2025-26 Men's Hockey Roster
Roster
Grady Deering
- Position:
- Forward
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-2 / 201
- Class:
- Freshman
- S/C:
- R
- Hometown:
- Des Moines, Iowa
- High School:
- Waukee Community High School
Badger Bites
Shoots right ... born June 2005 … parents are Heather and Connor … has one sister, Delaney ... attended Waukee Community High School … major is pre-business
2025-26 / Freshman Season
Appeared in all 39 games … notched seven goals and 15 points … tied for seventh on the roster in goals and fifth among UW freshmen in scoring … eighth among all Badgers with a plus-seven rating … posted 85 shots and 12 blocks … scored first career goal in collegiate debut in 3-0 win at Lindenwood on Oct. 3 … notched first career assist in 6-1 win at No. 2 Michigan on Nov. 8 … posted first-career multi-point game with a goal and an assist in 9-2 win at Notre Dame on Dec. 6 … one of eight skaters with a multi-goal game this year, scoring twice in 6-5 overtime win against Notre Dame on Feb. 6 … opened the scoring in 4-2 win at Ohio State on Feb. 13 … tied for fourth among freshmen with three multi-point games this year
Before Deering was a Badger
Skated for the USHL’s Waterloo Black Hawks as a team assistant captain in 2024-25 … ranked fifth on the roster with 15 goals and fourth with 37 points in 60 games played … netted a hat trick for Waterloo in its 7-3 win at Dubuque on March 21, 2025 … helped the Black Hawks to the 2025 Clark Cup finals, tallying five goals and 10 points in 15 playoff games played … finalist for the USHL’s inaugural Gaudreau Award in 2025; created in memory of Matthew and Johnny Gaudreau, the award is given to a player who shows excellence on the ice, care and responsibility, and the spirit of the game … tallied 15 goals and 35 points in 57 games played for the Black Hawks in 2023-24 … skated for the Chicago Mission AAA team from 2021-23 … played for the Des Moines Buccaneers AAA team from 2018-21
CAREER HIGHS
GAME
Goals: 2; vs. Notre Dame, 2/6/26
Assists: 2; vs. Michigan, 2/20/26
Points: 2 (3x); last vs. Michigan, 2/20/26
Point Streak: 2 (2x); last 12/5-12/6, 2025
Multi-point Games: 3; last vs. Michigan, 2/20/26
Overtime Goals: None
SERIES
Goals: 2; vs. Notre Dame, 2/6-2/7, 2026
Assists: 2 (2x); last vs. Michigan, 2/20-2/21, 2026
Points: 3; at Notre Dame, 12/5-12/6, 2025
