2021-22 Merrimack College Men's Ice Hockey Roster

Jim Stankiewicz
Jim Stankiewicz
Jim Stankiewicz
Jim Stankiewicz
Jim Stankiewicz
Jim Stankiewicz
Jim Stankiewicz
Jim Stankiewicz
Josh Gibney
Josh Gibney

6 Zach Vinnell

  • Class Junior
  • Position Defenseman
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 185
  • Shoots/Catches L
  • Hometown Cochrane, Alberta
  • Last Team Camrose (AJHL)
  • Major Business Administration

Biography

2021-22

  • Appeared in 35 games
  • Had 16 points, with four goals and 12 assists
  • Scored two power play goals
  • Fired 47 shots

2020-21

  • Dressed in 16 of the team's 18 games his second year in North Andover
  • Tied for second on the team in defensemen scoring with nine points on three goals and six assists
  • Earned Hockey East Defensive Player of the Week honors in December after his multi-point game against UMass
  • Ended the year with a pair of multi-point games
  • Netted a pair of power play goals
  • Blocked 11 shots, including a single game career-high three Dec. 5, 2020 at UMass
  • Rode a three-game point streak in mid-January

2019-20

  • Dressed in 33 of the team’s 34 games during his freshman season
  • Contributed with eight points on one goal and seven assists
  • Scored his first career goal in his third game Oct. 12 against Wisconsin
  • Was a regular on the Warrior power play with four assists with the extra skater

Before Merrimack

  • Averaged over a point per game from the blue line for the Camrose Kodiaks of the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL) in 2018-19
  • Ranked in the top-40 overall in the AJHL in scoring last year and was the third-highest-scoring defenseman
  • Finished with 52 points in 51 contests on 14 goals and 38 assists
  • Altogether, played in over 150 games over most of three seasons with the Kodiaks while registering 118 points in that span
  • Named Camrose’s top defensive player in each of his last two seasons and leaves as the franchise’s all-time leading scorer by a defenseman

Personal

  • Born April 3, 1998
  • Son of Nada and Brad
  • Brother to Beth
  • Plans to major in Business Administration

CAREER HIGHS

Points: 2, 3 times
Goals: 1, 4 times
Assists: 2, vs RPI, Nov. 30, 2019
Shots: 5, vs Boston College, Feb. 14, 2020
Penalties: 2, at Maine, Jan. 31, 2020
Penalty minutes: 12, at Maine, Jan. 31, 2020
Plus/minus: 2, two times, last vs Boston University, Feb. 27, 2021

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 6

    2019-20Freshman

    Defenseman
    6'1" 185 lbs
    6
  • 6

    2020-21Sophomore

    Defenseman
    6'1" 185 lbs
    6
  • 6

    2021-22Junior

    Defenseman
    6'1" 185 lbs
    6