Biography
NHL: Signed a one-year, entry-level contract with the Calgary Flames on April 14, 2025 … Joined the Flames AHL affiliate, Calgary Wranglers, on an amateur tryout and made his professional debut with the Wranglers on April 18, 2025 vs. San Jose and recorded his first points with the game-winning goal and an assist on April 20, 2025 vs. San Jose.
Honors and Awards: 2x NCAA National Champion (2022, 2024) … Team Captain (2024-25) ... Team Alternate Captain (2023-24) ... 2025 NCAA Northeast Regional All-Tournament Team … All-NCHC Third Team (2024-25) … 4x AHCA All-American Scholar (2020-21, 2021-22, 2023-24, 2024-25) … 5x NCHC Academic All-Conference Team (2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25) ... 5x NCHC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete (2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25) … NCHC Forward of the Week (Oct. 21, 2024) … Finalist for NCHC Defensive Forward of the Year (2024-25) ... Winner of DU’s Murray Armstrong Most Improved Player Award (2021-22), Dr. Ken Bredesen Most Sportsmanlike Player Award (2021-22) and Dr. Art Mason Top Scholar-Athlete (2022-23)
School Record Book: Tied for second in career short-handed goals (7)
2024-25: Named the 95th team captain in program history on Sept. 27 ... Recorded career highs with 21 goals and 22 assists for 43 points, finishing fourth on the team in scoring … Ranked second on the team in goals and fifth in assists while playing in all 44 games … Placed second on the team with a personal-best eight power-play goals while his 21 power-play points (8g/13a) were fourth-best on DU … Recorded multiple points in nine games and had four multi-goal contests … Scored a career-high four game-winning goals and one overtime marker … Was one of 19 NCAA players to score at least 20 goals during the season and was one of three Pioneers to reach that threshold, finishing tied for 14th in the country … Finished fifth on the team with 116 shots on goal and had a .181 shooting percentage, third-best on the squad … Tied for fourth on Denver in plus/minus rating (+17), blocked 16 shots and registered only 16 penalty minutes … Made up one-third of the top-scoring line in the NCAA during the season with teammates Jack Devine and Aidan Thompson, as the Pioneers' top trio combined for 55 goals and 155 points during the campaign … Led the Pioneers in faceoff wins (539/979) and ranked third on the team in faceoff-winning percentage at .551 … Won 15 or more faceoffs 13 times, including a career-high 20 draw victories on Oct. 19 vs. Northeastern and March 22 vs. Western Michigan—the most in a game by a Pioneer since Tyson McLellan went 23-for-35 on Jan. 4, 2020 vs, Massachusetts … One of two Denver skaters to tally two short-handed goals, with both coming in the postseason as he scored while the team was down a skater in Game 3 of the NCHC Quarterfinals vs. Colorado College on March 16 and in the NCAA Regional Semifinals vs. Providence on March 28 … Matched a then-career high with 17 faceoff wins on Oct. 5 at Alaska Anchorage … Began the campaign by recording points in each of the first 10 games of the season (7g/6a), one shy of matching his career-long streak of 11 set from Nov. 25, 2023-Jan. 20, 2024 (7g/6a) … Scored in four straight games on two occasions from Oct. 6-25 (5g/2a) and Feb. 15-28 (5g/0a) to tie Sam Harris for the longest goal-scoring streak of the season by a Pioneer and one shy of his career best (Oct. 28-Nov. 11, 2023) … Earned his first-ever NCHC Forward of the Week award on Oct. 21 after totaling five points (3g/2a) in the home-opening series vs. Northeastern on Oct. 18-19, including tying a career high with four points (2g/2a) on Oct. 19 when Denver raised its 2024 national championship banner to the rafters of Magness Arena … His four points in that contest were tied for the most in a game during the year by a DU player and his most since Nov. 11, 2023 at Arizona State (1g/3a) … Tallied 12 seconds into the third period on Oct. 19 vs. Northeastern for the fastest goal to being a period this