Started playing hockey at age 3; father played hockey and got him out on the ice … has worked in the delivery department for his father’s business … favorite hockey player is Jared Spurgeon, because he is a small undersized defensemen who he looks up to as a player … Pick one: Movie – Lone Survivor; Television Show – Prison Break; Music – A$AP Rocky; Professional Team – Chicago Blackhawks; Athlete – Drew Doughty; Homecooked meal – mom’s mostacolli and meatballs; Celebrity – Justin Bieber; Snack food – pretzels and hummus; Ice cream flavor – cookies and cream; Sport other than hockey – golf; Vacation spot – Torch Lake, Michigan.
Ohio State Career: Joined the Buckeyes in December 2015 … earned criminology degree in Spring 2018.
2017-18 (Redshirt Senior Season): Played in 28 games, with two goals, eight assists, 10 points and 35 shot blocks … three shot blocks in NCAA Frozen Four semifinal game vs Minnesota Duluth April 5 … goal and an assist vs. Denver in NCAA Midwest Regional final March 25; ; +3 in the game … +1 vs. Princeton and had two shot blocks in regional semifinal March 24 … played in 100th game of collegiate career March 24 vs. Princeton … helper in opener vs. Michigan State in B1G quarterfinals March 2 … assist in game one vs. Wisconsin Feb. 23; +3 and six shots blocks in the series … goal (on a delayed penalty) and +3 at Notre Dame Feb. 10 (also scored the Buckeyes’ last delayed penalty in October 2017) … two assists at Michigan State Jan. 6 … assist at Michigan Nov. 25 and vs. Niagara Dec. 29 … four shot blocks vs. Minnesota Dec. 8 and Feb. 24 vs. Wisconsin … assist Oct. 7 at Wisconsin; blocked 5 shots in season-opening series, with three in game one.
2016-17 (Redshirt Junior Season): Played in 35 games and had 11 points, with three goals and eight assists … missed three games with injury and B1G quarterfinal game with illness … 54 blocked shots, tying for 11th in B1G … 37 blocks in league games only to tie for eighth … eight blocked shots in each series vs. Penn State, including five shot blocks Jan. 6 and six Jan. 21 … 14 shot blocks in last six games combined … tallied in NCAA Tournament game vs. Minnesota Duluth March 24 … scored Oct. 7 at Denver in first game as a Buckeye … three points in series with Bowling Green Oct. 21-22, with two assists in game one and a goal in game two … assists Oct. 8 vs. Air Force and Feb. 3 at Michigan.
Prior to Ohio State: Played two games for the Chicago Steel in the USHL in 2011-12 … spent 2012-13 with the Powell River Kings in the BCHL, posting four goals and 12 assists for 16 points in 50 regular season games … skated for the Miami RedHawks, playing in 35 games in 2013-14, picking up five assists and seven points … earned NCHC All-Academic Team honors … began the 2014-15 campaign with Miami, seeing action in four games, before closing the year with the Omaha Lancers in the USHL; 18 points, with four goals and 14 assists, in 38 regular season games with Omaha … spent two years with Chicago Mission AAA teams and won Ilinois state title five consecutive years.
Off the Ice: Son of Chris and Juanita … has two brothers, Chris, who played hockey at Miami, and Mike … criminology and criminal justice major and would like to pursue a career as a criminal defense attorney.
Matt Joyaux Career Stats
| Year | GP | G | A | P | Shots | +/- | Pen-Min | PPG | SHG | GWG | Blocks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-14 (at Miami) | 35 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 26 | +3 | 15-33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 62 |
| 2015-15 (at Miami) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2016-17 | 35 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 32 | +2 | 8-16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 |
| 2017-18 | 28 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 37 | +5 | 7-14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35 |
| OSU Total | 63 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 69 | +7 | 15-30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 89 |
| Total | 102 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 97 | +10 | 30-63 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 154 |
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