Lopina, 21 (2/16/01), scored 21-29=50 points with a +43 rating and 20 penalty minutes (PIM) in 56 career games with the University of Massachusetts-Amherst (UMass) from 2020-22. Lopina helped the Minutemen to a national championship in 2020-21 and to a NCAA Tournament appearance this season.
Selected by Anaheim in the fourth round (98th overall) of the 2021 NHL Draft, Lopina scored 12-15=27 points with a +22 rating and eight PIM in 27 games with UMass this season, leading the team in power-play goals (6) and ranking second in points per game (1.0) and plus/minus. He won a team-leading 418-of-694 faceoffs (60.2%), ranking ninth in the nation in faceoff wins.
The 6-2, 194-pound forward recorded 9-14=23 points with a +21 rating in 29 games as a freshman in 2020-21. He was named to the Hockey East All-Rookie Team and became the first Minuteman player to earn Hockey East Co-Rookie of the Year recognition after ranking sixth among all NCAA freshmen in scoring and eighth in plus/minus while leading all NCAA rookies in faceoff wins (312). A native of Minooka, Ill., Lopina scored 24-38=62 points in 106 career United States Hockey League (USHL) games with the Lincoln Stars from 2018-20
