2025-26 Men's Hockey Roster
Roster
Vasily Zelenov
- Position:
- Forward
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-0 / 193
- Class:
- Freshman
- S/C:
- L
- Hometown:
- Moscow, Russia
- High School:
- St. Gilgen International School
- NHL:
- Buffalo Sabres
Badger Bites
Shoots left ... born February 2006 … parents are Olga and Alexey … has two brothers, Ivan and Nikolay ... attended St. Gilgen International School for high school … major is business: finance, investment and banking … chosen in the seventh round (204th) by the Buffalo Sabres in the 2024 NHL Entry Draft … first Russian-born player to skate for the Badgers
2025-26 / Freshman Season
Appeared in 28 games … tallied six goals and 19 points … third among UW freshmen in scoring and assists … fifth on team with a plus-eight rating … posted 27 shots and 10 blocks … led team with a .222 shot-percentage … earned first collegiate point with an assist in 7-2 win at Lindenwood on Oct. 4 … scored first NCAA goal in the third period of 6-5 overtime win against Ohio State on Nov. 15 … notched two assists in 5-4 comeback win at No. 1 Michigan State on Nov. 21 … assisted on both of UW’s goals, including Ben Dexheimer’s overtime winner, in 2-1 overtime win at No. 1 Michigan State on Nov. 22 to total four points on the weekend … scored UW’s lone goal in the first period of 4-1 loss against No. 7 Western Michigan in the Kwik Trip Holiday Face-Off finals on Dec. 29 … notched first-career power-play goal in the second period of 4-2 loss at Ohio State on Feb. 14 … scored game-winning goal against No. 2 Michigan in 4-1 win on Feb. 20 … had a four-game point streak from Feb.7-20, tallying two goals and four points over the stretch … tallied a goal and an assist in 7-3 win at No. 6 Penn State on March 5 before adding an assist in 5-2 win on March 6 to total three points on the weekend … had the primary helper on Jack Horbach’s third-period game winner in 5-1 win over Dartmouth in the NCAA Men’s Ice Hockey Tournament Worcester regional semifinals … set up Simon Tassy’s first-period goal in 2-1 win over North Dakota in the NCAA Frozen Four national semifinals on April 9 … scored UW’s lone goal, 13:36 into the first period, in 2-1 loss to Denver in the national championship game on April 11 … named to the NCAA Frozen Four All-Tournament Team … tied for fourth among freshmen with three multi-point games this year … missed time in Dec. to win bronze with Team Austria at the 2025 U20 World Championship - Division I, Group A
Before Zelenov was a Badger
Skated for the USHL’s Green Bay Gamblers in 2024-25 … tallied 14 goals and 33 points in 54 games played in his year with Green Bay … ranked third on the team in goals and fifth in points and assists … skated in Austria for RB Hockey Juniors from 2020-24 … recorded 14 goals and 37 points in 40 games played in 2023-24 to rank third on the RB Hockey Juniors roster in points and second in assists with 23 … helped Team Austria to a silver medal at the 2024 U20 World Championship - Division I, Group A
CAREER HIGHS
GAME
Goals: 1 (6x); last vs. Denver, 4/11/26
Assists: 2 (2x); last at Michigan State, 11/22/25
Points: 2 (3x); last at Penn State, 3/5/26
Point Streak: 4; 2/7-2/20, 2026
Multi-point Games: 3
Overtime Goals: None
SERIES
Goals: 1 (6x); last at NCAA Frozen Four, 4/9-4/11, 2026
Assists: 4; at Michigan State, 11/21-11/22, 2025
Points: 4; at Michigan State, 11/21-11/22, 2025
