Twitter: @InamotoTyler
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Badger Bites
Shoots left ... born in May of 1999 ... parents are Barry and Loretta Inamoto... has two older sisters – Caitlin and Jennifer ... history and political science major ... 2017 graduate of Pioneer High School ... selected in the fifth round (133rd overall) by Florida in the 2017 NHL Entry draft
2021–22 / Fifth Year Season
Alternate captain
2020–21 / Senior Season
Alternate captain ... Suter Family Unsung Hero award winner ... blocked 67 shots in 26 games played ... ranked fifth nationwide in blocked shots ... totaled one goal and eight assists for career-high nine points ... tallied a goal and an assist in 4-0 win over Arizona on Jan. 16 ... Â season-high seven blocked shots against No. 6 Michigan (Nov. 20) ... finished season plus seven
2019–20 / Junior Season
Suter Family Unsung Hero award winner ... ranked fifth in the nation with 2.26 blocked shots per game and seventh with 79 total blocked shots ... finished season with two goals, five assists and seven points ... scored game-tying goal at 16:51 of the third period at No. 10 Ohio State in 3-3 contest (Feb. 29) ... tallied goal in 11-5 victory at Merrimack (Oct. 12) ... blocked season-high seven shots against Penn State (Feb. 15) and 12 in the series ... had nine games with at least four blocked shots ... two assist game against Michigan State included primary assist 26 seconds into the 3-1 victory (Jan. 18)
2018–19 / Sophomore Season
Played in 34 contests, notching a goal and seven points... ranked second in blocks with a career-high 65 on the season... notched his first multi-point game of his career with two assists in an 8-5 win over Penn State on Dec. 1... recorded three points in series against Denver and Penn State... enjoyed two two-game point streaks this season... tallied three assists from Nov. 30-Dec. 1 and a goal and two assists from Jan. 4-5... tallied two multi-point efforts... led the Badgers in penalties and penalty minutes... recorded 26 shots on net... recipient of the Fenton Kelsey Jr./Mike Richter Most Competitive award
2017–18 / Freshman Season
One of four rookies to play in all 37 games for the Badgers … scored four points on a goal and three assists in his first year as a Badger … recorded 45 blocks, good for fourth-most on the team … scored his first goal with the Badgers on March 2 in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinal at Michigan … recorded his first career point, a game-winning assist, in the 5-2 victory at Boston College on Oct. 13 … tallied an assist the following night in the 4-1 win over Merrimack on Oct. 14 … assisted the Badgers’ first goal on Feb. 3 in the 4-2 win at Michigan … blocked a team-high five shots on Feb. 9 against Minnesota … received UW’s Impact Award for recording the team’s highest number of community service hours … received the team’s Otto Breitenbach/Curtis Joseph Most Improved award
Before Inamoto was a Badger
Attended the 2017 World Junior Summer Showcase that ran July 28-Aug. 5 in Plymouth, Michigan, though left early due to injury ... played 2015-17 with the U.S. National Team Development Program ... played in 51 games with the Under-18 Team in 2016-17, tallying 13 points on two goals and 11 helpers from the blue line ... won a gold medal with Team USA at the Under-18 World Championship ... won gold medals at both the 2016 and 2017 Five Nations tournaments ... earning a Player of the Game Award at the 2017 tournament ...  skated to a silver medal at the 2016 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Cup with the U.S. Under-18 Select Team ... played 27 games for the U.S. NTDP U-17 team in 2015-16, notching three assists ... played at Shattuck St. Mary’s from 2013-15 ... played 49 games for Shattuck’s Under-16 team in 2014-15, recording 23 points on two goals and 21 assists ... won national titles with Shattuck in both 2014 and 2015 ... played his youth hockey career with the New Jersey Colonials from 2008 to 2013
Career Highs
GAME
Goals: 1 (5x); last vs. Arizona State, 1/16/21
Assists: 2 (2x); last vs. Michigan State 1/18/20
Points: 2 (4x); last vs. Arizona State 1/16/21
Point Streak: 2 (2x); last vs Denver, 1/4/19
Multi-point Games: 4
Overtime Goals: None
SERIES
Goals: 1 (5x); last vs. Arizona State, 1/16-17/21
Assists: 3, vs Penn State, 11/30-12/1/18
Points: 3, vs Penn State, 11/30-12/1/18
