University of Denver Athletics

Pro: Signed his first professional contract with the Cardiff Devils of the UK's Elite Ice Hockey League on July 7, 2025.

Honors and Awards: 2x NCAA National Champion (2022, 2024) … 2x Team Alternate Captain (2023-24, 2024-25) … 2024-25 AHCA All-American Scholar ... 5x NCHC Academic All-Conference Team (2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24) ... NCHC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete (2024-25) ... DU’s Dr. Ralph Verploeg Most Inspirational Player Award (2024-25)

School Record Book: Holds program record for career games played (185) after breaking Ryan Barrow’s previous mark of 168 on Feb. 8, 2025 at Arizona State.
 
2024-25: Named an alternate captain for the second-straight season on Sept. 27 … Tied a career high five goals and registered four assists while appearing in 42-of-44 games ... Went 133-for-226 in faceoffs, leading the team with a .564 winning percentage at the circle ... Paced the Pioneers with 19 penalties and 65 PIMS … Added 25 blocked shots and finished a +8 plus/minus rating ... Set the program record for career games played by skating in his 169th contest on Feb. 8 at Arizona State, surpassing the previous mark set by former teammate Ryan Barrow (2017-2022) … Finished his career with 185 career games, tied for the second-most all-time in NCAA history (Brandon Kruse, 189, 2017-2022) …  Played in his 150th career game on Nov. 1 at Yale and his 175th game on March 1 vs. St. Cloud State … Registered his first game-winning goal against his home state team of Wisconsin on Oct. 26 vs. Wisconsin ... Matched his career high of 15 penalty minutes on Nov. 9 vs. Lindenwood ... Missed his first and only games of the season on Dec. 6-7 at Western Michigan due to a lower-body injury; had played in 62 straight games dating back to the 2022-23 season prior to the outing ... Recorded his 150th career penalty minute on Jan. 10 vs. Miami ... Scored on Feb. 1 vs. Omaha and added an assist the next game on Feb. 7 at Arizona State, marking the third time in his career that he registered points in consecutive contests … Recorded his fourth career multi-point game in Game 2 of the NCHC Quarterfinals vs. Colorado College on March 15 (1g/1a) … Tallied three goals in a five-game stretch in the postseason from March 15-28, also tallying on March 21 vs. Arizona State in the NCHC Frozen Faceoff Semifinals in St. Paul, Minn., and on March 28 vs. Providence in the NCAA Regional Semifinals at Manchester, N.H. … Finished the game vs. PC with three shots, a +2 plus/minus rating and 14 penalty minutes … Went 13 for 14 in faceoffs on March 21 vs. ASU in the conference playoffs … Won 12-of-20 faceoffs in the conference championship game vs. Western Michigan on March 22 … 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.
 
2023-24: Named an alternate captain on Oct. 2 … Recorded career highs with five goals and eight assists for 13 points … Appeared in all 44 games … Added 26 penalty minutes, 22 blocked shots and a +4 plus/minus rating … Registered points in consecutive games on two occasions: Nov. 25-25 (0g/2a) and Jan. 20-26 (1g/2a) … Played in his 100th career game and had two assists for his second career multi-point outing in the season opener on Oct. 7 at Alaska Fairbanks … Also had a two-point performance on Jan. 20 at Omaha (1g/1a) … Recorded his 100th career penalty minute on Jan. 19 at Omaha … Skated in his 125th career contest on Jan. 27 at North Dakota … Scored in Game 1 of the NCHC Quarterfinals vs. Minnesota Duluth on March 15 … Had an assist in the double-overtime victory vs. Massachusetts in the NCAA Regional Semifinals on March 28 … Tied a career high by blocking four shots in the NCAA Championship game on April 13 vs. Boston College after also blocking four shots on Nov. 11 at Arizona State.

2022-23: Tied a career high with four assists and six points (2g/4a) while playing in 39 games … Had 19 blocked shots, recorded 26 penalty minutes and went 262-for-536 in faceoffs during the year … Scored on Jan. 27 vs. Colorado College at Ball Arena and on March 10 in Game 1 of the NCHC Quarterfinals vs. Miami … Registered assists in back-to-back outings on Jan. 14 vs. Miami and Jan. 20 at St. Cloud State … Did not play in the regular season finale on March 4 due to injury, the only game he missed during the year … Played in all four postseason contests.
 
2021-22: Appeared in 36 games and totaled four goals and five points (4g/1a), setting new personal bests in each category and helping the Pioneers capture the NCAA National Championship … Finished fifth on the team in both faceoff wins (108) and penalty minutes (37) … Recorded a +7 plus/minus rating and 13 blocked shots during the season … Tallied on Oct. 15 at Air Force … Scored twice for his first collegiate multi-goal game and recorded his first career short-handed goal on Nov. 20 vs. Miami … Did not play on Nov. 16 vs. Omaha (NCHC suspension) … Scored and recorded a career-high five shots and a +3 plus/minus rating on March 4 at Colorado College.
 
2020-21: One of seven Pioneers to play in all 24 games, tallying four points on two goals and two assists … Also had a -4 plus/minus rating, one power-play goal, 25 penalty minutes and 12 blocked shots … Made his collegiate debut on Dec. 2 vs. Minnesota Duluth … Recorded first career point with a goal on Dec. 12 vs. UMD … Had a goal in the regular-season finale vs. Colorado College on Feb. 27 and tallied an assist in Denver’s NCHC Quarterfinal win over Omaha on March 13.

Before Denver: Played two seasons with the Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL) from 2018-2020, recording 22 goals, 15 assists and 153 penalty minutes in 74 career games … Won a gold medal with Team USA at the 2019 World Junior A Challenge … Voted “Hardest Worker” by Waterloo teammates in 2019 and 2020 … Previously played at Culver Military Academy and bantam hockey with the Milwaukee Jr. Admirals organization.

Personal: Son of Chris and Heather … Has an older sister, Caroline, and older brother, CJ … Father Chris played hockey and mother Heather ran track at Colby College (NCAA DIII) … Chose Denver because it was a perfect fit academically and athletically … Aspires to play professional hockey and then pursue a career in finance … Enjoys hunting, fishing and golfing in his spare time.