Northern Michigan University

Career Highlights

• CCHA Scholar-Athlete Team member
• Earned CCHA Forward of the Week on 11/13/23 after scoring a hat-trick and two assists in two games against LSSU 
• Recorded his first career collegiate hat-trick against LSSU on 11/10/23, also recording the GWG
• Had 2g, 1a, 2 PPGs, and the GWG in a 4-1 win against Michigan Tech on 2/2/24
• Led the Wildcats with 10 goals, seven PPGs, and was second on the team in points with 23 during the 23/24 season
• Led the Wildcats with 315 faceoff wins and led the CCHA 58.8% FO% during the 23/24 season

2023-24 (Senior)

• CCHA Scholar-Athlete Team member
• Earned CCHA Forward of the Week for week six
• Recorded his first career collegiate hat-trick against LSSU on 11/10/23, also recording the GWG
• Had 2g, 1a, 2 PPGs, and the GWG in a 4-1 win against Michigan Tech on 2/2/24
• Skated in 27 games before a season ending injury
• Led the Wildcats with 10 goals and seven PPGs, second on the team in points with 23
• Led the Wildcats with 315 faceoff wins and led the CCHA 58.8% FO%

• Played in all 38 games for the Wildcats
• Recorded 11 goals and 21 assists for 32 points, good for second on the team in points, including four power play goals, one short handed goal, and one game winning goal
• Finished third on the team in shots with 86 and fifth with a +5 plus/minus and 16 blocks

Before NMU

• 2021-22: Played for the University of Connecticut. Appeared in 36 games. Posted 17 points with seven goals and ten assists. Made the Hockey East Conference All-Academic Team. 
• 2020-21: First season with University of Connecticut. Appeared in all 23 games. Had nine points on the season, scoring one goal and assisting on eight. Led Hockey East Conference with a face-off win percentage of .602 percent. 
• MacPherson Cup Champion
• Elite League Invitational Champion

Personal

• Son of Ekaterina and Dmitri Shlaine
• From Moscow, Russia
• Born on March 7, 2002
• Drafted in the 5th Round (130th Overall) by the New Jersey Devils in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft.