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2023-24 Men's Ice Hockey Roster
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Brandon Tabakin Season 2023-24

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PositionDefenseman
Weight175 lbs
Height5-10
ClassGraduate Student
HometownWoodbury, NY
Previous SchoolYale (NCAA)/Sioux Falls (USHL)
SINGLE GAME CAREER HIGHS
Goals: 1 (5 times, last vs. Alaska Fairbanks, 02/23/24)
Assists: 1 (17 times, last time vs. Alaska Fairbanks, 02/24/24)
Points: 2 (at Dartmouth, 12/31/22)
Plus/Minus: +3 (vs. Clarkson, 12/29/23 & vs. Harvard, 01/05/24)

GRADUATE (2023-24):
  • Led the team in plus/minus with +26. This mark ties at third-best in the country through the regular season. It set a new career program record for plus/minus and let Tabakin finish as the top plus/minus in the single season record books for ASU. 
  • Went on a four-game point scoring streak including then-No. 2 Denver and Alaska Anchorage (1G, 3A)
  • Scored his first goal of the season against Alaska Anchorage on Nov. 19.
  • Records 29 blocks for the season
  • Put up a single game plus/minus high of +3 vs. Clarkson at the Adirondack Winter Invitational and reached it again a week later against Harvard in the Desert Hockey Classic opening game
  • Reached his 100th NCAA game on Jan. 20 vs. Augustana 
2022-23 (Senior at Yale):
  • Appeared in 29 games 
  • Recorded two goals and four assists 
  • Named ECAC Defender of the week after a solid three-game performance of a goal and two assists, five shots, and five blocks 
  • ECAC All-Academic 
  • Scholar All-American 


2021-22 (Junior at Yale): 
  • First career goal came against Harvard on Dec. 4 
  • Played 28 games and had a goal and three points.

2020-21 (Sophomore at Yale):
  • (Season canceled)

2019-20 (Freshman at Yale): 
  • Skated in 17 games on defense... Assisted on three goals... ECAC All-Academic Team.

JUNIOR HOCKEY:
Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL): Clark Cup Champion (2018-2019)... Skated in 102 regular season games over two seasons from 2017 to 2019… Totaled 16 points.
North Jersey Avalanche (AYHL): Scored 139 points in 167 games over three seasons from 2014-2017…Alternate Captain in final season…2x Atlantic Youth Hockey League Champion (AYHL)…AYHL Most Points by 16U Defenseman (2016)… 2x AYHL All-Star Game Player (2014 & 2015)…2x Labor Day Showcase Champion (2015 & 2016)…2x College Cup Champion…Tier-1 Elite League Regular Season Champion and League Champion (2015)

USA Hockey: 2016 NTDP Top-40 Camp Participant…2016 and 2017 National Camp All-Star Game Player…2016 4-Nations Tournament Gold Medalist with USNTDP

Pronounced: TAB-uh-KIN