2025-2026 Men's Ice Hockey Roster
Jersey Number 25
Sam Deckhut
- Year:
- Junior
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 195
- Hometown:
- San Diego, Calif.
- Junior Team:
- Sioux City Musketeers (USHL)
Ohio State Career
- Three-time Ohio State Scholar-Athlete (2024, '25, '26)
- 2025 and '26 Academic All-Big Ten selection
- Bucks Go Pro 1.0 intern in Summer 2025
- Enters senior year with 99 collegiate games played, posting 26 points on 12 goals and 14 assists, along with 30 shot blocks and 187 faceoff wins
- Skated in 33 of 37 games and had six points on three goals and three assists
- Point in five of last 13 games
- Scored twice at Penn State Feb. 21
- Goal against Notre Dame March 6
- Assist in Big Ten Tournament quarterfinal at Wisconsin March 11
- Also had a helper Feb. 6 at Minnesota and Feb. 28 at Michigan State
- Academic All-Big Ten honoree and an Ohio State Scholar-Athlete
- Saw action in 37 of 40 games, posting career-high six goals, eight assists and 14 points, with +7 rating
- Three-point game, with two goals and an assist, vs. Lake Superior State Nov. 1
- Two assists at Notre Dame Feb. 7 and had a goal and a helper at Penn State Jan. 24
- Tallied in outdoor game at Wrigley Field vs. Michigan Jan. 3
- Earned Ohio State Scholar-Athlete and Academic All-Big Ten recognition
- Skated in 29 games, with three goals and three assists for six points
- First point as a Buckeye was an assist on the gametying goal in the third period at Michigan Oct. 21
- Tallied twice and was +3 in win at Michigan State Feb. 23
- Also scored vs. Penn State March 2
- Posted an assist at Bowling Green Jan. 6 and at Penn State Jan. 26
- Season-high three shot blocks in Big Ten Tournament semifinal at Michigan State March 16
- Named an Ohio State Scholar-Athlete
- Played two years with Sioux City in the USHL; 22 points (4g, 18a) in 58 regular-season games in 2021-22 and then recorded a goal and an assist in nine playoff appearances as the Musketeers won the Clark Cup
- Alternate captain in Sioux City in 2022-23, notching 13 goals and 31 assists for 44 points in 61 regular-season games
- Part of 2020 New England championship squad at Salisbury School
- Captured U18 national championship with Rochester Coalition in 2021
- Skated with San Diego Gulls, Los Angeles Junior Kings and Phoenix Junior Coyotes in AAA hockey before playing 18U with Rochester Selects and Coalition
- Also played lacrosse and soccer through high school
- Graduated from Salisbury in 2021
- Parents are Charlotte and Derek and has two siblings, Nic, who attended Colorado State, and Ben, who attended Bentley
- Finance major and would like to be a financial advisor
- Enjoys surfing and has worked as an instructor at a surf school
- Started playing hockey at age 4, and skating at an earlier age
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