#9 Braden Desmet
 

 
 Pronunciation:
DEZ-met
 Year:
Junior
 Position:
Forward
 Shoots:
Left
 Height:
5-11
 Weight:
185
 Major:
Transportation and Logistics
 Hometown:
Strathmore, Alberta
 Last Team:
Olds Grizzlys (AJHL)
 
Year Team GP G A PTS PIM
2006-07 Yellowjackets 23 14 18 32 18
2007-08 Yellowjackets 14 4 10 14 10
2008-09 Yellowjackets 30 15 20 35 45
 
TOTALS   67 33 48 81 73
 
First Game: November 3, 2006 vs. Bethel
First Goal: November 18, 2006 vs. Lake Forest
First Assist: November 3, 2006 vs. Bethel
First Multi-Point Game: November 4, 2006 vs. Hamline
First Hat Trick: December 2, 2006 vs. UW-Stevens Point
 
TEAM GP G A PTS PEN/PIM
Augsburg 3 2 3 5 0/0
Bethel 3 2 1 3 2/4
Curry 1 1 0 1 0/0
Finlandia 4 1 3 4 4/8
Gustavus 4 1 4 5 0/0
Hamline 2 0 2 2 1/2
Lake Forest 5 6 5 11 1/2
MSOE 1 0 1 1 1/2
Northland 3 3 5 8 2/4
St. John's 1 0 0 0 0/0
St. Mary's 2 1 1 2 3/6
St. Norbert 4 3 5 8 5/13
St. Olaf 3 1 1 2 0/0
St. Scholastica 8 3 6 9 3/6
St. Thomas 1 0 0 0 0/0
UW-Eau Claire 6 1 2 3 2/4
UW-River Falls 5 3 2 5 2/4
UW-Stevens Point 4 4 3 7 3/6
UW-Stout 6 1 4 5 6/12
Team USA* 1 0 1 0/0
 
*indicates exhibition game
 

2008-09: Had a career-best five-point game in 11-0 win over Northland on opening night...Scored a hat trick and added an assist in a 5-0 win over Lake Forest on November 21...Added a goal and two assists the next night in 4-3 win over St. Norbert...Was named WIAC Player of the Week for the week of November 24...Scored game-winning goal against UW-Stevens Point on December 5 and again the next night against UW-Eau Claire...Named 2009 All-NCHA...Received 1st Team All-WIAC honors for the second time in his career...Scored twice in a 3-0 win over St. Norbert in the NCHA semifinals...Named 1st Team All-American.  2007-08: Switched jersey numbers from 19 to 9...Suffered a shoulder injury in the third game of the season against Northland and missed 11 games...Figured into all three goals with a goal and two assists in a 3-3 tie with Gustavus on January 12.  2006-07: Led team in scoring as a freshman, despite missing four games with a shoulder injury sustained against St. John's January 14...Didn't score a goal until his sixth game of the season, but then went on a tear picking up ten in the next seven games...Had a hat trick against Stevens Point on December 2...Scored the game winning goal against River Falls on December 9...Named 1st Team All-WIAC.  Before UWS: Played with the Olds Grizzlys of the AJHL...Was housed with current Yellowjacket Rob Turville's family...Scored 25 goals and 43 assists for 68 points in 59 games last season to lead the team in scoring...Ranked 17th in goals, 10th in assists and 12th in points in the AJHL...Played in the 2005-06 AJHL All-Star Game.  Personal:  Born June 8, 1985...Son of Len and Sandra Desmet...Older brother Taggart played college hockey at Michigan Tech University and also spent several years playing professional hockey...Older sister Tristan played Division I hockey at the University of Maine...Younger brother Keenan plays for Salmon Arm in the BCHL.