Bryn Saarela

Position:
Forward
Height:
5-6
Class:
Graduate Student
High School:
Williston Northampton School
Hometown:
Denver, Colo.

2024-25: All-AHA Second Team … AHA Forward of the Week (Dec. 9) … played in all 38 games as a graduate student on the top forward line … led Syracuse’s scoring efforts with 17 goals and a dozen assists for 29 points … scored two short-handed goals and three game-winners alongside six power play goals … logged seven games with multiple points, including a season-best four points in an AHA game against Robert Morris (Dec. 6) with a hat trick and one assist … added three more points the next day against Robert Morris (Dec. 7) with two goals and an assist … blocked 23 shots on the season, posting four games with multiple blocks … had a season-high five blocks against Robert Morris (Dec. 7).

Before Syracuse: Played at College of the Holy Cross from 2020-24 … Team Captain as a senior in 2023-24 season … Posted the third-highest point total of 14, from six goals and eight assists as a junior in 2022-23 … Named to Hockey East All-Academic Team in 2020-21 & 2021-22 … Named Hockey East Pro Ambitions Rookie of the week in 2020-21 … Played for the East Coast Wizards club team … Played four years of varsity hockey at the Williston Northampton School … Four-year member of high honors in high school.

Personal Life: Bryn Saarela … Born June 2001 in Denver, Colorado … Daughter of Gregory and Lana Saarela … Has two siblings, Anders and Anya … Majoring in sociology