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NDHSAA Member School Alumni: Jon Lizotte, former boys hockey standout at Grand Forks Red River

Editor's Note: NDHSAA Media Specialist Tom Mix will periodically feature former student athletes and participants of NDHSAA-sponsored sports and activities on the NDHSAA NOW website (www.ndhsaanow.com).

This week's NDHSAA Alumni Spotlight shines on Jon Lizotte, a 2013 graduate of Grand Forks Red River High School. Below is a list of accomplishments in Lizotte’s prep and collegiate athletic career.

JON LIZOTTE - PREP BOYS HOCKEY STANDOUT

GRADUATION YEAR: 2013, GRAND FORKS RED RIVER

HIGH SCHOOL BOYS HOCKEY CAREER

  • Collected 112 total points (32 goals, 80 assists) during his prep boys hockey career playing as a defenseman.

  • Helped Red River to NDHSAA Boys Hockey State Championships in 2013 and 2011.

  • Helped Red River to NDHSAA East Region Boys Hockey Championships in 2013, 2012 and 2011. 

  • Served as senior captain for Grand Forks Red River his senior season (2012-13). 

  • Collected 13 goals and 29 assists for the Roughriders during the 2012-13 season.

  • Had an assist in Red River’s 7-1 win over Grafton/Park River during the 2013 NDHSAA boys hockey state championship game played at Ralph Engelstad Arena. 

  • Captained Red River’s stingy defense that yielded just one goal during the 2013 NDHSAA boys hockey state tournament.

  • Named to All-Tournament Team and Tournament MVP following the 2013 NDHSAA boys hockey state tournament.

  • Finished his junior season (2011-12) with nine goals and 27 assists while helping the Roughriders to a third-place finish at the 2012 NDHSAA Boys Hockey State Tournament.

  • Finished his sophomore season (2010-11) with seven goals and 17 assists.

  • Scored a point in all three of Red River’s games at the 2011 NDHSAA Boys Hockey State Tournament including one assist in the Roughriders’ 3-0 win over Grafton/Park River in the 2011 NDHSAA boys hockey state championship game played at Ralph Engelstad Arena. Lizotte totaled six assists during the three-game tournament. 

  • Finished his freshman season (2009-10) with three goals and seven assists.

  • Totaled 13 points (three goals and 10 assists) in nine state tournament games played in his prep boys hockey career.

  • Named the 2013 North Dakota High School Coaches Association (NDHSCA) Boys Hockey Senior Athlete of the Year.

  • Three-time North Dakota High School Coaches Association (NDHSCA) All-State Boys Hockey Team selection (senior, junior and sophomore seasons).

OTHER HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

  • Also played football at Grand Forks Red River.

JUNIOR HOCKEY CAREER

  • Played two seasons with the Minot Minotauros of the North American Hockey League (NAHL).

  • Tallied 61 points (21 goals and 40 assists) in two seasons with Minot.

COLLEGIATE MEN’S HOCKEY CAREER

  • Totalled 46 points (10 goals and 36 assists) in 147 games played at St. Cloud State University (2015-2019).

  • Named an Alternate Captain during his senior year with the Huskies (2018-19).

  • Helped St. Cloud State to NCAA Division Men’s Hockey National Tournament appearances in 2016, 2018 and 2019.

  • Helped St. Cloud State to a National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) Tournament Championship in 2016.

  • Helped St. Cloud State to National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) Regular Season Championships his junior and senior seasons (2017-18, 2018-19).

PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY CAREER

  • Currently playing with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League (AHL). He has six assists in 30 games played during the 2022-23 season.

  • Signed a two-way contract with the Minnesota Wild prior to the 2021-22 National Hockey League (NHL) Season.

  • Made his NHL debut playing with the Minnesota Wild on October 28, 2021. 

  • Totaled two goals and seven assists in 56 games played for the Iowa Wild of the American Hockey League (AHL)  during the 2021-22 season.

  • Prior to signing a two-way contract with Minnesota Wild for 2021-22 season, Lizotte was a member of the Pittsburgh Penguins organization playing parts of three seasons with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League (AHL).

  • Totaled 28 points (four goals, 24 assists) in three seasons with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins.

OTHER AWARDS/HONORS

  • Multiple-Time All-NCHC Academic Team honoree and NCHC Scholar-Athlete Award winner.


 

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