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2025-26 Men's Ice Hockey Roster

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12 Sam Harris

  • Position Forward
  • Ht./Wt. 5-11 / 190
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown San Diego, California
  • NHL Montreal Canadiens | 5th Round | 133rd Overall | 2023 NHL Draft
  • Last Team Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL)

Biography

NHL: Selected by the Montreal Canadiens in Round 5 (No. 133 Overall) of the 2023 NHL Draft.

Honors and Awards: 2024 NCAA National Champion … All-NCHC Third Team (2024-25) … 2024-25 AHCA All-American Scholar ... 2x NCHC Academic All-Conference Team (2023-24, 2024-25) … NCHC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete (2023-24, 2024-25) ... NCHC Forward of the Week (Nov. 11, 2024) … NCHC Rookie of the Week (March 4, 2024) 

2025-26: Participated in the Montreal Canadiens development camp in July 2025.

2024-25: Led the team with a career-high 23 goals, ranking tied for ninth in the NCAA … Ranked first in the nation with 11 power-play goals and finished fifth on DU with 13 power-play points (11g/2a) … Paced the Pioneers and tied for fourth in the country with seven game-winning markers, tied for the fourth-most in a season in DU history and the most since Jarid Lukosevicius in 2018-19 (7) … Added 12 assists to place tied for fifth on the squad with 35 points, both personal bests … Second on DU with a .183 shooting percentage and ranked fourth on the team with 126 total shots on goal … Ranked third on the team with 42 penalty minutes and ended the campaign with a +14 plus/minus rating … Began the season with two goals on Oct. 5 at Alaska Anchorage, the first of three multi-goal and nine multi-point outings during the year … Tallied 10 goals in his first 10 games he played (Oct. 5-Nov. 15) … Went on a four-game goal streak from Oct. 18-26 (4g/2a), tying both a career long and a team season best … Also went on a career-long nine-game point streak during that goal-scoring run from Oct. 18-Nov. 16, 2024 (8g/6a) … Scored in three straight games from Nov. 8-15 (4g/1a) … Registered a pair of assists on Nov. 1 at Yale … Missed his first game of his collegiate career due to an upper-body injury on Nov. 2 at Yale … Missed his first game of his collegiate career due to an upper-body injury on Nov. 2 at Yale … Scored the game-winning goal in three consecutive games (Nov. 8-9 vs. Lindenwood and Nov. 15 at North Dakota), the first Pioneer to do so in the last four years … Played in his 50th career game on Nov. 8 vs. Lindenwood and Finished the two-game series with LU with three goals, earning his first NCHC Forward of the Week award on Nov. 11 … Scored three goals on Feb. 8 at Arizona State for his first career hat trick and three-point game of his career … Was the second of two hat tricks by Pioneers during the season (Zeev Buium, Nov. 15 at North Dakota) and tallied his three goals in a matter of 27:43 for the fastest three goals by a DU player since Tristan Broz (6:57) on Jan. 14, 2023 vs. Miami … Two of his goals on Feb. 8 were on the power play, the second time he netted two power-play markers in an outing (Oct. 5 at Alaska Anchorage) … Registered his 50th career point with a goal on Feb. 1 vs. Omaha … Fired a personal-best seven shots on goal Recorded a career-high and team season-most 16 penalty minutes on Feb. 15 vs. North Dakota … Reached the 20-goal threshold by scoring the game-winner on March 7 vs. Colorado College … Added two assists the next night at CC on March 8 … Tallied in the NCHC Frozen Faceoff Semifinals vs. Arizona State on March 21 in St. Paul, Minn. … Scored in the NCAA Regional Semifinals vs. Providence on March 28 in Manchester, N.H. ... Attended the Montreal Canadiens' development camp in July 2024.

2023-24: Totaled 14 goals and seven assists for 21 points while playing in 42-of-44 games as a freshman … Tied for fifth on the squad with three power-play goals and finished with 86 shots, a +13 plus/minus rating and 27 penalty minutes … Had five multi-point outings, with three being multi-goal performances … Recorded his first career points with a pair of assists and had a +3 plus/minus rating in his NCAA debut in the season opener on Oct. 8 at Alaska Fairbanks … Scored his first career goal on Nov. 4 at Colorado College and added a second tally two games later on Nov. 11 at Arizona State … Picked up his first career two-goal contest on Feb. 17 at Minnesota Duluth, which began a season-best four-game goal streak from Feb. 17-March 1 (6g/0a) … That stretch was also part of a season-long five-game point streak from Feb. 16-March 1 (6g/1a) … Earned his first career game-winning goal by tallying twice in the first period on March 1 at St. Cloud State … Picked up his first conference award as NCHC Rookie of the Week on March 4 … Had a season-high five shots and buried two goals in the regular-season finale on March 9 vs. Colorado College, which also began a four-game point streak (2g/4a) … Finished the season with 14 points (9g/5a) in the final 16 games, including a stretch where he had 13 points (8g/5a) in 11 outings from Feb. 16-March 22 … Produced a season-long three-game assist stretch during the NCHC Tournament from March 15-22 (0g/4a) … Recorded two assists in Game 1 of the NCHC Quarterfinals vs. Minnesota Duluth on March 15 and added another helper the next day in Game 2 vs. UMD … Registered an assist in the Frozen Faceoff Semifinals vs. St. Cloud State on March 22 … Made his NCAA Tournament debut in the Northeast Regional Semifinals vs. Massachusetts on March 28 … Scored the game-winning goal vs. Cornell in the NCAA Regional Final on March 30 to help the Pioneers secure a berth to the Frozen Four.

Before Denver: Spent the previous two seasons with the Sioux Falls Stampede of the USHL, combining for 91 points (46g/45a) in 116 games … Recorded career highs with 30 goals, 26 assists and 56 points in 56 games with the Stampede during the 2022-23 campaign … Tied for eighth in the USHL in goals during the year … Had 35 points (16g/19a) in 60 USHL contests in 2021-22 … Spent three years with Shattuck-St. Mary’s prep school in Faribault, Minn., recording 30 or more points each season … Had 21 goals and 16 assists for 37 points in 2020-21 with SSM … Scored two goals in six games and helped the United States win gold at the 2022 World Jr. A Challenge … Product of the San Diego Jr. Gulls and played for the Anaheim Jr. Ducks in 2017-18 … Competed in the 2015 Quebec International Pee-Wee Tournament with the San Diego Jr. Gulls. 

Personal: Has a younger sister … Father was a reserve for the Canadian show jumping team for the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics … Graduated high school in 2021 from Shattuck-St. Mary’s prep … Named to the high school honor roll several times for having a 3.8 GPA or better … Intends to major in marketing/business at DU … Career goals include winning a national championship and DU and to play in the NHL after college … Hobbies include golf, going to the beach and hanging out with friends.

Why DU: "DU felt like home as soon as I came here for the first time. Between hockey and school, I don’t see a better place for me to pursue my dreams.”

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Historical Player Information

  • 12

    2023-24Freshman

    Forward
    6'1" 190 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2024-25Sophomore

    Forward
    5'11" 190 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2025-26Junior

    Forward
    5'11" 190 lbs
    12