2025-26
• AHA Rookie of the Month:
January
• AHA Rookie of the Week:
Jan. 6
• Led RIT with 12 goals and finished third with 24 points.
• Tied for first among all AHA first-year players in goals and ranked second in points.
• Named the AHA Rookie of the Month for January, totaling nine points on five goals and four assists, including two game-winning tallies during 10 outings.
• Logged an assist opposite Sacred Heart (Oct. 11) for his first career point to kick off nine-game point streak.
• First-career goal came in a 6-2 win over Clarkson (Oct. 18) in the Brick City Homecoming game.
• First-career power play goal proved to be the game-winner in 4-1 at Colgate (Nov. 1).
• Notched two goals for first career multi-point game in 3-2 setback at Clarkson (Dec. 29).
• Scored the game-winning goal in RIT's 1-0 shutout of No. 8 Penn State (Jan. 3) on his way to AHA Rookie of the Week honors.
• Credited with the game-winner, along with an assist and two blocked shots in the Tigers' 3-2 overtime win over Robert Morris (Jan. 10).
• Goal and an assist in 3-2 OT win at Army (Feb. 7)
BEFORE RIT
• Logged 52 games and 32 points (14G/18A) for the OHL Flint Firebirds in 2024-25.
• Spent previous four seasons with the OHL Sudbury Wolves, compiling 143 points (56G/87A) in 189 appearances
• Named Wolves’ Academic Player of the Year in 2022
• Graduated from St. Charles (Sudbury, Ont.) College in 2022
• Volunteered at an assisted living home while in high school
PERSONAL
• Evan Konyen was born in Newmarket, Ont.
• Son of Michelle and Ed Konyen
• Has one older sibing – Liz
• Enjoys golfing and fishing in his spare time
• Best advice received, “Never give up.”
• Credits his dad for having the most influence on his playing career because, “he watched every game since I was little and always provided me feedback, good or bad.”
• Started playing hockey at four years old
• Fan of the Toronto Maple Leafs, along with Auston Matthews and William Nylander
• Majoring in business
