T.J. Hughes

Class:
Junior
Position:
F
Height:
6-0
Weight:
185
Hometown:
Hamilton, Ont.
S/C:
R
Prev School:
Brooks (AJHL)

Junior Year (2024-2025)
• Second-Team All-Big Team
• 15 game scoring streak, the longest in the NCAA this season (and longest at Michigan since the CCM line in 15-16)
• Scored his 100th career point in his 100th career game
• Preseason Second-Team All-Big Ten
• Hobey Baker candidate nominee
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Led the team in scoring (38 points), goals (15) and assists (23)
• Won the most faceoffs on the team (380) and finished second in FO% at .526
• Recorded an assist in the season opening against Minesotta State (10/4)
• Had an assist in each game at Arizona State (10/11, 10/12)
• Tallied an assist in 3-0 victory over St. Cloud St. (10/18)
• Assisted on two goals in 5-4 win at Boston University (11/2)
• Scored in a 6-5 win at Penn State (11/22)
• Had a career-best five-point game at Penn State (11/23) with four goals and one assist
• Named Big Ten Second Star on Nov. 26
• Assisted on one goal in 3-2 win over Wisconsin (12/14)
• Had a goal and an assist at Wrigley Field against Ohio State (1/3)
• Had a three-assist game in a 3-2 win over OSU (1/5)
• Notched a goal and assist in series split at Notre Dame (1/10, 1/11)
• Scored a goal and an assist in a 3-2 win over MSU (1/17)
• Scored Michigan's lone goal in a 4-1 loss to MSU (1/18)
• Had a goal and assist in each game of series vs. Wisconsin (1/24, 1/25)
• Collected two assists against Penn State (1/31)
• Tallied a goal and an assist in a 7-3 win over PSU (2/1)
• Scored a goal in a 2-1 win at MSU (2/7)
• Added an assist in a loss to MSU (2/8)
• Set up the game winner in a 3-2 win over Minnesota (2/14)
• Scored in a 2-2 draw with Minnesota (2/15) and gave Michigan the extra point with the shootout winner
• Scored a goal in 4-3 victory over Ohio St. (2/28)
• Assisted on a goal in each game in quarterfinal series vs. PSU (3/7, 3/8)

Sophomore Year (2023-24)
• Honorable Mention All-B1G Ten
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Named B1G Team Second Star of the Week (Oct. 31)
• Recorded a pair of assists in a 5-4 win over Providence (10/8)
• Totaled two goals and an assist in a series split at UMass Amherst (10/13, 10/14)
• Combined for one goal and one assist in a tie (OT Loss) vs. Ohio State (10/21)
• Scored three goals and totaled five assists in series sweep over Lindenwood (10/27, 10/28)
• Recorded two assists in loss vs. Minnesota (11/10)
• Scored one goal vs. Penn State (11/18)
• Combined for one goal and one assist in series at St. Cloud State (11/24, 11/25)
• Contributed one goal in series split at Notre Dame (12/1,12/2)
• Totaled two goals and two assists in series sweep vs. Stonehill (1/12,1/13)
• Scored three goals and contributed two assists in series split vs. Michigan State (1/19,1/20)
• Assisted on one goal in 5-1 win over Wisconsin (1/26)
• Tallied one assist in 4-2 win at Ohio State (2/2)
• Contributed one assist at Duel in the D vs. Michigan State (2/10)
• Totaled one goal and two assists in series split at Penn State (2/16, 2/17)
• Assisted on two goals in 4-0 victory over Notre Dame (2/23)
• Tallied one assist in 6-5 overtime win at Minnesota (3/2)
• Scored three goals and one assist in B1G Tournament first round series sweep vs. Notre Dame (3/8, 3/9)
• Earned a goal and an assist in a 4-3 win over North Dakota in the NCAA regional semifinal (3/29)
• Picked up two assists in a 5-2 win over MSU in the NCAA regional final (3/31)

Freshman Year (2022-23)
• Honorable Mention all-B1G Ten
• Scored 13 goals and 23 assists for 36 points in 39 games
• Recorded first point as a Wolverine with an assist in a 7-4 victory over Lindenwood (10/7)
• Scored a pair of goals and added an assist in weekend split vs. Boston University (10/14, 10/16)
• Totaled two goals and an assist in weekend sweep at LSSU (10/21, 10/22)
• Tallied a goal and an assist in series sweep vs. WMU (10/28, 10/29)
• Registered a goal and an assist in 4-3 win at PSU (11/5)
• Combined for three points on a goal and two assists in series split at Notre Dame (11/11, 11/12)
• Recorded three assists in weekend split at Wisconsin (12/2, 12/3)
• Scored a goal in each of the two games in series vs. MSU (12/9, 12/10)
• Assisted on a goal in 7-2 loss vs. Ohio State (1/13)
• Picked up an assist in 5-4 OT win at #2 Minnesota (1/21)
• Recorded an assist in 5-4 victory vs. #6 PSU (1/28)
• Combined for five points from a goal and four assists in series sweep vs. Wisconsin (2/3, 2/4)
• Assisted on three goals in 7-4 win vs. Wisconsin (2/4)
• Tallied a goal and an assist in series sweep against #15 MSU (2/10, 2/11)
• Both scored and assisted on a goal in season series finale vs. #20 ND (2/24, 2/25)
• Scored and assisted on a goal in B1G Tournament first round series sweep vs. Wisconsin (3/3, 3/4)
• Assisted on a goal in 4-3 B1G Tournament final win at top-seeded Minnesota (3/18)
• Tallied three assists in 11-1 NCAA Tournament first round victory vs. Colgate (3/24)

Before Michigan
• Played three seasons with Brooks Bandits of the Alberta Junior Hockey League
• Finalist for the Canadian Junior Hockey League Forward of the Year
• Named the AJHL Top Forward and won the trophy for most goals in 2021-22 and Ernie Love Trophy for the most points in the AJHL in 2020-21 (31)
• Scored 78 goals and 72 assists in 71 games this season, averaging 2.11 points per game and a total of 150 points
• Had two five-point games this season, seven four-point games and 17 three-point games
• Had hat tricks in eight games and named Star of the Game 16 times this season
• First AJHL player to reach 60-goal mark in the regular season since 2000-01 season
• In his AJHL career, has played in 149 games and has 217 points (106-111)
• Bandits won the 2022 Inter Pipeline Cup as AJHL Champions and the Centennial Cup
• Also played for the Burlington Cougars (OJHL) and spent two seasons in the GOHJL

Personal
• Born November 9, 2001
• Son of Terry and Lisa
• Has two sisters, Olivia (McMaster '21) and Vanessa (Waterloo '23) who played basketball at college
• Major is kinesiology