Biography
NHL: Selected by the Florida Panthers in Round 7 (221st Overall) of the 2022 NHL Draft ... Signed a three-year, entry-level contract with Florida on April 12, 2025 … Joined the Panthers’ AHL affiliate, the Charlotte Checkers, on a professional tryout for the remainder of the season … Made his professional hockey debut on April 16, 2025 with Charlotte at Hartford and recorded his first career points with a pair of assists ... Helped the Checkers reach the 2025 AHL Calder Cup Finals.
Honors and Awards: 2x NCAA National Champion (2022, 2024) … 2x AHCA (West) All-American First Team (2023-24, 2024-25) … 2x Hobey Baker Award Top-10 Finalist (2023-24, 2024-25) ... 2x All-NCHC First Team (2023-24, 2024-25) … HCA National Player of the Month (October 2024) … 2x NCHC Player of the Month (October 2024, February 2025) … 2024-25 AHCA All-American Scholar ... 4x NCHC Academic All-Conference Team (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25) ... 4x NCHC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25) ... 2024-25 CSC Academic All-America Third Team … 2024-25 CSC Academic All-District Team ... 2x NCHC Forward of the Week (Feb. 20, 2023; Oct. 9, 2023) ... 2x NCHC Rookie of the Week (Dec. 6, 2021; Jan. 3, 2022) … 2x Finalist for NCHC Forward of the Year (2023-24, 2024-25) … Finalist for NCHC Player of the Year (2023-24) ... NCHC Preseason All-Conference Team (2024-25) ... DU’s Dallas Gaume Offensive Player Award (2024-25)
School Record Book: Ranked 12th in points (163) and ninth in assists (106) in his collegiate career … One of 10 players to record 50 goals, 100 assists and 150 points in their time at DU … Tied for eighth for career games (162) … Shares ninth place for the most assists in a single season (44, 2024-25).
2024-25: Posted career highs and led the NCAA with 57 points and 44 assists and finished his career as the highest-scoring player in the modern era of Denver hockey with 163 points (57g/106a) … A top-10 finalist for the Hobey Baker Award for the second-straight season and just the third Pioneer to finish first in the country in scoring, joining Bobby Brink in 2021-22 (57) and Ed Beers in 1981-82 (84) … First DU player to record back-to-back 50-point seasons since Daryn McBride in 1987-88 (58) and 1988-89 (51) and owns two of just six 50-point campaigns by DU players since 2012 … Named a First Team All-American for the second-straight year, becoming one of 14 repeat All-Americans in Denver's history and joined teammate Zeev Buium as the school's first repeat first-team members since Henrik Borgstrom in 2017 and 2018 … Also won the NCHC scoring title with 32 points (11g/21a) in 24 conference games … Played in all 44 games, registering at least a point in 34 of them and multiple points in 17 outings … His 44 assists were tied with Mark Davidson (1977-78) for the ninth-most in a season in program history and the most since Dallas Gaume (67) and Dwight Mathiasen (49) in 1985-86, while his 57 points were the most since Gabe Gauthier also hit that mark in 2004-05 … Scored 13 goals during his senior campaign, including 11 markers after the New Year and tallying seven goals in a nine-game stretch from Feb. 14-March 14 … Led the team with 27 power-play points (5g/22a) and his five power-play goals ranked tied for fourth-most on the squad … Made up one-third of the top-scoring line in the NCAA during the season with teammates Carter King and Aidan Thompson, as the Pioneers' top trio combined for 55 goals and 155 points during the campaign … Finished third on DU in shots (148) and had 32 penalty minutes and a +16 plus/minus rating to close out the season … Began the season with a career-long eight-game point streak from Oct. 5-Nov. 2 (1g/15a), which was also the longest assist streak of the year by a Denver skater … Matched the streak with another eight-game run from Nov. 9-Dec. 13 (1g/10a) … Overall had points in 16 of the first 17 games (2g/25a) and recorded multiple points in five of the first six contests from Oct. 19-26 (1g/6a) … Had a career-high four assists (all on the power play) in the season opener on Oct. 5 at Alaska Anchorage, tied for the most assists/points in a game during the year by a Pioneer … Recorded three or more points in five total games during the year, also doing so on Oct. 26 vs. Wisconsin (1g/2a), Nov. 14 at North Dakota (0g/3a), Feb. 8 at Arizona State (0g/3a) and March 16 vs. Colorado College (0g/3a) to finish his collegiate career with 13 such three-point outings … Fired a career-high seven shots on goal on Oct. 25 vs. Wisconsin … Twice named the NCHC Player of the Month, earning the accolade in both October and February to be the first DU skater to earn top player honors in multiple months in a single season since defenseman Mike Benning in 2022-23 … Led all NCAA players with 14 points (1g/13a) in October to also earn National Player of the Month accolades … Skated in his 125th career game on Nov. 1 at Yale … Blocked a career-high three shots on Dec. 14 vs. Colorado College … Tallied in three straight games from Jan 10-24 (3g/1a) … Had points in seven of the eight contests in February (5g/9a) and recorded multiple points in six of the outings during the month to earn his second NCHC Player of the Month award of the season and his career … Scored his 