2025-26 Marian NCAA Men's Hockey Preview

TEAM INFORMATION

2025-26 ROSTER

ROSTER BREAKDOWN

PLAYERS TO WATCH

#3 • Noah Pickart • Senior • Defenseman

Senior Noah Pickart looks to continue to cement himself as one of the best defenseman in program history after being named an All-American by DIIIHockeyNews.com.  He finished the season with two goals and 18 assists putting him second in the NCHA for points and assists among defenseman.  He opened the season with a dramatic overtime game-winner against Bethel as part of a multi-point game.  Pickart had three other multi-point games posting multiple assists against Aurora, MSOE, and Lake Forest.  From the nine conference series, he was held to one or fewer points in only three of them.  Through 56 career games, Pickart ranks ninth all-time for defenseman assists with 36 and has 44 total points.  Pickart became the first Marian defenseman to earn all-conference honors since Gianni Mangone after the 2016-17 season.

#31 • Tyler Fromolz • Sohpomore • Goalie

Sophomore Tyler Fromolz was an All-NCHA Freshman Team pick and looks to compete against a loaded goalie room for minutes on the ice.  Fromolz posted a 3.85 goals-against average over 15 games making 378 total saves.  He posted at least 30 saves in five games including a season-high 48 saves in an overtime defeat against No. 4/5 St. Norbert.  In another overtime defeat, Fromolz stopped 37 shots against No. 6/8 Adrian.  One of his top performances came in the opener against Lake Forest where he allowed just one goal and made 28 saves.

#6 • Brenden Bottem • Sophomore • Forward

Another Sabre who will look to build off of a strong freshman campaign is Brenden Bottem.  Bottem was fourth on the squad a season ago with 18 points coming from eight goals and 10 assists.  He was also tied for the team lead with three power-play tallies.  Bottem had three multi-point efforts a season ago including a multi-goal game in the finale against Lake Forest.

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HOME OF MARIAN HOCKEY

The Blue Line Family Ice Center is home to many hockey teams in Fond du Lac, including Marian University. Blue Line has two rinks in the building. Marian plays the majority of their home games on Rink A, which is an Olympic size sheet of ice. Rink B is a regulation sheet of ice. 

Both NCAA teams have a state-of-the-art locker room equipped with 29 locker room stalls, a 102" HD projection TV, DirecTV with the NHL package, a stereo, video equipment, and two refrigerators.