Junior Season (2021-22): Named to the CCHA All-Academic Team … Received the team's Elov Seger Memorial Most Improved Player award … Skated in 34 games and finished second on the team with 13 goals … Was tied for fourth in overall points with 23 … Led the team with four game-winning goals and added two power-play tallies and a pair of shorthanded goals … Scored two goals, including the game-winner, and added an assist in the season-opening win at Wisconsin (Oct. 8) … Scored twice at Northern Michigan (Nov. 13) … Scored in overtime in the first game of the CCHA Playoffs against Ferris State … Also had game-winning goals at Lake Superior State (Jan. 15) and against Bowling Green (Feb. 11) in Winter Carnival … Registered four points in the series at Ferris State (Feb. 18-19).
Sophomore Season (2020-21): Named to the WCHA All-Academic Team … Skated in 28-of-30 games and tallied four assists … Picked up assists at Bemidji State (Dec. 12), versus Northern Michigan (Jan. 23), Ferris State (Feb. 13), and Lake Superior State (Feb. 23) … Had 45 shots on goal and 18 blocks.
Freshman Season (2019-20): Received the team’s Norbert Matovich Memorial Outstanding Freshman Award … Skated in all 39 games … Ranked seventh amongst WCHA rookies with 20 points on eight goals and 12 assists … Was named the WCHA Rookie of the Month for December after being the MVP of the Great Lakes Invitational … Scored a hat trick in the GLI Championship Game … Scored the game the game-winning goal in triple overtime in Game 2 of the WCHA First Round to defeat Northern Michigan and end the second-longest game in program history … Was named WCHA Rookie of the Week after the playoff series where he had a goal and three assists … Scored the game-winning goal at Arizona State (Jan. 5) and assisted on the game-winner five times … Led WCHA rookies with three game-winning goals.
Prior to Michigan Tech: Played 119 USHL games for the Dubuque Fighting Saints over the past two seasons … Tallied 35 points on 12 goals and 23 assists in 2018-19 and 20 points on six goals and 14 assists in 2017-18 … Was teammates with Chris Lipe at Dubuque … Played with brother Blake on Compuware U16 and Little Caesars U16 before entering the USHL … The Compuware U16 team won the USA Hockey National Title in 2016-17.
Personal: Shoots right … Son of Kurt and Michele Pietila … Born Logan Dennis Pietila on January 27, 2000, in Howell, Michigan … Has a twin brother Blake and younger brothers Grant and Chase and younger sister Sophia … Enjoys golfing … Majoring in mechanical engineering with a 3.39 GPA.
