Max Plante Named to NCHC Preseason All-Conference Team

One day after being named an alternate captain for the University of Minnesota Duluth males’s hockey staff, Max Plante has been named to the 2025-26 National Collegiate Hockey Conference Preseason All-Conference Team.

The sophomore ahead, regardless of taking part in in simply 23 video games final season resulting from harm and nationwide junior staff responsibility, scored 9 objectives and dished 19 assists for 28 factors as a rookie. That 1.21 factors per sport common for the Hermantown, Minn. product helped make him a 2024-25 Finalist for NCHC Rookie of the Year, and cleared him a spot on the 2024-25 NCHC All-Rookie Team. Plante – who had 9 video games with two or extra factors final season – posted a 1.05 ppg common in NCHC video games that led all rookies in league play. Plante additionally helped the U.S. win gold on the 2025 World Junior Championship in January.

Plante turns into the primary Bulldog to land on the league’s preseason staff since present Philadelphia Flyers ahead Noah Cates earned the glory forward of the 2021-22 season.

2025-26 NCHC Preseason All-Conference Team

F: Sam Harris, Denver, Jr. – 22 votes

F: Cullen Potter, Arizona State, So. – 19 votes

F: Max Plante, Minnesota Duluth, So. – 15 votes

D: Jake Livanavage, North Dakota, Jr. – 25 votes

D: Eric Pohlkamp, Denver, Jr. – 16 votes

G: Hampton Slukynsky, Western Michigan, So. – 21 votes

Plante and the Bulldogs will open up the 2025-26 season towards the University of Alaska Fairbanks in Fairbanks, Alaska on Oct. 3-4. The Friday-Saturday collection will get underway that Friday at 10:00 p.m. CDT.