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Jersey Number 13
Christian Fitzgerald
- Position:
- Forward
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-0 / 186
- Class:
- Senior
- S/C:
- L
- Hometown:
- Coquitlam, B.C.
- High School:
- Delta Hockey Academy
Badger Bites
Shoots left ... born in May of 2002 ... attended Delta Hockey Academy in British Columbia ... parents are Reg and Traci ... has one sibling, Alexa ... major is real estate
2025-26 / Senior Season
Appeared in all 39 games … tallied career-high 31 points and tied career-high with 16 goals … third on team in scoring … 16 goals good for second among UW skaters, while his 15 assists placed him fifth … led roster with nine power-play goals and shared seventh in the nation in the category … tied for lead with one short-handed goal … shared second in game-winning goals with three … 105 shots good for second on the team … posted 27 blocks … 11 goals in Big Ten play shared sixth in the conference with All-Americans in Penn State’s Gavin McKenna and Michigan State’s Charlie Stramel … scored Wisconsin’s first goal of the season on the power play in 3-0 win at Lindenwood on Oct. 3 … notched first-career hat trick, with two goals coming on the power play, in 7-2 win at Lindenwood on Oct. 4, also adding an assist to mark first-career four-point night … scored two goals and added an assist in 5-2 win over No. 19/18 Minnesota on Oct. 30 … found the back of the net on the power play in each game at No. 2 Michigan on Nov. 7-8 … sparked UW’s comeback with second-period power-play goal in 5-4 win at No. 1 Michigan State on Nov. 21 … scored first-career short-handed goal in first period of 3-1 loss against No. 8 Penn State on Jan. 24 … scored twice in 8-4 loss at Minnesota on Jan. 31 … had a seven-game point streak from Jan. 31-Feb. 21, tallying four goals and nine points over the stretch … two assists in UW’s 6-5 overtime win against Notre Dame on Feb. 6 … notched game-winner midway through third period in 5-4 win against Notre Dame on Feb. 7 … two assists in 5-2 win at No. 6 Penn State on March 6 … tallied an empty-net goal in 5-1 win over regional two-seed Dartmouth in the 2026 NCAA Men’s Ice Hockey Tournament regional semifinals in Worcester to notch his 100th-career NCAA point … became the first Badger to hit 100 points since All-American Linus Weissbach (2017-21) reached the mark in 2021 … assisted on Gavin Morrissey’s game-tying goal in the NCAA Tournament regional semifinals against top-seed Michigan State 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 … finished the year with points in 10 of his last 14 games and 12 of his last 17 contests … earned a Big Ten Third Star of the Week nod on Oct. 7 after season-opening hat trick and four-goal, five-point weekend at Lindenwood … led team with three multi-goal contests this year, with four career multi-goal games ranking second … fifth on team with five multi-point games this year, with 54 career multi-point games tying for fourth … tied for team lead with five first goals … scored 45 goals and 101 points in 151 total NCAA games played … finished three-year Badger career with 29 goals and 72 points in 113 games played … signed a one-year NHL entry-level contract with the Dallas Stars that begins with the 2026-27 season … joined the AHL’s Texas Stars for the remainder of the year
2024-25 / Junior Season
Appeared in all 37 games … tallied six goals and 11 assists for 17 points … 17 points tied for fifth on the team … one of eight Badgers with at least five goals …tallied first goal of the season on Nov. 16 in UW’s 6-3 win at No. 18 Penn State …scored exhibition shootout winner against LIU in 2-2 tie on Jan. 18 … tallied first-career multi-goal game as a Badger in 5-4 comeback win against No. 10 Michigan on Jan. 24, scoring the game-winning goal with 3:09 left in regulation … scored third goal of the weekend against No. 10 Michigan in 4-4 tie against the Wolverines on Jan. 25 … recorded five multi-point games this season to rank fourth on the team … earned first-career Big Ten Star of the Week honor as the conference’s third star on Jan. 28 … named Academic All-Big Ten
