Biography
Career Totals (2022-25):
Games: 99
Points: 43
Goals: 13
Assists: 30
Season Personal-Bests:
Games: 34 (2023-24)
Points: 20 (2024-25)
Goals: 6Â (2024-25)
Assists: 14 (2024-25)
SOG: 61 (2024-25)
Single Game Personal-Bests:
Points: 2 (7x, Most Recent: Jan. 4, 2025 at Minnesota Duluth)
Goals: 2 (2x, Most Recent: Nov. 30, 2024 at Minnesota)
Assists: 2 (2x, Most Recent: Jan. 4, 2025 at Minnesota Duluth)
Plus/Minus: +3Â (Dec. 10, 2022 vs. Alaska Anchorage)
SOG: 8 (Feb. 15, 2025 at Lindenwood)
#NookNotes
- Alaska Airlines Governor's Cup (2023, 2024, 2025)
2024-25 | Junior
Skated in all 32 games for the Nanooks in 2024-25, finishing with six goals and 14 assists for 20 points ... Posted 61 shots-on-goal ... Won 252 faceoffs for a win percentage of .504 ... Tallied his first point of the season on Oct. 11, 2024 at Michigan Tech, recording an assist ... Netted goals in both games against Clarkson on Nov. 1-2, 2024, scoring a power-play goal in game two of the series ... Scored twice at Minnesota on Nov. 30, 2024, with one coming on the power-play ... Scored one more power play goal at Alaska Anchorage on Jan. 18, 2025 to give him a total of three on the season ... Logged a six-game scoring streak from Jan. 4, 2025 to Feb. 1, 2025, posting one goal and six assists during the streak ... Blocked 27 shots on the season ... Was called for three penalties, spending six minutes in the box ... Alaska Airlines Governor's Cup Champion.
2023-24 | Sophomore
Gaffney skated in 34 games for the Nanooks; he was one of four who appeared in all games for Alaska ... He scored two goals and tallied eight assists for 10 points ... He posted 57 shots and a shot percentage of .035 ... He picked up his first point of the season on Oct. 8, 2023 against Denver, tallying an assist ... His first goal of the season came on the road at LIU in a 7-3 victory ... That goal was his lone game-winning goal on the season ... His second goal came on the road at Augustana, a 2-2 tie ... From March 1 to March 6, he had a three-game scoring streak with one goal and two assists ... Gaffney added an assist at LIU on Jan. 26, 2024 for his one multi-point game of the season ... Gaffney blocked 15 shots on the season, including three at Michigan Tech on Oct. 14, 2023, a 2-2 tie ... Gaffney was called for eight penalties, spending 16 minutes in the box ... He finished with a +1 this season ... Alaska Airlines Governor's Cup Champion
2022-23 | Freshman
Gaffney skated in 33 games as a rookie ... He scored 13 points on five goals and eight assists while posting 43 shots-on-goal ... He had a .116 shot percentage ... He scored his first-career point on Oct. 2, 2022 at home against AIC, recording an assist ... He scored his first-career goal on Nov. 18, 2022 at RPI, a game-winner ... That same game he scored on an assist, giving him his first-career multi-point game ... He'd tally another game-winner, coming at home against LIU on Feb. 18, 2023, a 6-3 win ... On Dec. 10, 2022 Gaffney scored two goals in a 7-2 win over Alaska Anchorage, his first-career multi-goal game ... That same game he posted a career-high +3 plus/minus ... He finished the season +9 on the ice ... He was whistled for five penalties and spent 13 minutes in the box ... Blocked 23 shots ... Won .496 percent of faceoff draws, 117 total ... Alaska Airlines Governor's Cup Champion
Prior to Alaska
Aberdeen Wings (NAHL)
Kyle Gaffney spent the past two seasons (2020-2022) with the Aberdeen Wings of the NAHL. In 2020-21, his first season in Aberdeen, he skated in 45 games, scoring three goals, assisting on 18 and totaling 21 points. He was +23 on the ice and had 21 penalty minutes. In the 2020-21 Playoffs, he played in 11 games, scoring a goal four times and assisting on three for seven postseason points. In his second season he wore the captain's 'C' and saw time in 60 games. He scored 14 times while assisting on 32 others for a total of 46 points. In seven postseason games he scored one goal and tallied five assists for six points. Gaffney was a 2020-21 NAHL All-Central Division Rookie Team selection.
Personal
Son of Maureen and Ken Gaffney ... Three siblings, Lauren, Sean and Connor ... Sean played hockey at UConn ... Studying Business Administration
