Freshman goaltender Alex Fons has joined the Minnesota men's hockey team, head coach Don Lucia announced today.

Fons, 19, is from Minnetonka, Minn., and played high school hockey at Hopkins last year. He was 11-12-1 for the Royals with a 3.02 goals-against average and a .912 save percentage. Fons has played five games this year for the Alexandria Blizzard in the North American Hockey League. He was 1-2-0 with the Blizzard.