season by a Denver player … Also tallied twice on Nov. 22 vs. Arizona State, Feb. 28 vs. St. Cloud State and March 16 vs. Colorado College … Fired a career-high eight shots on goal on Nov. 8 vs. Lindenwood and appeared in his 125th career game on Nov. 9 vs. the LU Lions … Scored his second career overtime goal and won 18-of-29 faceoffs on Dec. 7 at Western Michigan … Matched a career long with a three-game assist streak from Jan. 4-11 (0g/4a) … Recorded his 50th career assist on Jan. 10 vs. Miami … Had a personal-high 12 penalty minutes on Feb. 15 vs. North Dakota … Reached 100 career points with a goal on Feb. 21 at Miami, becoming the 105th Pioneer to reach the milestone … Skated in his 150th game on Denver's senior night on March 7 vs. Colorado College … Scored two goals in Game 3 of the NCHC Quarterfinals vs. CC on March 16 before contributing two assists in the NCHC Frozen Faceoff Semifinals vs. Arizona State on March 21 in St. Paul, Minn. … Matched his career high by winning 20-of-30 faceoffs in the Frozen Faceoff Championship Game vs. Western Michigan on March 22 … Scored shorthanded and added two assists in the NCAA Northeast Regional Semifinals vs. Providence on March 28 for his sixth career three-point contest and helped him earn Regional All-Tournament Team honors … His goal vs. Providence was the 50th of his career, becoming the 62nd Pioneer to reach the half-century mark in tallies … Won 10 faceoffs, fired two shots and blocked one against Western Michigan in the NCAA Frozen Four Semifinals on April 10 in St. Louis, Mo. … Attended the Calgary Flames' development camp prior to the season in July 2024 as an invitee … Finished his collegiate career with 50 goals and 62 assists in 159 games played, with his 112 career points ranking tied for 72nd on the school's all-time scoring list … Scored seven short-handed goals in his time at Denver, tied with Dwight Mathiasen (1983-86) for the second-most in program history … Part of the winningest senior class in Denver hockey history that won 124 games over four seasons, two Penrose Cups as NCHC regular-season champions, the 2024 NCHC Frozen Faceoff Championship, four Gold Pan trophies over rival Colorado College, reached three NCAA Frozen Fours and earned national championships in 2022 and 2024 ... Attended the Calgary Flames' development camp in July 2024 as an invitee.
2023-24: Named an alternate captain prior to the season on Oct. 2 … Recorded career bests with 15 goals and 19 assists for 34 points … Led Denver and tied for first in the NCAA with four short-handed goals, the fifth-most in a season in school history and the most since Tyler Bozak (5) in 2007-08 … Tied for first on DU with Rieger Lorenz with five short-handed points (4g/1a) … Finished fifth on the Pioneers in goals, sixth in points and eighth in assists, while coming in third with 98 shots and five power-play goals, also personal best … Recorded 11 power-play points (5g/6a) to place fifth on Denver … Ranked second on the team in faceoff wins and faceoff-winning percentage at .511 (342/669) … Won 10 or more faceoffs 14 times during the season … Blocked 17 shots and only took one penalty during the season (2 PIM) … Recorded two empty-net goals … Scored the game-winner on the power play to help then-No. 2 Denver win 4-3 at then-No. 3 Boston College on Oct. 21 … Put together a career-long five-game goal streak from Oct. 27-Nov. 11 (6g/5a), which at the time was the longest such goal run by a Pioneer since Cole Guttman also had a five-game stretch (6g/3a) from Dec. 7, 2019-Jan. 4, 2020 (later surpassed during the season by Miko Matikka) … Produced his first nine-game point streak (7g/9a) from Oct. 21-Nov. 19, 2023, which was the longest of the season by a DU player at the time (later surpassed by Zeev Buium) and the longest since Carter Mazur’s 10-game run (5g/9a) from Feb. 10-March 11, 2023 … Produced points in 20-of-21 games (13g/14a) from Oct. 21-Jan. 20, which included a career-long 11-game point streak from Nov. 25-Jan. 20 (7g/6a) … Totaled six points in the two games