2023-24 Men's Ice Hockey Roster
Roster
Levshunov, Artyom
Jersey Number 5
Artyom Levshunov
- Class:
- Freshman
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-2 / 210
- Hometown:
- Zhlobin, Belarus
- Prev School:
- Green Bay (USHL)
- Pronunciation:
- ART-om LEV-shnoff
Bio
2023-24 (FRESHMAN):
Second Team AHCA All-American ...B1G Defensive Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year ... First Team All-Big Ten and Big Ten All-Freshman team honoree ... Earned a spot on the NCAA All-Midwest Region Team ... Top Ten finalist for Tim Taylor National Rookie of the Year honors ... Hobey Baker nominee ... Skated in all 38 games on MSU’s top defensive pair and was a Big Ten best +27 (13th nationally) ... Compiled a 9-26-35 scoring line, two points shy of MSU’s freshman defenseman scoring record ... Tied for sixth in the Big Ten in assists and 11th in points ... Among defensemen nationally, ranks in a tie for eighth in points (second among freshmen defensemen), and tenth in both goals and assists ... In points among freshmen, ranks 11th nationally ... MSU’s top-scoring freshman since Jason Wooley (1988-89) tied Pat Betterley’s (1974-75) record of 37 ... Made his collegiate debut against LSSU and picked up his first collegiate goal in game two (10/7-8) ... Scored in each game against Canisius (10/19-20), and had three points total on the weekend (+4) ... Picked up an assist in the second game of the Boston College series (10/27) ... Had an assist and was +3 in each of the two games at Ohio State (11/3-4) ... Scored a goal and added two assists with two blocks in the series vs. Penn State (11/10-11) ... Had a two-assist game (his career first) and also added three blocks in a win over No. 1 Wisconsin (11/17) ... Shared the team lead with three points in the home sweep of Notre Dame (12/8-9) ... Earned B1G Second Star honors with a five-point effort (+5) at Penn State (1/12-13), including a goal and three assists in the sweep-clinching game ... Scored a goal and had an assist in a come-from-behind win at Michigan (1/20) ... Scored a power play goal in the shutout win at Notre Dame (2/3) ... Was a +3 with an assist on Daniel Russell’s game-winner in the Michigan sweep (2/9-10) ... Had an assist in each game of the Ohio State series at home (2/23-24) ... Scored a goal and assisted on Reed Lebster’s game-winner at Wisconsin (3/1) which sealed MSU’s regular-season title ... Was a +1 with two blocks in the B1G semifinal win over Ohio State (3/16) ... Assisted a pair of goals in the B1G title game against UM (3/23) ... Set up Karsen Dorwart’s game-tying goal with under a minute left against Western Michigan (3/29).
BEFORE MSU:
Played his lone USHL season (2022-23) in Green Bay, posting 13 goals and 28 assists in 62 games and amassing 38 PIMs … Named to the USHL All-Rookie Team and was a third team All-USHL selection ... Played for his home nation at the World Junior Championships in 2021-22, posting a pair of assists in five games … Spent two years on Team Belarus for both his U17 (2020-21) and U18 (2021-22) seasons; had a 10-16-26 scoring line with 28 PIM’s and another five points in the postseason (seven games, 2-3-5) … Had 63 points on 25 goals and 38 assists in 46 games during his U18 campaign, with an additional 7-10-17 in 13 playoff games … Competed two seasons (2017-19) for the Dynamo Minsk Selects (U13, U14).
PERSONAL: Son of Inna Levshunov ... Has one brother, Kirill ... Enjoys fishing ... Undecided on an academic major.
Second Team AHCA All-American ...B1G Defensive Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year ... First Team All-Big Ten and Big Ten All-Freshman team honoree ... Earned a spot on the NCAA All-Midwest Region Team ... Top Ten finalist for Tim Taylor National Rookie of the Year honors ... Hobey Baker nominee ... Skated in all 38 games on MSU’s top defensive pair and was a Big Ten best +27 (13th nationally) ... Compiled a 9-26-35 scoring line, two points shy of MSU’s freshman defenseman scoring record ... Tied for sixth in the Big Ten in assists and 11th in points ... Among defensemen nationally, ranks in a tie for eighth in points (second among freshmen defensemen), and tenth in both goals and assists ... In points among freshmen, ranks 11th nationally ... MSU’s top-scoring freshman since Jason Wooley (1988-89) tied Pat Betterley’s (1974-75) record of 37 ... Made his collegiate debut against LSSU and picked up his first collegiate goal in game two (10/7-8) ... Scored in each game against Canisius (10/19-20), and had three points total on the weekend (+4) ... Picked up an assist in the second game of the Boston College series (10/27) ... Had an assist and was +3 in each of the two games at Ohio State (11/3-4) ... Scored a goal and added two assists with two blocks in the series vs. Penn State (11/10-11) ... Had a two-assist game (his career first) and also added three blocks in a win over No. 1 Wisconsin (11/17) ... Shared the team lead with three points in the home sweep of Notre Dame (12/8-9) ... Earned B1G Second Star honors with a five-point effort (+5) at Penn State (1/12-13), including a goal and three assists in the sweep-clinching game ... Scored a goal and had an assist in a come-from-behind win at Michigan (1/20) ... Scored a power play goal in the shutout win at Notre Dame (2/3) ... Was a +3 with an assist on Daniel Russell’s game-winner in the Michigan sweep (2/9-10) ... Had an assist in each game of the Ohio State series at home (2/23-24) ... Scored a goal and assisted on Reed Lebster’s game-winner at Wisconsin (3/1) which sealed MSU’s regular-season title ... Was a +1 with two blocks in the B1G semifinal win over Ohio State (3/16) ... Assisted a pair of goals in the B1G title game against UM (3/23) ... Set up Karsen Dorwart’s game-tying goal with under a minute left against Western Michigan (3/29).
BEFORE MSU:
Played his lone USHL season (2022-23) in Green Bay, posting 13 goals and 28 assists in 62 games and amassing 38 PIMs … Named to the USHL All-Rookie Team and was a third team All-USHL selection ... Played for his home nation at the World Junior Championships in 2021-22, posting a pair of assists in five games … Spent two years on Team Belarus for both his U17 (2020-21) and U18 (2021-22) seasons; had a 10-16-26 scoring line with 28 PIM’s and another five points in the postseason (seven games, 2-3-5) … Had 63 points on 25 goals and 38 assists in 46 games during his U18 campaign, with an additional 7-10-17 in 13 playoff games … Competed two seasons (2017-19) for the Dynamo Minsk Selects (U13, U14).
PERSONAL: Son of Inna Levshunov ... Has one brother, Kirill ... Enjoys fishing ... Undecided on an academic major.
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