Beckett Hendrickson

Photo by: Brad Rempel

Photo by: Brad Rempel

Photo by: Bjorn Franke

Photo by: Bjorn Franke

Position:
Forward
Ht./Wt.:
6-2 / 170
Class:
Freshman
Shoot/Catch:
L
Hometown:
Minnetonka, Minn.
High School:
Minnetonka HS
Previous Team:
Dubuque (USHL)
NHL Rights:
Boston (2023)

PRONUNCIATION

2024-25 | FRESHMAN
• Skated in 39 of 40 games in his first season of college hockey with the Gophers, missing one due to an injury
• Made his Minnesota debut on opening night at the 2024 Ice Breaker Tournament
• Closed the campaign with 12 points on three goals and nine assists
• Scored the first goal of his NCAA career in the season opener versus Air Force (Oct. 11)
• Added goals at home against Alaska (Nov. 29) and Mercyhurst (Jan. 4)
• Registered his first assist on the road at Minnesota Duluth (Oct. 18)
• Tallied his only multi-point outing of the year with two assists versus Notre Dame (Jan. 17) and was a season-high, plus-2 that night
• Had a season-long, three-game point streak from Feb. 21-28 with a helper in all three outings
• Secured eight of his 12 total points after the calendar flipped to 2025
• Gophers owned a record of 8-2-1 when he picked up a point and were unbeaten at 2-0-1 when he scored a goal
• Earned first letter

JUNIOR/HIGH SCHOOL
• Played 43 games in the USHL with Sioux Falls in 2023-24 before being traded to Dubuque where he made 16 appearances to end the year
• Helped the Fighting Saints reach the USHL Clark Cup Final in 2023-24 with current Gophers' teammate Erik Pahlsson
• Put up seven points on three goals and four assists in 11 playoff games during 2024
• Scored the series-clinching goal for Dubuque against Youngstown in the USHL conference semifinals
• Closed the 2023-24 regular season ranked 14th in USHL scoring with 64 points on 27 goals and 37 assists in 59 total games
• Totaled 43 points on 18 goals and 25 assists for the Stampede before putting up 21 points (nine goals, 12 assists) with the Fighting Saints
• Spent two years playing for the USA Hockey National Team Development Program from 2021-23
• Finished ninth on the team totaling 34 points on 13 goals and 21 assists in 51 appearances during the 2022-23 campaign
• Tallied three power-play goals and three game winners with the U18 team
• Played in the 2023 BioSteel All-American Game
• Made 52 appearances with the U17s, tallying 12 goals and eight assists for 20 points
• Played prep hockey at Minnetonka High School during the 2020-21 season, where he was a teammate of Minnesota Head Coach Bob Motzko's son, Beau
• Posted 15 points in 20 games for the Skippers behind four goals and 11 assists

INTERNATIONAL
• Won a gold medal and went undefeated for the tournament with Team USA at the 2023 IIHF U18 Men's World Championship in Switzerland, the team's first gold since 2017
• Totaled two points during the 2023 World Championship, both of which were assists

PERSONAL
• Son of Darby and Dana Hendrickson
• Has an older brother, Mason, an older sister, Addie, and a younger brother Rennick
• Father, Darby, played 11 seasons in the NHL, totaling 518 games, after a two-year career at the University of Minnesota where he recorded 82 points in 75 outings and was named the 1991-92 WCHA Rookie of the Year
• Father served as an assistant coach with the Minnesota Wild for 14 years from 2010-24
• Brother, Mason, is currently playing college hockey at Gustavus Adolphus College
• Uncle, Dan, was drafted by the Washington Capitals in the seventh round of the 1993 NHL Draft and spent two seasons in the ECHL after playing 144 games in four years at the University of Minnesota (1993-97)
• Drafted in the fourth round of the 2023 NHL Entry Draft (124th overall) by the Boston Bruins
• Ranked as the No. 67 North American skater in the 2023 Central Scouting final rankings