Jay Keranen

Class:
Senior
Position:
D
Height:
5-11
Weight:
183
Hometown:
Brighton, Mich.
S/C:
L
Prev School:
Prince George (BCHL)

Senior Year (2022-23)
• B1G All-Academic Team
• Played in 40 games and had a goal and four assists with 29 blocked shots
• Contributed a goal in 7-4 opening night win over Lindenwood (10/7)
• Assisted on a goal in 6-2 victory vs. Wisconsin (2/3)
• Recorded an assist in 4-3 win over #15 MSU (2/11)
• Registered a pair of assists in B1G Tournament first round series sweep vs. Wisconsin (3/3, 3/4)

Junior Year (2021-22)
• B1G All-Academic Team
• Played in 15 games and had one goal

Sophomore Year (2020-21)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Played in 14 games and had one goal and two assists
• Made his collegiate debut on Nov. 15 vs. ASU
• Had a two-point game with a goal and an assist in a 9-0 win over Michigan State (1/8)
• Assisted on the game-winning goal in the 3-1 win at #16 Notre Dame (1/22)
• Scored a goal in 6-2 win over Minnesota (12/4)

Freshman Year (2019-20)
• Did not play

Before Michigan
• Competed for the Prince George Spruce Kings of the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL) for both the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons
• In 2017-18, recorded one assist in 40 games played during regular season and then added 10 points in 24 playoff games as the Spruce Kings finished as runner-up in the league championship
• Played in 58 games for Prince George in 2018-19 and tallied 12 points, before adding five points en route to winning the Fred Page Cup as BCHL champion
• Spent 2016-17 in the North American Hockey League (NAHL) playing for Fairbanks and Topeka
• Earned three varsity letters at Brighton High with 43 points
• A member of the Michigan Development Hockey League in 2014-15 and 2015-16

Personal
• Born May 8, 1998
• Son of Roger and Deanna Keranen
• Has two brothers (Mark and Keith) and three sisters (Michelle, Erica and Jessica)
• Majoring in Sport Management