50th career goal on Feb. 1 vs. Omaha to become the 61st Denver player and the first since Cole Guttman on Feb. 11, 2022 vs. Minnesota Duluth to reach the half-century mark … Tallied his first multi-goal game of the season on Feb. 14 vs. North Dakota and recorded a career-most 12 penalty minutes on Feb. 15 vs. UND … Appeared in his 150th career game on Feb. 22 at Miami and registered two assists in the contest to reach 150 career points—the 22nd Pioneer to reach the 150-point milestone and first since Rhett Rakhshani in 2010 … Became the 12th player to pick up 100 career assists on March 8 at Colorado College and the first since Dave Shields in 1989-90 … Also joined the program’s 50-goal, 100-assist, 150-point club as the 10th member and the first do reach those figures since Shields from 1986-1990 (71g/108a) … After recording three assists in Game 3 of the NCHC Quarterfinals vs. CC on March 16, produced two assists in the NCHC Frozen Faceoff Semifinals vs. Arizona State on March 21 in St. Paul, Minn. … Contributed an assist in the victory vs. No. 1 Boston College in the NCAA Northeast Regional Final on March 30 to secure the Pioneers spot in the Frozen Four for the second-straight season … Produced 16 points (5g/11a) in his final 14 games … Finished his collegiate career ranked 12th on the all-time scoring list with 163 points (57g/106a) in 162 games, the most points by a DU player since Rick Berens had 180 (94g/86a) from 1987-1991 … His 106 career assists rank ninth all-time in DU history … Played in 162 of a possible 169 games in his career, the most games by a four-year player with the Pioneers since Gabe Gauthier skated in 164 contests from 2002-2006 … 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 Florida Panthers' development camp in July 2024.
2023-24: Led the team with a career-high 27 goals and 56 points, ranking seventh in the country in scoring and fourth in tallies … Was the first player in the NCAA to reach the 20-goal mark on Jan. 19 at Omaha, doing so in only 23 games to become the quickest Pioneer to reach the threshold in the modern era … Finished with the most goals in a season since Ryan Dingle also had 27 markers in 2005-06 … Added a personal-best 29 assists while playing in all 44 games … Paced the team with 142 shots, nine power-play goals and 16 power-play points … Scored three game-winning goals and ended the year with a +29 plus/minus rating and 20 penalty minutes … Registered nine multi-goal games during the campaign and finished third on the squad with a .190 shooting percentage … Began the season with six total points (4g/2a) on Oct. 7-8 at Alaska Fairbanks, earning NCHC Forward of the Week honors ... Scored the game-winner in each game in Alaska and tied a then-career high with four points (2g/2a) in the season opener … Opened the season with a three-game goal streak (5g/3a) and five-game point streak (6g/7a), both career longs … Recorded multiple points in each of the first five games from Oct. 7-27 (6g/7a) for the longest multi-point streak by a Pioneer since Massimo Rizzo also had a five-game stretch from Oct. 21-Nov. 4, 2022 (4g/9a) … Posted two other three-game goal streaks during the season: Nov. 24-Dec.1 (4g/4a) and Jan. 13-20 (4g/3a) … Recorded multiple goals in a single period five times during the year (Oct. 9, Nov. 3, Nov. 11, Jan. 19, March 15) and tallied multiple power-play goals in a game twice (Oct. 8 at Alaska Fairbanks, Nov. 10 at Arizona State) … Buried the fastest two goals by a DU player during the year by scoring in 2:31 at 7:14 and 9:45 of the third period on Nov. 3 vs. Colorado College … Combined for six points (3g/3a) in two games vs. Yale on Nov. 24-25 … Fired a personal-high seven shots on goal on Jan. 13 vs. St. Cloud State … Recorded his 50th career assist in a contest where he produced a career-high five points (2g/3a) and matched a personal best with three assists on Jan. 19 at Omaha … It was the first five-point game by a Denver player since Bobby Brink on Feb. 4, 2022 vs. St. Cloud State (1g/4a) … Had four of his five points vs. UNO in the second period (2g/2a) for the most points in a single frame this season, 32nd time in program history and first since Troy Terry vs. Colorado College on March 11, 2018 … Appeared in his 100th career game on Jan. 27 at North Dakota … Produced a career-long five-game assist streak from Feb. 3-24 (1g/6a), which also tied his personal-best point streak … Became the 103rd Pioneer and just the eighth in the last 10 years to reach 100 career points by scoring a goal on March 8 at Colorado College … His 100th career point came just 16 seconds after the opening faceoff, the fastest to begin a game/period during the year and the fastest since Michael Davies also tallied 16 seconds into the first stanza on Dec. 28, 2018 at Merrimack … Had two goals in Game 1 of the NCHC Quarterfinals vs. Minnesota Duluth on March 15 and added an assist in Game 2 the next day … Recorded a helper in the NCHC Frozen Faceoff Championship Game vs. Omaha on March 23 … Contributed an assist on the double-overtime-winning goal in the NCAA Regional Semifinals vs. Massachusetts on March 28 … Finished the season by registering 16 points (6g/10a) in the last 17 games … Attended the Florida Panthers summer development camp in July 2023.
