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2024-25 Men's Ice Hockey Roster

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26 Ondrej Psenicka

  • Position Forward
  • Class Senior
  • Height 6-6
  • Weight 209
  • Hometown Praha, Czechia
  • Previous Team Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)
  • Shoots / Catches Left

Biography

2024-25 | SENIOR SEASON
Appeared in 30 games and had a single-season high 22 points (9-13—22), behind a career-high 13 assists … matched single-game high for points with three-point effort (1-2—3) against Clarkson in championship game of ECAC Hockey Championship … also had multi-point games against Princeton (Nov. 23 – 1-1—2) and Yale (March 8 – 1-1—2) … lone multi-goal performance of year came against Colgate (Dec. 7) … tallied game-winning goal against Yale (March 8) in opening round of ECAC Hockey Championship … registered trio of power-play goals against Colgate (Dec. 7), Quinnipiac (Jan. 18), and Yale (March 8) … tallied game-tying goal against Sacred Heart (Jan. 10) ... named to 2025 ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team and was one of six Big Red players to earn AHCA/Krampde All-American Scholars honors.

2023-24 | JUNIOR SEASON
Played in all 35 games for Cornell, matching his single-season high for points (21) while establishing new single-season high for assists (12) ... registered a pair of three-game point streaks, with the latter featuring three of his four multi-point games over the final nine games of the season ... scored game-winning goal in Cornell's victory over Boston University (Nov. 26) in biennial Red Hot Hockey contest at Madison Square Garden ... potted two extra-attacker goals over final 1:31 of regulation in Cornell's tie against St. Lawrence (Feb. 24) ... blocked 29 shots on season, including a four-block effort against Minnesota Duluth (Oct. 28) ... logged three-plus blocked shots on five occasions.

2022-23 | SOPHOMORE SEASON
Appeared in all 34 games for Big Red, posting 15-point season (8+7) ... lone multi-goal performance of season came against AIC (Dec. 29) in a three-point night (2-1—3) ... posted two points against Union (Feb. 4), scoring his lone power-play goal of the season ... netted game-winning goal on March 11, solidifying Big Red's sweep of Clarkson in best-of-three ECAC Hockey quarterfinal series.

2021-22 | FRESHMAN SEASON
Played all 32 games for Cornell during first year with program while logging most points by a Cornell freshman (12-9—21) ... one of three players (Ben Berard - 14, Matt Stienburg - 13) to have a double-digit goal total ... scored first collegiate goal in debut against Alaska (Oct. 29) ... named ECAC Hockey Co-Rookie of the Week with Kyler Kovich after registering three points (1-2—3) at North Dakota ... posted pair of three-game point streaks, which included ending year with assists in all three games against Colgate in ECAC Hockey quarterfinals.

PRIOR TO CORNELL
Played one season in North America, posting 18 points (6+12) with Waterloo in United States Hockey League (USHL) ... competed for Czech Republic national team at various junior levels over five-year span before heading to U.S. ... among final considerations for Czech Republic’s team for 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship ... came up through HC Sparta Praha.

PERSONAL
Ondrej Psenicka is the son of Stanislav Psenicka and Ludmila Psenickova, and has one brother ... ... second-tallest player on record in program history, trailing 6-foot-7 Christian Hilbrich ... third player from Czechia at Cornell (Dan Svoboda and Jiri Kloboucek) ... enrolled in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

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Historical Player Information

  • 26

    2021-22Freshman

    Forward
    6'6" 211 lbs
    26
  • 26

    2022-23Sophomore

    Forward
    6'6" 211 lbs
    26
  • 26

    2023-24Junior

    Forward
    6'6" 216 lbs
    26
  • 26

    2024-25Senior

    Forward
    6'6" 209 lbs
    26