NCAA Tournament second round victory over PSU to advance to the Frozen Four (3/26)
• Earned an assist on Michigan's second goal against Quinnipiac in the national semifinal (4/6)

Before Michigan
• Played two seasons with the USNTDP
• Totaled 110 points (55-55--110) in 107 games with the USNTDP and added 52 points in USHL contests
• Fourth on the team in scoring in 2021-22 with 35 goals, 34 assists for 69 points in 54 games
• Scored 35 points (17-18--35) in 34 games with the U17 team in 2020-21
• Played in 19 games with the U18 USNTDP in 2020-21 registering three goals and three assists
• 2022 Biosteel All-America selection and named Player of the Game
• USA Hockey U14 National Champion and three-time state champion
• Previously played for the Oakland Jr. Grizzlies (160 points in 63 games) and Honeybaked AAA
• A 2022 graduate of Michigan International Prep

Personal
• Born March 30, 2004
• Son of Cindy and Jim McGroarty
• Has a sister Molly (Madonna '25)
• Intended major is Sport Management