2022-23: Registered career bests with 14 goals, 17 assists and 31 points as a sophomore … Finished third on Denver in goals (14) and sixth in points (31) while playing in 38-of-40 games … Tied for second on the team with four game-winning goals … Ranked third on the squad with six power-play goals and tied for fourth with 14 power-play points (6g/8a) … Ranked fourth in both shots (90) and shooting percentage (.156) … Scored in the season-opening game on Oct. 7 vs. Notre Dame in the Ice Breaker Tournament … Tallied the overtime-winning goal at 1:16 of the extra session on Oct. 22 vs. Providence to cap Denver’s 2022 NCAA Championship banner-raising night … It was his first career game-winning marker … Appeared in his 50th career game on Nov. 26 vs. Omaha … Registered a season-best +3 plus/minus rating on Jan. 13 vs. Miami … Tied a career best by going on a three-game assist streak twice during the season on Dec. 3-10 (0g/3a) and Feb. 17-24 (3g/6a) … Went on a career long four-game point streaks twice: Jan. 7-20 (2g/2a) and Feb. 17-25 (4g/6a) … Tallied his first career multi-goal game and tied a then-career high with three points (2g/1a) on Feb. 17 vs. Minnesota Duluth … Had a goal and three assists the next night on Feb. 18 vs. UMD to set a career high in assist and points in a contest … Tied for the most points in a period during the season by a Pioneer with three in the third on Feb. 18 vs. Duluth (0g/3a) … Finished the Feb. 17-18 weekend vs. Minnesota Duluth with seven points (3g/4a), earning NCHC Player of the Week honors … Tallied a career-high four goals for his first hat trick and matched a personal best in points (four) in Game 1 of the NCHC Quarterfinals vs. Miami on March 10 … Tallied Denver’s second natural hat trick of the season in the contest, scoring at 7:38 and 15:00 of the first period and 12:03 of the second and matched the team’s season high for goals in a game (Tristan Broz also had four goals on Jan. 14 vs. Miami) … Three of his markers in Game 1 were on the power play, the most man-advantage goals in a game this season for DU and tied for the most in a single game in school history (Dwight Mathiasen, Oct. 29, 1983 vs. Colorado College; Perry Schnarr, Jan. 21, 1977 vs. Michigan Tech) … Scored again in Game 2 on March 11 to finish the NCHC playoff series vs. Miami with five markers … Only two contests he missed during the year were Dec. 16-17 vs. Lindenwood while attending the United States’ training camp for the 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship … Attended Florida Panthers NHL Development Camp in July 2022 … Took part in USA Hockey’s National Junior Evaluation Camp in July and August in Plymouth, Michigan.
2021-22: Skated in 36-of-41 games, registering three goals, 16 assists and 19 points … Added 18 blocked shots and 16 penalty minutes and finished with a +12 plus/minus rating … Made his collegiate debut and picked up his first career point with an assist in the season opener on Oct. 8 vs. Arizona State … Added two assists the next night on Oct. 9 vs. ASU for his first multi-point contest … Had four multi-point outings during the season … Tallied his first career goal and had an assist on Dec. 3 at Arizona State … Posted two assists on Dec. 4 at ASU and earned his first of two NCHC Rookie of the Week awards on Dec. 6 after finishing the weekend in Arizona with four points (1g/3a) … Posted a three-game point streak from Dec. 3-Dec. 10 (1g/4a) … Registered a career-high three points (1g/2a) on Jan. 1 vs. Alaska Fairbanks and was named NCHC Rookie of the Week on Jan. 3 … Tallied in Game 1 of the NCHC Quarterfinals vs. Miami on March 11 … Played in all four contests in the NCAA Tournament … Had an assist in the national championship game vs. Minnesota State on April 9 … Participated with Team USA at the World Junior Summer Showcase in July 2021 in Plymouth, Michigan … Was the youngest player on Denver roster during the season, turning 18 years old a week before the regular season.
Before Denver: Posted 13 goals and 31 assists in 2019-20 with the United States National Team Development Program’s under-17 team and had 10 goals and 12 assists in 33 contests with the U-18 squad in 2020-21 … Played in five games for Team USA at the 2021 IIHF U18 World Championship (0g/1a) … Won a silver medal with the U.S. at the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge, recording one goal and four assists in six games.
Personal: Son of Valerie and Ted Devine … Has two older sisters, Taylor and Katie … Favorite NHL player is Jonathan Toews … Favorite movie is Forrest Gump … Favorite TV show is The Office … Favorite musical artist is Kanye West.
