Pietila spent last season with the USHL's Youngstown Phantoms.
Former Northern Michigan recruit and forward Adam Pietila is transferring to the Badgers men's hockey team, Pietila said on social media on Sunday.— adam pietila Pietila, 21, spent last year in the USHL with the Youngstown Phantoms and tallied 48 points in 61 games. He finished the year with a plus-minus of plus-8. He also scored three goals in seven playoff games. Pietila spent the previous two seasons with the NAHL's Bismark Bobcats.
Pietila played 111 games with the Bobcats, recording 83 points while posting a plus-minus of plus-21 across the two seasons, including a plus-20 season in 2022-23. Pietila is a native of Howell, Mich., where he was a standout for Hartland High School. Pietila entered the transfer portal after Northern Michigan coach Grant Potulny stepped down last week for a professional opportunity that's reportedly to be the coach of the AHL's Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Penguins. Instead, Pietila will play for Mike Hastings and the Badgers.
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