Patriks Berzins

Photo by: Bill Prout

Position:
Goaltender
Class:
Sophomore
Ht./Wt.:
6-1 / 175
Previous Team:
Maine (NCAA)
S/C:
L

Honors and Awards: NCHC Goaltender of the Week (Feb. 9, 2026)

2025-26 (SOPHOMORE): Made 16 starts and played in 18 games between the pipes in first season with the Huskies and sophomore campaign … Posted a 10-7-0 record with a 2.81 goals-against-average and .909 save percentage … Made 30 or more saves in 30 games and allowed two or fewer goals in 10 contests … Stopped 32 of 34 shots and earned a victory over Bemidji State (Oct. 11) in his SCSU debut … Made 28 saves in a 5-1 win over Alaska Anchorage (Oct. 25) … Was dominant in a 6-1 win over No. 3 Western Michigan (Nov. 1), making 32 saves … Recorded 35 saves in a 4-2 road win over Miami (Nov. 22) … Stopped 24 of 27 shots in a 4-3 ranked win over No. 6/5 Denver (Dec. 13) … Backstopped both games of Cactus Cup championship, beating Yale (Jan. 2) with 27 saves and UMass Lowell (Jan. 3) with 21 saves, allowing two goals in both games … Was named NCHC Goaltender of the Week following road series sweep over Arizona State (Feb. 6-7), posting a 2.00 GAA and .948 S% and a career-high 40 saves in a 4-3 Saturday win.

Before SCSU: Played his freshman campaign (2024-25) at Maine from Hockey East where he played in two games and made one start, posting a 1-0-0 record with a 1.79 GAA and .900 S% … Played two seasons of junior hockey, splitting the 2022-23 season between the Danbury Hat Tricks (NAHL) and Tri-City Strom (USHL) before spending the 2023-24 season with the Madison Capitols (USHL) … With the Capitols, posted a 16-12-2 record with a 3.12 goals-against-average and .901 save percentage while ranking in the USHL’s top-10 in both categories and earning USHL Goaltender of the Week honors once … Played for his home country Latvia in the 2022 and 2023 IIHF World Junior Championships and posted a 2.47 GAA and .914 S% in the 2023 tournament.

Personal: Son of Eriks and Vineta Berzins … Has two siblings, Niks and Aigars … Major is business … Outside of hockey, enojys spending time with the people he loves.