2025-26 Men's Hockey Roster
Roster
Gavin Morrissey
- Position:
- Forward
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-11 / 187
- Class:
- Sophomore
- S/C:
- L
- Hometown:
- Rochester Hills, Mich.
Badger Bites
Shoots left ... born February 2003 ... parents are Judi and Kevin ... has one sister, Cameron, and one brother, Shane ... sister Cameron played hockey at the University of Vermont ... major is business
2025-25 / Sophomore Season
Appeared in 36 games … assistant captain … led roster with career-high 27 assists and 36 points … hit 30 points for the second-straight year … tied for fifth with nine goals … tied for second with four power-play goals and three game-winning goals … posted 54 shots and 21 blocks on the season … tied for 14th in the country with 0.77 assists-per-game and 16th in the nation with 27 assists … led the Badgers with a 57.2 success rate in faceoffs, going 459-343 in the circle … ranked fourth in the nation in faceoffs won … fifth in the conference in faceoff percentage among those who have taken at least 50 faceoffs … had a nine-game point streak from Oct. 17-Nov. 15, tallying three goals and 10 points over the stretch … third on roster with three multi-goal games … second on team with 10 multi-goal games this season, ranking second with 17 over his career so far … tallied first-career three-assist night, in 7-2 win at Lindenwood on Oct. 4 … scored first goal of season in 7-4 loss at No. 2 Michigan on Nov. 7 … notched game-winning goal on the power-play in 6-1 win at No. 2 Michigan on Nov. 8 … scored game-winning goal, 1:39 into the extra time on the power play, in 6-5 win vs. Ohio State on Nov. 15 … tallied five assists – two in 7-4 comeback win on Dec. 5 and three in 9-2 win on Dec. 6 – in series at Notre Dame … two goals in 4-2 win at Ohio State on Feb. 13 … Big Ten Second Star of the Week nod on March 10 after notching two goals and an assist in sweep at No. 6 Penn State on March 5-6 … notched a goal and two assists in the regional final contest against Michigan State on March 28, scoring Wisconsin’s second goal in 34 seconds to tie the game at three with less than five minutes remaining in regulation to send the contest to overtime, where captain Dexheimer scored to give UW its first Frozen Four bid in 16 years … recognized as part of the 2026 NCAA Worcester Regional All-Tournament Team … Hobey Baker Award fan vote nominee for the second year in a row … second on team with 10 multi-point games this year and is tied for second with 17 in his career
2024-25 / Freshman Season
Appeared in all 37 games … tallied nine goals and 23 assists for 32 points … 23 assists led team and 32 points ranked third … scored first-career goal in NCAA debut against Lindenwood on Oct. 11 … tallied three total points (1g, 2a) in season-opening series against Lindenwood … had a nine-game point streak (5g, 7a) from Dec. 13 to Jan. 24 … posted first-career four-point night (2g, 2a) in UW’s 7-1 win over Alaska Anchorage on Nov. 29 ... one of 12 Badger freshmen to reach 30 points in a season … won 437 of 759 draws for a 57.6 percent success rate to rank fourth among Big Ten skaters with at least 50 wins … 437 faceoff wins ranked second in the Big Ten and eighth in the country … tied for second on the team with two multi-goal and seven multi-point games this year … Hobey Baker Memorial Award fan vote nominee … one of three finalists for Big Ten Freshman of the Year … named to the Big Ten All-Freshman Team ... recipient of the team's Mark Johnson Rookie of the Year Award
Before Morrissey was a Badger
Played in 34 games for the USHL’s Fargo Force, tallying 10 goals and 24 points in 34 regular season games played … won the 2024 Clark Cup with the Force alongside Badger teammate Anton Castro … played for the NAHL’s Austin Bruins from 2021 to 2023, acting as a team alternate captain during his second season … recorded 17 goals and 61 points to lead the Bruins in 2022-23 … also played for the Oakland Jr. Grizzlies (2018-2021) and Tri-State Spartans (2016-2018) AAA teams
CAREER HIGHS
GAME
Goals: 2 (3x); last at Ohio State, 2/13/26
Assists: 3 (2x); last at Notre Dame, 12/6/26
Points: 4; vs. Alaska Anchorage, 11/29/24
Point Streak: 9 (2x); last 10/17/25-11/15/25
Multi-point Games: 17; last vs. Michigan State, 3/28/26
Overtime Goals: 1; vs. Ohio State, 11/15/25
SERIES
Goals: 2 (5x); last at Ohio State, 2/13-2/14, 2026
Assists: 5; at Notre Dame, 12/5-12/6, 2025
Points: 5; at Notre Dame, 12/5-12/6, 2025