at Arizona State on Nov. 10-11 (3g/3a) … Scored two short-handed goals on Nov. 10 at ASU to becoming just the fifth Pioneer to tally multiple times shorthanded in the same game and the first to do so since Tyler Bozak on Nov. 4, 2007 vs. Minnesota … Reached 50 career points by recording a career-high four points (1g/3a) and won 16 faceoffs on Nov. 11 in Arizona … Tied a career best with a three-game assist stretch from Nov. 11-19 (1g/6a) … Won a career-high 17 faceoffs on Nov. 24 vs. Yale … Scored in three straight games from Nov. 25-Dec. 2 … Recorded his first career overtime goal in a 3-2 comeback win on Dec. 2 vs. North Dakota … Buried his NCAA-leading fourth short-handed goal of the season on Jan. 6 vs. Niagara, giving him sole possession of fifth place for the most in a single campaign and moving him into a tie for the sixth in school history for the most in a career (5) … Matched a career high with three assists on Jan. 12 vs. St. Cloud State … Played in his 100th career game on Jan. 13 vs. SCSU … Scored and won 16 faceoffs in an OT win at Minnesota Duluth on Feb. 16 … Missed seven games with an upper-body injury from Feb. 24-March 16 … Returned to the lineup for the NCHC Frozen Faceoff Semifinals on March 22 vs. St. Cloud State … Won 14 faceoffs in a double-overtime victory against Massachusetts in the NCAA Northeast Regional Semifinals on March 28.
2022-23: Recorded career highs with 11 goals, 12 assists and 23 points while skating in 38 games … Led the team with 337 faceoff victories and a .526 faceoff-winning percentage … Ranked sixth in goals and fifth in shots (85) … Missed his only two games of the season on Oct. 28-29 at Miami with an upper-body injury … Posted a career-long, three-game point streak twice: Nov. 5-12 (1g/2a) and March 4-11 (0g/3a), the latter of which also included a personal-best, three-game assist stretch … Appeared in his 50th career game on Nov. 25 vs. Omaha … Won a career-high 14 faceoffs twice: Nov. 25 vs. Omaha and Jan. 27 vs. Colorado College at Ball Arena … Registered his first career hat trick with three markers and tied a team-season high with a +4 plus/minus rating on Jan. 13 vs. Miami … Tallied twice in 41 seconds at 6:18 and 6:59 of the second period in that Jan. 13 game vs. Miami for the fastest two goals by a DU player during the season … Had three assists in the NCHC Quarterfinal series vs. Miami on March 11 and registered a pair of helpers in Game 2 of the set.
2021-22: Registered 11 points (3g/11a) while playing in 36 games during his first full season with the Pioneers … Led Denver with three short-handed points (1g/2a), recording at least a point on half of the team’s man-disadvantage goals during the year (3-of-6) … Added 39 shots, five blocks and a +5 plus/minus rating … Recorded a career-high three assists/points and +3 plus/minus rating on Nov. 20 vs. Miami, also marking his first career multi-point performance … Also picked up multiple points on Dec. 31 vs. Alaska Fairbanks (0g/2a) … Scored his first career goal and game-winning tally on Feb. 5 vs. St. Cloud State … Tallied the next game as well on Feb. 11 vs. Minnesota Duluth, registering his first career short-handed goal in the process … Recorded five points (3g/2a) over a seven-game stretch from Feb. 5-26 … Played in all four national tournament games, helping the Pioneers win their record-tying ninth national championship.
2020-21: Played in three games and recorded an assist in his NCAA debut at Omaha on Jan. 24 … Finished with a +1 plus/minus rating and one blocked shot.
Before Denver: Posted 18 goals and 15 assists in 58 games for the Surrey Eagles (BCHL) in 2019-20, ranking second in rookie scoring … 2019 AMHL Champion with the Calgary Buffaloes U-18 AAA … 2018 HCMAA Champion with the CBHA Blackhawks U-18 AA.
Personal: Son of Stephen and Kimberley ... Has an older brother, James, and older sister, Vanessa ... Intends to major in biology ... Chose Denver because of the excellent hockey program and opportunity to receive a great education ... Enjoys golfing in his spare time.
