Three straight years Huskies have won this award
HOUGHTON, Mich. – Michigan Tech’s Elias Jansson has been named the CCHA Rookie of the Year the league announced on Wednesday. It’s the third year in a row a Tech player has received the award after Isaac Gordon in 2024 and Kyle Kukkonen in 2023.
Jansson, a forward from Oulu, Finland, played in all 36 games in his first season and led the Huskies with 12 goals. He added 11 assists for 23 points which ranked fourth on the team. Jansson scored six power-play goals and scored game-winners against Alaska (Oct. 11) in overtime and against Northern Michigan (Jan. 24). He scored a hat trick against Bemidji State (Feb. 8) in Winter Carnival.
In CCHA games, Jansson led CCHA rookies with 10 goals and 10 assists while scoring five power-play goals. He ranked fourth in power-play goals and sixth in goals while having five multi-point games, and was one of six players with a hat trick. Jansson was named the CCHA Rookie of the Month for February and earned four CCHA Rookie of the Week honors.
Voting for the 2024-25 All-CCHA Teams and year-end awards was conducted by the nine head coaches at each CCHA member institution, based on CCHA conference games only. Coaches were not permitted to vote for their own players.
Huskies Named Conference Rookie of the Year
1959-60—Lou Angotti
1962-63—George Hill
1964-65—Gary Milroy
1970-71—Mike Usitalo
1972-73—Mike Zuke
2022-23—Kyle Kukkonen
2023-24—Isaac Gordon
2024-25—Elias Jansson
