2024-25 Men's Ice Hockey Roster
Hansen-Bukata, Aiden
Jersey Number 20
Aiden Hansen-Bukata
- Year:
- Graduate Student
- Position:
- Defenseman
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 195
- Hometown:
- Delta, British Columbia
- Junior Team:
- Nanaimo Clippers (BCHL)
- Prev School:
- RIT (Atlantic Hockey)
Bio
Professional Career
at RIT
- Signed ATO with AHL Syracuse Crunch following 2024-25 season
- Ended collegiate career with 11 goals, 98 assists and 109 points in 170 games, along with +60 mark and 229 shot blocks; first in career points and assists among active NCAA defensemen in 2024-25, with assists ranking third among all playersÂ
- Spent four years at RIT, with 78 points (9g, 69a) in 132 games played; led Ohio State with 29 assists and added two goals for 31 points in 2024-25
- Selected an alternate captain for the Buckeyes for 2024-25
- Earned bachelor's degree in communications at RIT in 2024
- Working toward master's degree in sports coaching at Ohio State
- 2023 Atlantic Hockey Best Defenseman award winner and First Team All-Atlantic Hockey
- 2024 Second Team All-Atlantic Hockey
- AHCA All-American Scholar in 2024 (at RIT) and 2025 (at Ohio State)
- Three-time Atlantic Hockey All-Academic Team (2021, 2022, 2024)
- 2025 Ohio State Scholar-Athlete
- Alternate team captain
- Notched team-high 29 assists, adding two goals to rank fourth with 31 points; +11 on the year and had 46 shot blocks
- First in assists and second in points among B1G defensemen
- Posted seven assists and points in postseason play; three assists on three Ohio State goals in B1G Tournament final at Michigan State March 22; two assists in NCAA game vs. Boston University March 27; also had the primary assist on the overtime winner vs. Wisconsin March 8 and vs. Penn State March 15 in the semifinals on the first goal of the game
- Started Ohio State career with two assists in each game vs. AIC Oct. 11-12
- Four assists in series vs. Penn State Dec. 5-6, with three in game two
- Notched first goal as a Buckeye and added an assist against Bowling GreenÂ
- Seven-game assist streak Dec. 5-Jan. 14
- Reached 100-point mark with an assist in each game vs. Wisconsin Feb. 14-15
- Also had two assists Nov. 15 at Lindenwood
- Scored at Minnesota Feb. 22
- Named an Ohio State Scholar-Athlete and an AHCA All-American Scholar
at RIT
- Two-time all-conference selection, with first team honors in 2023 and second team accolades in 2024
- Three-time Atlantic Hockey All-Academic Team
- 2023 Atlantic Hockey Best Defenseman award winner; ranked 10th nationally with 30 assists and tied for sixth in scoring among NCAA defensemen with 32 points
- Three-time Atlantic Hockey Defensive Player of the Week
- 2023-24: 31 points, on five goals and 26 assists, in 37 games played as team won the Atlantic Hockey tournament;Â AHCA All-American Scholar
- 2022-23: Posted 32 points, including 30 assists, in 37 games
- 2021-22: Played in 38 games, with 13 points on two goals and 11 assists
- 2020-21: Skated in 20 games, posting two assists
- Played in the BCHL with the Nanaimo Clippers in 2018-19 and 2019-20
- 2019 BCHL Second Team All-Star
- Won BCHL Island Division regular season championship in 2020
- Graduated from South Delta Secondary School in 2017
- Played baseball since he was 4
- Catcher for three-time BC Provincial Junior men's champions the Tsawassen Brewers
- Parents are Trisha Hansen, an elementary school teacher, and Mark Bukata, a college professor
- Has a sister, Kiera
- Excels on the golf course and also plays the harmonica
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