2003-04 Ice Hockey Roster
Jason Ryznar
- Class:
- Junior
- Position:
- F
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 205
- Hometown:
- Anchorage, Alaska
- S/C:
- L
- NHL:
- NJ
Senior (2004-05)... Set career highs in assists (17) and points (23) ... Two game-winning goals tied career high (vs. St. Lawrence on Oct. 16, vs. Michigan Tech on Dec. 29) ... Tied career highs in assists and points with 1-2-3 line at Ohio State (Jan. 22) ... Had season-best three-game point streak three times (1-2-3, Dec. 3-10; 0-3-3, Nov. 6-20; 2-3-5, Oct. 9-16) ... Recorded 50th career point with an assist vs. Boston University (Oct. 9) ... Scored penalty-shot goal during the second period against St. Lawrence ... Had season-best +3 rating vs. Notre Dame (March 11) ... Harry and Ruth MacDuff Scholarship for Ice Hockey.
Junior (2003-04)... Played in 36 games, missing the season's first seven contests with a shoulder injury ... Had a career-high 17 points on six goals and a career-high 11 assists ... Posted all but five points during the second half of the season ... One of only three players to score more points on the road (3-7-10) than at home ... Set career-high with two game-winning goals ... Scored a career-high two goals, including the game-winner, at Alaska Fairbanks (Feb. 6) ... Has four goals against UAF in his career, three while in his home state ... Tied a career-best with two assists on two occasions: notched two helpers in the Great Lakes Invitational consolation game vs. Michigan Tech (Dec. 28) and put up two-assist game against Lake Superior State (Jan. 30) ... Had season-long three game point streak, posting 1-3-4 from Dec. 28-Jan. 10 ... Notched first game-winning goal of the season, and third of his career, against Ohio State (Jan. 9) ... Recorded a two-point game (1-1-2) including the game-tying, short-handed goal with 1:28 left in the game in U-M's 4-4 tie with Michigan State (March 5) ... Picked up his first point of the year with an assist in U-M's 4-0 victory over Ohio State (Nov. 14) ... Made his first appearance of the season against Niagara (Nov. 1) ... Skated in his 100th career game for U-M at Notre Dame on Feb. 27 ... Richard Yarmain Scholarship for Men's Ice Hockey.
Sophomore (2002-03)... Equalled his point total from 2001-02 (9-7-16) with 7-9-16 totals ... Recorded nine assists after 34 games, surpassing his total number of helpers from 40 games in 2001-02 (7) ... Registered 13 (6-7-13) of his 16 points in the second half of the season ... Recorded a season-high two points, his first multi-point game since Dec. 29, 2001, with a goal and an assist at Nebraska-Omaha (Feb. 21) ... Notched a career-high four-game point streak with 2-2-4 from Dec. 29-Jan. 10 ... Missed three games (Oct. 12-19) with a shoulder injury suffered in the season opener against Niagara (Oct. 11). Injured his other shoulder in his first game back against Alaska Fairbanks (Oct. 25), causing him to miss four more contests. Also missed the Northern Michigan series (Dec. 6-7) due to his shoulder ... Ernest W. Wickett Scholarship for Men's Ice Hockey.
Freshman (2001-02)... Skated in 40 of Michigan's 44 games, missing four of the last seven games with an injured hand, the only contests he missed all season ... Tied for the lead among U-M freshmen with three power-play goals ... Had a point in five of seven skates from Nov. 3-24, including a career-high three-game goal-scoring string from Nov. 3-17 in which he posted 3-0–3 ... Notched his first career multi-point outing in collegiate debut, recording a career-high 1-2–3 and factoring in on all three goals in 3-3 (ot) tie at No. 1 Michigan State (Oct. 6) in front of a world-record crowd of 74,554 at MSU's Spartan Stadium ... Opened the season with a two-game goal-scoring streak, tallying 2-2–4 during that time ... Tom and Connie Kinnear Scholarship for Ice Hockey.
Club/Junior Team... Skated with the United States National Development Program from 1999-2001 ... Notched 14 goals and 19 assists for 33 points to rank eighth in scoring while playing with the Under-18 squad in 2000-01 ... Member of the Under-17 Team in 1999-2000, tallying 8-14–22 totals in 66 games ... Was a teammate of fellow seniors Eric Nystrom (1999-2001) and Eric Werner (1999-2000).
Personal... Enrolled in the Division of Kinesiology, majoring in sport management and communication ... Graduated from Ann Arbor (Mich.) Huron High School in 2001 ... Drafted in the third round (No. 64 overall) by the New Jersey Devils in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft.
