University of Denver Athletics

NHL: Selected by the Edmonton Oilers in Round 4 (100th Overall) of the 2020 NHL Draft … Signed an amateur tryout with the AHL Bakersfield Condors on April 18, 2022 … Signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the Oilers on May 11, 2022.
 
Record Book: Became the first DU freshman to open their collegiate career with a goal in each of their first five games (Dec. 2, 2020-Dec. 10, 2020) … Set an NCHC record for the most points in a game with six on Oct. 16, 2021 vs. Air Force (3g/3a).

Honors and Awards: 2022 NCAA National Champion … 2022 Frozen Four All-Tournament Team … 2022 NCAA West Regional All-Tournament Team … All-NCHC Second Team (2021-22) … NCHC All-Rookie Team (2020-21, unanimous selection) ... Barry Sharp Award for Denver's Freshman of the Year (2020-21) ... Denver Athletics Male Freshman of the Year (2020-21) … HCA National Rookie of the Month (December 2020) … NCHC Rookie of the Month (December 2020) … 4x NCHC Forward of the Week (Oct. 18, 2021; Nov. 15, 2021; Jan. 17, 2022; March 7, 2022) … NCHC Co-Rookie of the Week (Dec. 14, 2020) ... Finalist for NCHC Three Stars (2021-22).
 
2021-22: Tied for team lead with a career-high 23 goals and helped the Pioneers win their record-tying ninth national championship … Shared the top spot for tallies on the club with Cameron Wright, and it was the most goals by a DU player since Henrik Borgstrom also had 23 in 2017-18 … Ranked tied for fourth in the nation in goals and sixth in goals per game (0.59) … Finished tied for second on the squad with Cole Guttman in points (45) and also added 22 assists in 39 contests during the campaign … Led Denver with six game-winning goals, tied with Gabe Gauthier (2003-04) and Mark Rycroft (1999-00) for the ninth-most in a campaign in school history … Also posted career highs in assists, points, power-play goals and game-winning goals … Paced the Pioneers with 11 power-play goals and ranked third on the squad with 16 power-play points (11g/5a) … Led the team with 152 shots and ranked fifth in shooting percentage (15.1) … Had 37 penalty minutes and finished with a personal-best +21 plus/minus rating … Recorded five multi-goal games, 12 multi-point contest and posted three or more points on six occasions during the season … Named the NCHC Player of the Week a conference-high four times during the season: Oct. 18, Nov. 15, Jan. 17 & March 7 … Scored in each of the first three games of the national tournament and tallied the overtime-winning goal in the Frozen Four semifinals vs. Michigan on April 7 … Named to the All-Tournament Team for the NCAA West Regional ... Scored in both regional games vs. UMass Lowell on March 24 & Minnesota Duluth on March 26, including tallying the game-winner in the regional final vs. UMD to send the Pioneers to their fourth Frozen Four in the last six seasons … Began his sophomore season on a five-game point streak (6g/6a) after starting his freshman season on a record five-game goal streak … Registered 22 points (12g/10a) in the opening 14 contests of the season, including 12 goals in the first 13 games … Had three points (1g/2a) in the season opener vs. Arizona State on Oct. 8 … Recorded his first career hat trick and a career-high six points (3g/3a) on Oct. 16 vs. Air Force, setting a new NCHC record for the most points in a single game. The previous conference mark of five points was accomplished 20 times previously, with North Dakota's Colin Adams last doing it vs. Miami on March 12, 2021. DU's Troy Terry reached five points twice in game: Jan. 7, 2017 vs. Arizona State and March 26, 2017 vs. Penn State … The six points were tied for the ninth-most in a game in school history and all six points came in the game's first six goals … Also had a career-high +4 plus/minus rating in the game vs. Air Force, tying a season high on the team … Went on a career-long six-game point streak from Nov. 12-Dec. 4 (6g/4a) … Totaled five points (4g/1a) in the two-game series vs. Western Michigan on Nov. 12-13 … Scored two goals in a matter of 20 seconds on Nov. 13 vs. WMU (technically on the same shift), marking the third-fastest consecutive goals by the same Denver player in the last 20 years. Only Jack Doremus’ 17 seconds on Feb. 23, 2019 vs. Miami and Jarid Lukosevicius’ 16 seconds during the 2017 NCAA National Championship vs. Minnesota Duluth tallied twice faster … Missed only two games all season, Dec. 31-Jan. 1 vs. Alaska Fairbanks due to COVID protocol … Registered his 50th career point with an assist on Jan. 28 at Miami … Skated in his 50th career game on Feb. 12 vs. Minnesota Duluth … Registered his second hat trick of the year with three goals on Feb. 4 vs. St. Cloud State, helping Denver rally from a 3-0 deficit in the first period and win 8-5 … Closed the regular season on a three-game point streak from Feb. 26-March 5 (3g/2a) … Ranked fifth in the country in goals per game (0.62) and seventh in points per game (1.25) at the end of the regular season (32 games played) … Finished his collegiate career with 36 goals and 29 assists for 65 points in 63 games … One of three Pioneers nominated for the 2022 Hobey Baker Award … Attended Edmonton Oilers NHL Development Camp after the season in July 2022.

2020-21: One of seven Pioneers to play in all 24 games … Finished second on the team in points with 20, first in goals with 13 and added seven assists … Led DU with 85 shots, seven power-play goals, three game-winning goals and scored the first goal six times … Finished second on Denver with 10 power-play points (7g/3a) and 23 penalty minutes (tied) … Added six blocked shots and ended the campaign with an even plus/minus rating … Scored his first NCAA goal in the first game of the season on Dec. 2 vs. Minnesota Duluth and recorded his first multi-goal game in the second contest on Dec. 4 vs. North Dakota … Became the first-ever DU freshmen to score in the first five games of his college career and the first Pioneer since Jon Foster in 2004-05 … Recorded six goals and two assists during the season-opening five-game streak … Had 10 points (6g/4a) during the 10-game NCHC Pod in Omaha in December … Had four multi-point contests during the season … Tallied a goal and an assist in Denver’s regular-season finale vs. Colorado College on Feb. 27.

Before Denver: Rated 50th among North American skaters on NHL Central Scouting's final rankings for the 2020 NHL Draft … Notched 84 goals, 88 assists and 129 penalty minutes in 112 career games with the Sherwood Park Crusaders (AJHL) from 2018-2020 … Two-time AJHL All-Star … In 54 games during the 2019-20 campaign, he led the AJHL with 53 goals, finished second in league scoring with 99 points (53g/46a) and tallied 62 penalty minutes to be named among five finalists for CJHL Forward of the Year … Served as alternate captain for the Crusaders in 2019-20 … Named to the AJHL All-Rookie Team in 2018-19 … Represented Canada at the 2019 World Junior A Challenge.

Personal: Son of Scott and Jody … Has a younger brother, Matt, who has played for the Winnipeg Ice (WHL), Sherwood Park Crusaders (AJHL) and Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL) and was drafted No. 9 overall by the Buffalo Sabres in 2022 … Was teammates with fellow DU classmates Mike Benning and Reid Irwin with the Sherwood Park Crusaders from 2018-2020 … Had played on the same team as Benning for almost every year since they were kids … Chose Denver for its academics and athletics … Enjoys quadding, surfing, skiing and playing ball hockey in his spare time.