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Badger Bites
Shoots left ... born in April of 1997 ... parents are Alicia Pelton and John Byce ... father scored a hat trick in the 1990 NCAA Championship Game to help UW to its fifth NCAA title, and tallied 77 goals and 165 points in his UW career ... John was a two-time All-WCHA skater and played parts of three seasons for the Boston Bruins ... father is part of the 2020 Wisconsin Athletics Hall of Fame class for hockey and baseball at UW ... mother, Alicia, played professional basketball in Sweden, competed in track and field at Wisconsin and is a member of the Janesville Sports Hall of Fame ... graduated from James Madison Memorial High School in 2015 ... major is environmental studies & economics
2020–21 / Senior Season
Alternate captain ... honorable mention All-Big Ten ... tied for 11th in the nation with 31 points (12 goals, 19 assists) in 24 games ... 1.29 points per game ranks seventh in the nation ... tied for fourth in the country with seven power-play goals ... tied for third in Big Ten play with 11 goals ... 25 points in Big Ten games shared fifth ... posted four points (two goals, two assists) in 5-5 tie against Notre Dame (Feb. 20), including game-tying goal at 19:33 of the third period ... had points in nine consecutive games (six goals, six assists) from Jan. 10 to Feb. 6
2019–20 / Junior Season
Named Otto Breitenbach/Curtis Joseph Most Improved ... tied for third on team with nine goals ... finished with nine goals, 15 assists, 24 points to rank fifth on the team in points ... had points in 13 of final 19 games of the season ... posted nine points in nine February contests (two goals, seven assists) ... led team with 15 points over last 15 games ... was second on team with 19 points in final 22 games beginning Nov. 30 after returning to the lineup from a four-game absence ... scored game-winning goal against two-time defending NCAA champion and No. 3 Minnesota Duluth in 3-1 victory (Oct. 19)
2018–19 / Redshirt Season
Competed for Team USA at the 2019 Winter World University Games in Russia
Before Pelton-Byce was a Badger
Skated in 66 contests in two years at Harvard, tallying eight points his freshman season before improving to 25 points in his second year ... won the team's Donald Angier Hockey Trophy for most improved during his sophomore campaign ... skated with the Des Moines Buccaneers of the USHL for the 2015-16 season and ranked third in scoring with 15 goals and 43 points in 60 contests ... earned the Bob McCorkle Memorial Award for sportsmanship and was named the squad's most outstanding rookie in 2016 ... scored 262 points during his career at James Madison Memorial High School and captained the Spartans three of his four years there ... spent time with Team Wisconsin, leading the squad in scoring during the 2011–12, 2012–13 and 2014–15 seasons ... Madison All-City and All-Big 8 Player of the Year in 2015 ... won the Joe Pavelski award for the best forward in Wisconsin in the same year
Career Highs (at Wisconsin)
GAME
Goals: 2 (2x); last vs. Ohio State, 2/27/21
Assists: 2 (8x); last vs. Bemidji State, 3/26/21
Points: 4, vs. Notre Dame,2/20/21
Point Streak: 9; 1/10-2/6/21
Multi-point Games: 6
Overtime Goals: None