2023-24 / Sophomore Season
Appeared in 37 games ... tallied seven goals and 17 assists for 24 points ... sixth on the roster with 24 points and fourth with 17 assists ... scored UW’s first goal of the year 1:10 into season-opener vs. Augustana on Oct. 7 ... notched the overtime game-winner in 6-5 victory at Michigan on Jan. 27 ... tallied seven assists in five-game point streak from Oct. 20 through Nov. 3 ... tallied two goals and five assists in second five-game point streak from Nov. 25 through Dec. 9 ... tallied career-high three game-winning goals to rank third on the roster ... tied for fifth on the roster with five multi-point games this season ... posted 88 shots on the season
Before Fitzgerald was a Badger
Scored 16 goals and 29 points in 38 games as a 2022-23 freshman at Minnesota State to rank second in goals and third in points on the squad ... earned a pair of CCHA Rookie of the Week honors, as well as a CCHA Forward of the Week honor, during the season ... was also named CCHA Rookie of the Month for December ... his 16 goals ranked sixth among all CCHA skaters, while his 20 points tied for 11th ... in CCHA play, his 12 goals in league play shared seventh, while his 18 league points tied for 20th among all skaters ... played the 2021-22 season skating for the USHL's Tri-City Storm, where he had eight goals and 19 points in 29 games ... before the USHL, played with the BCHL's Surrey Eagles and posted 13 goals and a league-leading 33 points in 19 games during the 2020-21 pod season ... his 20 assists were tied for the league lead ... 2020-21 BCHL Coquitlam Pod MVP.
CAREER HIGHS
GAME
Goals: 3; at Lindenwood, 10/4/25
Assists: 2 (7x); last at Penn State, 3/6/26
Points: 4; at Lindenwood, 10/4/25
Point Streak: 9; 1/31-2/21, 2026
Multi-point Games: 15; last at Penn State, 3/6/26
Overtime Goals: 1; at Michigan, 1/27/24
SERIES
Goals: 4; at Lindenwood, 10/3-10/4, 2025
Assists: 3; at Minnesota, 10/26-10/27, 2023
Points: 5; at Lindenwood, 10/3-10/4, 2025
Shoots left ... born in May of 2002 ... attended Delta Hockey Academy in British Columbia ... parents are Reg and Traci ... has one sibling, Alexa ... major is real estate
2025-26 / Senior Season
Appeared in all 39 games … tallied career-high 31 points and tied career-high with 16 goals … third on team in scoring … 16 goals good for second among UW skaters, while his 15 assists placed him fifth … led roster with nine power-play goals and shared seventh in the nation in the category … tied for lead with one short-handed goal … shared second in game-winning goals with three … 105 shots good for second on the team … posted 27 blocks … 11 goals in Big Ten play shared sixth in the conference with All-Americans in Penn State’s Gavin McKenna and Michigan State’s Charlie Stramel … scored Wisconsin’s first goal of the season on the power play in 3-0 win at Lindenwood on Oct. 3 … notched first-career hat trick, with two goals coming on the power play, in 7-2 win at Lindenwood on Oct. 4, also adding an assist to mark first-career four-point night … scored two goals and added an assist in 5-2 win over No. 19/18 Minnesota on Oct. 30 … found the back of the net on the power play in each game at No. 2 Michigan on Nov. 7-8 … sparked UW’s comeback with second-period power-play goal in 5-4 win at No. 1 Michigan State on Nov. 21 … scored first-career short-handed goal in first period of 3-1 loss against No. 8 Penn State on Jan. 24 … scored twice in 8-4 loss at Minnesota on Jan. 31 … had a seven-game point streak from Jan. 31-Feb. 21, tallying four goals and nine points over the stretch … two assists in UW’s 6-5 overtime win against Notre Dame on Feb. 6 … notched game-winner midway through third period in 5-4 win against Notre Dame on Feb. 7 … two assists in 5-2 win at No. 6 Penn State on March 6 … tallied an empty-net goal in 5-1 win over regional two-seed Dartmouth in the 2026 NCAA