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2015-16: Appeared in all 36 games … finished tied for fourth on team with 15 points (3g,12a) … led squad with 12 assists … scored a goal and two assists in series at St. Cloud State, including 1g,1a in 5-2 victory on Jan. 9 … also had a goal and an assist vs. UMass on Oct. 10 … recorded an assist each game at Minnesota Duluth … finished second on the team with 89 shots … career-high eight shots at Alabama Huntsville.
 
2014-15: One of five Tigers to appear in all 35 games … led all CC rookies with 11 points (5g,6a) … finished fourth in the NCHC in scoring and third in goals among freshmen defensemen … scored a goal in his first career game vs. Alabama-Huntsville … career-high two assists against Western Michigan in late February … posted a goal and an assist in early home series vs. North Dakota … also scored at New Hampshire and Western Michigan … scored in season finale at North Dakota.
 
Before Colorado College: Collected 12 points (3g,9a) in 47 appearances with the Fargo Force in 2013-14, his rookie season in the United States Hockey League ... played for Burnsville High School for three previous campaigns, serving as team captain for the Blaze in 2012-13 when he set a school record with seven points in one game while earning all-conference, all-metro and all-state accolades ... helped Team USA win a championship at the World Junior A Challenge in November 2013 ... fifth-round draft pick of the NHL’s Nashville Predators in June 2013.

Personal: Son of Janne and Shanda Kivihalme of Savage, Minnesota...his father Janne, a native of Oulu, Finland, was a two-time NCAA Division III All-American at the University of Wisconsin-Superior and Teemu’s head coach at Burnsville High School for three seasons ... favorite food is tacos… favorite TV show is The Office … person in history he would most like to meet is Chris Farley …  greatest moment in sports was getting drafted by the Nashville Predators ... favorite sport other than hockey is soccer … credits his father with the biggest influence on his athletic career … started playing hockey at age three … favorite professional team is the Nashville Predators and favorite player is Erik Karlsson.  

 

Year	GP	G	A	Pts	Pen/Min
2014-15	35	5	6	11	5/10
2015-16	36	3	12	15	14/28
Totals	71	8	18	26	19/38