University of Denver Athletics

NHL: Selected by the Detroit Red Wings in Round 3 (70th Overall) of the 2021 NHL Draft ... Signed a three-year, entry-level contract with Detroit on March 28, 2023.

Honors and Awards: 2022 NCAA National Champion … Team Alternate captain (2022-23) … 2022-23 AHCA Second-Team All-American (West) ... NCHC Rookie of the Year (2021-22) … All-NCHC Second Team (2022-23) ... NCHC Player of the Month (October 2022) ... 2x NCHC Academic All-Conference Team (2021-22, 2022-23) ... 2x NCHC Forward of the Week (Oct. 31, 2022; Feb. 27, 2023) ... 3x NCHC Rookie of the Month (November 2021, December 2021, March/April 2022) … 2x NCHC Rookie of the Week (Nov. 15, 2021; Jan. 17, 2022) ... 2022 Ice Breaker Tournament MVP ... 2022 Ice Breaker All-Tournament Team ... DU’s Barry Sharp Freshman of the Year Award (2021-22) … NCHC Defensive Forward of the Year finalist (2022-23) ... Hobey Baker Award nominee (2022-23) 
 
2022-23: Served as one of three alternate captains during the year, the only underclassman on the team to wear a letter …. Led the team and ranked tied for fifth in the nation with 22 goals while playing in all 40 games … Added 15 assists to finish with 37 points, ranking second on the Pioneers in scoring … Was first on DU with eight power-play goals and was tied for fourth with 14 power-play points (8g/6a) … Led the Pioneers with 131 shots and ranked third on the squad in shooting percentage (.168) … Was also first on Denver with six game-winning goals, which were tied for the third-most in the country … His 32 penalty minutes and +19 plus/minus rating were both fifth on DU … Tallied multiple goals five times during the year … Began the season by totaling four points (3g/1a) in the wins over Notre Dame and Maine on Oct. 7-8, helping Denver win the Ice Breaker Championship and earning himself tournament MVP honors … Tied for the most points in a period by a DU player with three in the first period vs. Maine (2g/1a) … Recorded a five-goal weekend on Oct. 28-29 at Miami, scoring his first career hat trick on the first night before contributing two more tallies the next day … His three goals on Oct. 28 came consecutively for DU's first natural hat trick since Quentin Shore on Nov. 21, 2014 vs. Air Force, and it was the first five-goal weekend by a Pioneer since Jarid Lukosevicius on Nov. 2-3, 2018 at home vs. Western Michigan … Also scored the game-tying (Oct. 28) and game-winning goals in the series at Miami … Earned NCHC Forward of the Week honors twice during the season: Oct. 31 after his five-goal performance in the series at Miami and Feb. 27 following a four-point weekend on Feb. 24-25 at Western Michigan (2g/2a) … Named the NCHC Player of the Month for October after tying for first in the country in goals (10) and leading all NCAA players with four game-winning tallies in the opening month of the season … Played in his 50th career game on Nov. 4 vs. St. Cloud State … Fired a season-high eight shots on Dec. 2 vs. Arizona State … Recorded a +3 rating on Jan. 7 vs. Alaska Fairbanks (1g/1a) and Feb. 10 vs. North Dakota (2g/0a) … Went on a career-long, 10-game point streak from Feb. 10-March 11 (5g/9a), which also included a personal-best, six-game assist streak from Feb. 24-March 11 (6a)—the latter of which was tied for the longest of the season by a DU player … Recorded four, three-game goal streaks during the year (Oct. 7-14; Oct. 22-29; Dec. 9-16, Feb. 18-25) … Finished his collegiate career with 36 goals, 39 assists and 75 points and appeared in all 81 games.
 
2021-22: Led all Denver freshmen and finished tied for fifth on the team in scoring with 38 points (14g/24a) … Played in all 41 games to help the Pioneers capture their record-tying ninth national championship … Finished second in NCAA scoring for a freshman, with only Michigan defenseman Luke Hughes having more (17g/22a) … Placed fifth in the country among first-year players with 14 goals … Produced a +23 plus/minus rating, tied for the third-highest on the team and ranking as the second-highest nationally among freshmen behind Hughes (+26) … First on the team with 22 penalties and tied for third on the squad in penalty minutes (44) … Tied for third on the Pioneers with five power-play goals and recorded 10 total power-play points (5g/5a) … Placed fifth on Denver in shots (103) and sixth in shooting percentage (13.6) … Blocked 21 shots … Was named NCHC Rookie of the Month three times after recording seven points (5g/2a) in six games in November, eight points (2g/6a) in five games in December and seven points (2g/5a) in nine games in March/April … Scored twice while making his collegiate debut in the season opener on Oct. 8 vs. Arizona State … Became the first DU freshman to score two goals in his college debut since Luke Salazar on Oct. 11, 2008 vs. Notre Dame during the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Game at Magness Arena … Posted a season-high seven shots on goal in the opener vs. ASU as well … Tallied his first game-winning game and added two assists for a career-high three points on Nov. 12 vs. Western Michigan … Twice recorded a career-high three assists:  Jan. 15 vs. Omaha and Feb. 4 vs. St. Cloud State … Posted a career-long, nine-game point streak (7g/8a) from Nov. 12 to Jan. 1, which was the longest of the season by a Pioneer before Bobby Brink had a 14-game run from Dec. 31-Feb. 19 … At the time, it was the longest point streak by a Denver player since Jarid Lukosevicius began the 2018-19 campaign with a nine-game run as well (8g/5a) … During the overall point streak, had a five-game assist streak from Dec. 3-31 (2g/6a) and a team-best, four-game goal streak from Nov. 12-20 (5g/2a) … Had a penalty shot attempt on Feb. 12 vs. Minnesota Duluth (no goal) … Recorded a point in four straight games from Feb. 11-19 (1g/3a) … Tallied a goal and added an assist in the two-game series on Feb. 18-19 at Western Michigan, his first collegiate games in his home state … Picked up three total points (1g/2a) in the NCHC Quarterfinal series vs. Miami on March 11-12 … Had an assist in the NCAA West Regional Semifinals vs. UMass Lowell on March 24 … Recorded two assists in the national championship game vs. Minnesota State on April 9.

International: Represented Team USA in December at the 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship in Edmonton and Red Deer, Alberta, appearing in one game before the tournament was cancelled due to COVID-19 … Took part in USA Hockey’s National Junior Evaluation Camp in Plymouth, Michigan in summer 2021 and 2022 ... Represented the U.S. at the rebooted 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship in August 2022 and recorded seven points (5g/2a) in five games ... Led Team USA and tied for second overall in the tournament with five goals ... Was named one of the United States' three best players at the World Juniors ... Had three points (2g/1a) vs. Switzerland on Aug. 11, scored twice vs. Austria on Aug. 13 and tallied vs. Czechia in the quarterfinals on Aug. 17.Member of Team USA at the 2023 IIHF World Championships in Finland and Latvia, appearing in all 10 games and recording one goal and three assists as the team finished fourth in the tournament.
 
Before Denver: Recorded 20 goals, 24 assists and 37 penalty minutes in 47 USHL games during the 2020-21 season for the Tri-City Storm … Named captain of the Storm for the 2020-21 season … Had six goals, seven assists and 49 penalty minutes in 47 games in 2019-20 with Tri-City … Played seven games for the Under-17 team at the U.S. National Team Development Program in 2018-19 … Product of Little Caesars program … Selected third overall in the 2018 USHL Phase I Draft.