Matt Pulver

Photo by: Josh Armstrong

Height:
5-11
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Chippewa Falls, Wisc.
Position:
F

2018-19 (Junior)
Played in all 36 games … Nine points (5-4-9) on the season … Scored the game-winner in the win over Bentley, Nov. 10.

2017-18 (Sophomore)
Played in 20 games and had two goals and one assist … Scored the game-winner in the 3-1 win at Canisius, Oct. 27 … won 55.1 percent of his faceoffs, the best on the team among players who took more than 100 draws … Scored against the Griffs the next night in a 3-2 loss … Missed the final 19 games of the season due to an injury.

2016-17 (Freshman)
Played in eight games and had one goal and one assist … First career goal was an assist against Ohio State in the Ice Breaker Tournament … First career goal came at Western Michigan in the 5-5 overtime tie (Nov. 18) … His goal at WMU tied the game at 5-5 … Missed the second half of the season due to shoulder surgery.

Before Air Force
Played 41 games of junior hockey … In 2014-15, played in eight games with the Aberdeen Wings of the NAHL and had one assist … In 2015-16, had 26 points (10-16-26) in 33 games with the Wings ... Lettered two years in high school hockey, two in soccer and one in baseball ... First-team all-conference twice in hockey and was all-state once ... Graduated from McDonell Central High School.

Personal
Member of cadet squadron 35 ... Parents are Scott and Jody Pulver … Brother and sister both graduated from the Naval Academy …Brother-in-law graduated from the Naval Academy ... Major is management ... This past summer, he worked as a cadre for adventure based learning course and did a summer internship in Austin, Texas, with Brady Tomlak, working at a supply chain management company doing pricing strategies … Squadron job is safety officer … Was on the Dean’s List in Spring, 2019 … Greatest team moments in sports was winning the squirt state championship and going to the national tournament in AAA with Omaha ... Wears the No. 21 because that was his dad’s college football number ... One word to describe himself is hard-worker ... Considering a career in finance ... Has two cousins serving in the Air Force ... Favorite NHL team is the. Anaheim Ducks ... Favorite NHL player is Jonathan Toews.