Schweitzer signs pro contract with Maine
Former Red Knights defenseman joins Ryan Bischel ('16) with Mariners in ECHL.
Former Benilde-St. Margaret's defenseman Nate Schweitzer ('20) signed a professional contract, March 13, with the Maine Mariners of the East Coast Hockey League, where he joins goalie Ryan Bischel as one of two former Red Knights on the Mariners' roster.
Schweitzer was a captain as a junior and senior for BSM and recorded 99 career points in 102 games, registering career highs as a junior in goals (15), assists (27), points (42), and power-play goals (7).
After scoring eight goals and 23 points for the Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL), he attended Colorado College, where he played for two seasons before transferring to Lake Superior State.
Nate Schweitzer served as an assistant captain for Lake Superior State as a senior.
He tallied six goals and 31 points in 72 career games with the Lakers, leading the team in assists (15) and all LSSU defensemen in points (18) as a senior, during which time he served as an assistant captain.
Five days after the Lakers' season ended with a loss in the CCHA quarterfinals, Schweitzer signed with the Mariners and appeared in both of the teams' games over the weekend, in which they earned three of four points versus Adirondack.
The Maine Mariners are the ECHL affiliate of the Boston Bruins.
HONORS AND AWARDS
2017 BSM Scholar-Athlete Award
2018 BSM Scholar-Athlete Award
2019 All-Metro West Conference
2019 BSM Best Defenseman
2020 All-Metro West Conference
2020 Mr. Hockey Award Award Finalist
2020 Reed Larson Award Finalist
2020 Third-team Associated Press All-State
2020 Second Team Minneapolis Star Tribune All-Metro
2020 BSM Best Defenseman
2020 BSM Scholar-Athlete Award
2022 NCHC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete
2022 NCHC All-Academic Team
2023 NCHC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete
2023 NCHC All-Academic Team
2023 ACHA All-American Scholar
