Joe Molenaar

Position:
Forward
Class:
Senior
Ht./Wt.:
6-1 / 190
Hometown:
Minnetonka, Minn.
Previous Team:
Cedar Rapids (USHL)
High School:
Minnetonka
S/C:
L

Honors and Awards: NCHC Forward of the Week (Nov. 6, 2023) … 2023-24 NCHC Academic All-Conference …2022-23 NCHC Academic All-Conference.

2023-24 (SENIOR): Played in 32 games and served as assistant captain in senior campaign, producing eight goals and four assists for 12 points with a +4 mark on the ice, two game-winning goals and one hat trick … Set career best marks in goals (eight), points (12) and game-winning goals (two) … Found the back of the net for the first time on the season against Minnesota State (Oct. 13) … Scored against Alaska (Oct. 20) … Was named NCHC Forward of the Week after producing first career hat trick against Miami (Nov. 4) … Scored in back-to-back games against Western Michigan (Nov. 11) and Minnesota Duluth (Nov. 17) … Had a two-point game with a goal and assist and +2 mark on the ice against Western Michigan (Feb. 24).

2022-23 (JUNIOR): Earned Academic All-Conference honors from the National Collegiate Hockey Conference … Appeared in 30 games in junior season, scoring two goals and five assists for seven points with a +5 plus/minus and one power play goal … Had an assist in win over No. 2 Minnesota State (Oct. 22) … Posted an assist in win over No. 3/1 Minnesota (Jan. 7) … Scored a goal against Colorado College (Jan. 13) … Had a goal on the road at North Dakota (Feb. 17).

2021-22 (SOPHOMORE): Played in 33 games in sophomore campaign, scoring eight points with five goals and three assists … Had two power play goals on the season … Scored his first points of the season with an assist at Minnesota State (Oct. 9) … Recorded another assist at Minnesota (Oct. 15) … Scored first goal of the season in 5-1 win over Omaha (Nov. 12) … Had an assist at Bemidji State (Dec. 31) … Scored one of SCSU’s 11 goals in victory over Miami (Jan. 21) … Scored a goal against Western Michigan (Feb. 11) … Scored two goals against Western Michigan (Feb. 12), his first multi-goal game of his career.

2020-21 (FRESHMAN): Molenaar appeared in 13 games in his first season with the Huskies, tallying four points with one goal and three assists. He scored the first goal of his collegiate career in dramatic ashion, as he scored the game-tying goal in St. Cloud State's 5-4 win over Minnesota State in the NCAA Frozen Four. Molenaar tallied the first point of his collegiate career with an assist in the Huskies 5-1 win over Western Michigan on February 5.

Before SCSU: A 2018 graduate of Minnetonka High School, Molenaar played junior hockey in the USHL with Cedar Rapids and Tri-City during the 2019-20 season. In three seasons at Minnetonka H.S., Molenaar scored 46 goals and 29 assists. He capped his prep career in 2017-18 by scoring 27 goals and serving as a team captain at Minnetonka. Molenaar received the Herb Brooks Award at the 2018 MSHSL state tournament. In two seasons of play in the USHL, Molenaar scored 18 goals and 25 assists. He began his junior hockey career at Aberdeen of the NAHL in 2017-18...played for coach Sean Goldsworthy at Minnetonka H.S...team MVP and All-Conference in high school...helped Minnetonka win MSHSL state title in 2018...2X letterwinner in golf.

Personal: The son of Catherine Molenaar...biomedical sciences major at SCSU.