Benton Maass begins his second season as an Assistant Coach with the Huskies in 2026-27. Maass came to Houghton after one season as an Assistant Coach at Lindenwood. He played collegiately at New Hampshire and Minnesota State and appeared in 122 professional games in the AHL and ECHL.
Tech went 23-13-3 overall and 16-7-3 in the CCHA during his first season in Houghton. Jack Anderson was named the CCHA Defensive Defenseman of the Year and signed an NHL contract with Dallas. Stiven Sardarian was the CCHA Forward of the Year, and Max Koskipirtti was named All-CCHA Second Team.
As an Assistant Coach at Lindenwood, Maass helped develop the Lions in their third year of NCAA Division I hockey. The 2024-25 season included the most wins in program history, with key victories over Notre Dame, Omaha, and Wisconsin. Five players from the roster went on to sign professional contracts.
Maass played 64 games as a defenseman for the ECHL’s South Carolina Stingrays during the 2023-24 season and tallied 27 points with eight goals and 19 assists, serving as an alternate captain. He skated in 55 games for the Stingrays in his first season with 11 points and 44 penalty minutes. He also played three career games for the AHL’s Hershey Bears and was on the 2023 Calder Cup Championship Team.
The native of Elk River, Minnesota, was initially selected by the Washington Capitals in the sixth round of the 2017 NHL Draft after playing for the Fairbanks Ice Dogs in the NAHL and Elk River High School.
Maass played five seasons of college hockey, tallying 51 career points on 13 goals and 38 assists in 162 games. He began his collegiate career at New Hampshire from 2017-21 before transferring to Minnesota State for the 2021-22 season. At UNH, he was a three-time Hockey East All-Academic Team member and was an alternate captain for the 2020-21 season. The Mavericks won the MacNaughton Cup and Mason Cup as CCHA Regular Season and Tournament Champions and advanced to the Frozen Four NCAA Championship Game.
Maass earned a bachelor's degree in finance and management from New Hampshire.
