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Badger Bites
Shoots right ... born in January of 2001 ... parents are Paul and Kelly ... has one brother, Brock, who plays for the Badgers ... grandfather, Wayne, played hockey for the Milwaukee Admirals ... father, Paul, played hockey for UW-Stevens Point and the St. Paul Fighting Saints ... taken 15th overall by the Montreal Canadiens at the 2019 NHL Draft in Vancouver ... attended Montreal development camp ... major is undecided
2020–21 / Sophomore Season
Hobey Baker Memorial Award winner as national player of the year ... first-team CCM/AHCA All-American ... Big Ten Player of the Year (unanimous) ... unanimous First-Team All-Big Ten ... NCAA East Regional All-Tournament Team ... Big Ten all-tournament team ... helped Badgers win the Big Ten regular-season title ... Big Ten scoring champion with a 1.79 points per game scoring average, 24 goals and 43 points in 24 league games played ... finished with 10 more goals and 10 more points than any other player ... first back-to-back Big Ten scoring champion ... led the nation with 30 goals and 52 points in 31 games ... four-time Big Ten First Star of the Week (11/25, 2/2, 3/1, 3/10) ... also once named Big Ten Third Star of the Week (2/9) ... had a 12-game point streak (13 goals, 12 assists) from Dec. 3-Feb. 6 ... seven-game goal-scoring streak (10 goals) from Jan. 17-Feb. 6, with multi-point games in those same seven contests ... finished season on nine-game point streak (13 goals, six assists) ... boast 17 multi-point games and points in 27 of 31 contests ... led nation with 11 power-play goals, tied for third, one off the lead, with five game-winning goals and ranked seventh with 22 assists... had two hat tricks (Nov. 24 vs. Penn State; Feb. 27 vs. Ohio State), first Badger with two in a season since 1996-97 ... won a gold medal at the World Junior Championship with Team USA as an alternate captain ... signed a contract with the Montreal Canadiens following the season and scored four goals and five points in 10 regular-season games with the NHL franchise after tallying three goals and four points in two games with the AHL's Laval Rocket
2019–20 / Freshman Season
Big Ten Freshman of the Year ... First-Team All-Big Ten ... Big Ten All-Freshman Team ... shared national freshman lead with 19 goals ... Big Ten goal-scoring leader in all games ... won the Big Ten scoring title with 24 points in league games, the first conference scoring title for a Badger since 1977–78 (Mike Eaves/Mark Johnson) ... led the Badgers with 36 points in all games, ranking second among all Big Ten skaters ... 36 points shared third in the nation among freshman ... won UW's 2020 Mark Johnson Rookie of the Year award ... first Badger to begin his career with three multi-goal games ... named Hockey Commissioners' Association (HCA) Rookie of the Month in October ... recorded first career hat trick at Notre Dame (Jan. 24, 2020) ...  led the Badgers with 19 goals, 36 points, 140 shots, seven power-play goals and 14 power-play points ... posted 11 multi-point games ... Big Ten Second Star of the Week (Oct. 15) ... skated for Team USA at the 2020 World Junior Championship in Czech Republic ... attended the 2019 World Junior Summer Showcase in Plymouth, Michigan
Before Caufield was a Badger
Shattered goal-scoring records for the U.S. National Team Development Program for single-season (Auston Matthews - 55) and career (Phil Kessel - 104) goals with 72 and 126, respectively ... ranks third all time at the NTDP with 180 career points, while his 100 points during the 2018–19 season ranks sixth all time behind Matthews, Jack Hughes (two seasons), Clayton Keller and Patrick Kane ... had 15 goals and 19 points in 17 games against college foes in 2018–19 while playing with Team USA ... scored 24 goals and 32 points in 15 international contests ... in 2017–18, played 40 games with the under-17 team and scored 44 goals and 63 points ... added 10 goals and 17 points in 19 games for the under-18 team ... tied Alexander Ovechkin's tournament goal-scoring record by tallying 14 goals at the 2019 IIHF Under-18 World Championship in Sweden ... named tournament MVP, best forward and was part of the media all-star team after finishing with 18 points ... team placed third ... ranked tied for ninth all time with 24 career points at the IIHF Under-18 World Championship ... posted seven goals and nine points in four games at the 2018 Five Nations Tournament in Czech Republic ... scored four goals and six points in seven games at the 2018 IIHF Under-18 World Championship in Russia, helping the Americans to silver ... served as alternate captain and scored eight goals and 13 points at the 2017 World Under-17 Challenge in Dawson Creek, British Columbia, to help Team USA to first place ... had four goals and 10 points in four games at the Five National Tournament in Finland ... posted six goals and seven points in three games at the 2017 Four Nations Tournament in Russia ... before joining the NTDP, Caufield skated two seasons at Stevens Point Area High School, scoring 50 goals and 79 points in 22 games as a sophomore and 25 goals and 58 points in 23 games as a freshman ... also played for Team Wisconsin and Team Illinois Bantam Minor AAA
Career Highs
GAME
Goals: 3 (3x); last vs. Ohio State, 2/27/21
Assists: 2 (6x); last vs. Ohio State, 2/26/21
Points: 4; vs. Michigan State, 1/30/21
Point Streak: 12; 12/3/20-2/6/21
Multi-point Games: 27
Overtime Goals: None
SERIES
Goals: 4 (2x); last vs. Michigan State, 1/29-30/21
Assists: 3 (2x); vs. Michigan State, 1/29-30/21
Points: 7; vs. Michigan State, 1/29-30/21