Men’s Ice Hockey Tournament regional semifinals in Worcester to notch his 100th-career NCAA point … became the first Badger to hit 100 points since All-American Linus Weissbach (2017-21) reached the mark in 2021 … assisted on Gavin Morrissey’s game-tying goal in the NCAA Tournament regional semifinals against top-seed Michigan State 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 … finished the year with points in 10 of his last 14 games and 12 of his last 17 contests … earned a Big Ten Third Star of the Week nod on Oct. 7 after season-opening hat trick and four-goal, five-point weekend at Lindenwood … led team with three multi-goal contests this year, with four career multi-goal games ranking second … fifth on team with five multi-point games this year, with 54 career multi-point games tying for fourth … tied for team lead with five first goals … scored 45 goals and 101 points in 151 total NCAA games played … finished three-year Badger career with 29 goals and 72 points in 113 games played … signed a one-year NHL entry-level contract with the Dallas Stars that begins with the 2026-27 season … joined the AHL’s Texas Stars for the remainder of the year
2024-25 / Junior Season
Appeared in all 37 games … tallied six goals and 11 assists for 17 points … 17 points tied for fifth on the team … one of eight Badgers with at least five goals …tallied first goal of the season on Nov. 16 in UW’s 6-3 win at No. 18 Penn State …scored exhibition shootout winner against LIU in 2-2 tie on Jan. 18 … tallied first-career multi-goal game as a Badger in 5-4 comeback win against No. 10 Michigan on Jan. 24, scoring the game-winning goal with 3:09 left in regulation … scored third goal of the weekend against No. 10 Michigan in 4-4 tie against the Wolverines on Jan. 25 … recorded five multi-point games this season to rank fourth on the team … earned first-career Big Ten Star of the Week honor as the conference’s third star on Jan. 28 … named Academic All-Big Ten
2023-24 / Sophomore Season
Appeared in 37 games ... tallied seven goals and 17 assists for 24 points ... sixth on the roster with 24 points and fourth with 17 assists ... scored UW’s first goal of the year 1:10 into season-opener vs. Augustana on Oct. 7 ... notched the overtime game-winner in 6-5 victory at Michigan on Jan. 27 ... tallied seven assists in five-game point streak from Oct. 20 through Nov. 3 ... tallied two goals and five assists in second five-game point streak from Nov. 25 through Dec. 9 ... tallied career-high three game-winning goals to rank third on the roster ... tied for fifth on the roster with five multi-point games this season ... posted 88 shots on the season
Before Fitzgerald was a Badger
Scored 16 goals and 29 points in 38 games as a 2022-23 freshman at Minnesota State to rank second in goals and third in points on the squad ... earned a pair of CCHA Rookie of the Week honors, as well as a CCHA Forward of the Week honor, during the season ... was also named CCHA Rookie of the Month for December ... his 16 goals ranked sixth among all CCHA skaters, while his 20 points tied for 11th ... in CCHA play, his 12 goals in league play shared seventh, while his 18 league points tied for 20th among all skaters ... played the 2021-22 season skating for the USHL's Tri-City Storm, where he had eight goals and 19 points in 29 games ... before the USHL, played with the BCHL's Surrey Eagles and posted 13 goals and a league-leading 33 points in 19 games during the 2020-21 pod season ... his 20 assists were tied for the league lead ... 2020-21 BCHL Coquitlam Pod MVP.
CAREER HIGHS
GAME
Goals: 3; at Lindenwood, 10/4/25
Assists: 2 (7x); last at Penn State, 3/6/26
Points: 4; at Lindenwood, 10/4/25
Point Streak: 9; 1/31-2/21, 2026
Multi-point Games: 15; last at Penn State, 3/6/26
Overtime Goals: 1; at Michigan, 1/27/24
SERIES
Goals: 4; at Lindenwood, 10/3-10/4, 2025
Assists: 3; at Minnesota, 10/26-10/27, 2023
Points: 5; at Lindenwood, 10/3-10/4, 2025
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