Currently a junior at Landon, Goozh committed to join Michigan’s 2026 recruiting class and will head to Ann Arbor after a postgrad year. In terms of his recruiting profile, he really started to pick up steam after a strong November campaign with the 2025s, and from what I’ve heard, he was excellent with the Hilltop 2026s in winter play days against top competition. This spring, he has come on nicely as part of the Bears’ 1-2 punch and offers a different style from classmate Talan Smith, a Lafayette commit. In their second year as a tandem, they’ve combined for nine goals and have been among the main reasons for Landon’s 13-game winning streak heading into the postseason.

With a great combination of athleticism and technique, Goozh has quite a bit of upside and has shown steady improvement despite getting limited interest as a ’25 recruit. He’s not big by any means, but he’s tough, scrappy, and determined, showing a penchant for winning the ball back after losing the initial draw and playing tough defense when needed. Goozh has a variety of moves at the X, and not only consistently goes forward, but can go to the rack himself. Though Goozh will have one of the better 2025 face-off specialists in the class ahead of him, he’ll have a good shot at getting reps as long as he continues his rapid ascent.

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