2023-24 Men's Ice Hockey Roster
Klee, Mason
Jersey Number 6
Mason Klee
- Year:
- Graduate Student
- Position:
- Defenseman
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 195
- Hometown:
- Castle Rock, Colo.
- Junior Team:
- Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL)
- Prev School:
- RPI (ECAC)
Bio
Collegiate Career
at RPI
- Graduated from RPI Magna Cum Laude in 2023
- Four-time ECAC All-Academic Team selection;Â ECAC Scholar-Athlete of the Year finalist in 2023
- 2023-24 Ohio State Scholar-Athlete
- AHCA All-American Scholar in 2021-22
- Played three full seasons for the Engineers (school did not compete in 2020-21), skating in 88 games, with four goals and 12 assists for 16 points
- Ended collegiate career with 126 games played, notching 21 points on five goals and 16 assistsÂ
- Started pro career with ECHL Worcester Railers following conclusion of Ohio State's 2023-24 season; notched an assist in five games
- Ended season with AHL San Jose, tallying first professional goal for the Barracuda
- On Worcester's protected roster for 2024-25
- Played in all 38 games, with a goal and four assists for five points
- Scored first goal as a Buckeye at Omaha Oct. 27
- Assists at Michigan Oct. 20, at Notre Dame Nov. 10, at Minnesota Jan. 20 and vs. Penn State March 2
- 35 shot blocks, with season-high three Jan. 26 at Penn State and Feb. 17 vs. Wisconsin; two blocks in seven other games
- Played in 100th career collegiate game Nov. 24 vs. Princeton
- Named an Ohio State Scholar-Athlete
at RPI
- ECAC Scholar-Athlete of the Year finalist in 2023
- RPI year-by-year stats: 2019-20 - 21 gp, 1g, 3a, 4p; 2021-22 - 36 gp, 2g, 3a, 5p; 2022-23 - 31 gp, 1g, 6a, 7p
- Two full seasons in the USHL; saw action in 54 games with Lincoln in 2017-18, with five assists and six points; started 2018-19 with Lincoln (47 gp, 2g, 5a, 7p) before ending campaign with Sioux Falls (17 gp, 1g, 3a, 4p)
- Won 2019 Clark Cup with Sioux Falls in 2019; skated in 12 postseason games, with three assists
- 2018 USHL All-Rookie Team selection
- Claimed two regional championships (2016, '17) and two state titles (2014, ''16) with Mullen High School
- Came up through Colorado Thunderbirds AAA program
- Graduated from Mullen High School in 2017
- National Honor Society member
- Also played lacrosse
- Parents are Robyn, who played tennis at Bowling Green, and Ken, who played hockey at Bowling Green and in the NHL; saw action in 934 NHL regular season games, with 195 points on 55 goals and 140 assists (Washington, Toronto, New Jersey, Colorado, Atlanta, Anaheim, Phoenix); Ken has coached the U.S. Women's National Team and in the PWHL Â
- Brother Garrett played four years of hockey at Northern Michigan and younger brother David plays in the USHL
- Working toward specialized master's in business analytics
- Enjoys snowboarding, surfing, spearfishing and hiking
- Started playing hockey at age 5, with his father getting him into the game
- Coached 16U Colorado Thunderbirds team to runner-up finish in national tournamentÂ
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