Jack Galanek

Position:
Forward
Height:
6-0
Weight:
187
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Hopkinton, Mass.
Prev School:
Muskegon (USHL)

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2025-26: One of four players to appear in all in 36 games … Recorded 24 points on five goals and 19 assists and was +9, ranking third on the team in points … Led UMass in faceoff wins at 390 … Had 13 points (5g, 8a) in Hockey East play … Registered a pair of assists against Northeastern (3/14) in the Hockey East Quarterfinals ... Potted an empty net goal at New Hampshire (3/7) ... Posted third multi-point game in last four contests against UMass Lowell (2/7) with a goal and an assist ... Had a season-best three assists at UMass Lowell (2/1) ... Dished two assists against Northeastern (1/30) and was tabbed the No. 2 star ... Picked up an assist in a win at #12/11 Northeastern (12/7) ... Recorded a pair of assists at Army (11/29) ... Won 19 of 35 faceoffs (54.3%) at #16 Providence (11/20) ... Went 19-for-35 (54.3%) above the faceoff dots at #16 Providence (11/20) ... Logged a goal and an assist at Boston College (11/14) ... Collected an assist on the power play vs. #6 Maine (11/7) ... Scored first collegiate goal vs. #6 Maine (11/6) ... Logged an assist on the power play at Omaha (10/25) ... Picked up two assists against Bentley (10/18), including setting up the overtime game winner ... Registered an assist at Stonehill (10/10) ... Had assists in back-to-back assists against Northern Michigan (10/5) ... Made collegiate debut vs. Northern Michigan (10/4), centering a line with Matthew Wilhde and Vaclav Nestrasil.

BEFORE UMASS: Played two-plus seasons in the United States Hockey League (USHL) for the Muskegon Lumberjacks and put up 88 points on 37 goals and 51 assists over 141 games from 2022-25 ... In his final year of junior hockey, wore a letter for the Lumberjacks and helped the squad to the 2025 Clark Cup title, posting 50 points (22g, 28a) during the regular season and averaging a point per-game with three goals and 11 assists in the playoffs ... A 2023-24 USHL All-Academic Team selection ... Put up 11 goals and 11 assists on 22 points as a rookie for Muskegon ... Prior to being drafted by the Lumberjacks, played youth hockey for Shattuck St. Mary’s ... Had a 100-point season at the U16 AAA level and won a USA Tier I 14U national championship in 2020-21.

PERSONAL: Born John Steven Galanek on June 4, 2006 in Hopkinton, Massachusetts ... Son of April and John ... Has one sibling, Samantha ... Graduated from Imagine Learning Excellence Academy in 20204 … Majoring in economics.