BEFORE PENN STATE
Finished the 2024-25 campaign with the Guelph Storm of the Ontario Hockey League after beginning the season with the Green Bay Gamblers of the United States Hockey League…Earned OHL First-Team All-Rookie recognition after collecting 48 points on 16 goals and 32 assists in 44 games…Named OHL Rookie of the Month in December…Named Guelph Storm Rookie of the Year…Spent the entire 2023-24 season and began 2024-25 with Green Bay playing 74 total games in the USHL, registering 42 points on 14 goals and 28 assists…Landed on the 2023-24 USHL All-Rookie Second Team…Won gold with Team Canada White at the 2023 World U17 Hockey Challenge, the first gold for Canada at the event since 2015. Collected three points in eight games on two goals and one assist in the tournament…Captured a second gold medal with Team Canada at the 2025 IIHF U18 World Championships where he scored four goals while adding six assists for 10 points in seven games…Spent his time prior to junior hockey with the Toronto Marlboros U14-U16 AAA squads serving as an alternate captain each season…Earned the 2022-23 U16 Buck Houle Award after leading all players in his age group with 143 points in 81 games on 56 goals and 87 assists…Led the Marlboros to the Greater Toronto Hockey League U16 Championship in 2023, collecting 64 of those 143 points in 35 GTHL games with 28 goals and 36 assists…Finished second in his age group during the 2021-22 season with 96 points in 54 games on 49 goals and 47 assists for the Marlboros U15 squad.
PERSONAL
Son of Jodi and Jeff Katzin…The middle of three boys with an older brother, Noah, and younger brother, Jace…Enrolled in the Division of Undergraduate Studies.