University of Denver Athletics

NHL: Selected by the Tampa Bay Lightning in Round 7 (213th Overall) of the 2019 NHL Draft.
 
Honors and Awards: 2x NCAA National Champion (2022, 2024) … Team Captain (2023-24) ... 2024 NCHC Frozen Faceoff Most Outstanding Player ... 2024 NCHC Frozen Faceoff All-Tournament Team ... NCHC Forward of the Week (Nov. 27, 2023) … AHCA All-America Scholar (2020-21) … 4x NCHC Academic All-Conference Team (2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24) ... NCHC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete (2020-21) ... DU’s Dr. Ralph Verploeg Most Inspirational Player Award (2023-24)

2023-24: Led Denver to its NCAA-record 10th National Championship after being named the 94th team captain in program history prior to the season on Oct. 2 … Played in 43-of-44 games and posted career highs with 14 goals and 18 assists for 32 points, more than doubling his previous season-best totals in all three scoring categories … Tied for first on the team with five game-winning goals and led DU with 54 penalty minutes … Ranked fourth on the squad with a +31 plus/minus rating while firing a personal-high 80 shots on goal … Began the campaign with a goal and an assist in the season opener on Oct. 7 at Alaska Fairbanks … Had a three-game assist streak from Oct. 27-Nov. 3 (0g/3a) … Recorded a career-long three-game point streak on three other occasions (four total): Nov. 10-17 (2g/1a), Dec. 8-Jan. 5 (1g/2a) and Jan. 12-19 (1g/4a) … Scored two goals in a game twice (Nov. 25 vs. Yale, March 23 vs. Omaha) and totaled a career-high three points on three occasions … Produced back-to-back three-point contests on Nov. 24 (1g/2a) and Nov. 25 (2g/1a) vs. Yale to earn his first career NCHC weekly honor as Forward of the Week … Had his first career two-goal game on Nov. 25 and also recorded his 50th point in the contest against Yale … Scored in consecutive games three times … Also matched a personal-high with two assists and three points (1g/2a) on Jan. 19 vs. Omaha … Played in his 100th career game on Nov. 10 at Arizona State and appeared in his 125th career game on March 8 at Colorado College … Reached 100 career penalty minutes on Jan. 5 vs. Niagara … Did not play on Feb. 3 vs. Western Michigan due to a lower-body injury … Totaled three goals in two games at the NCHC Frozen Faceoff to earn All-Tournament Team and Most Outstanding Player honors … Scored in the overtime win vs. St. Cloud State in the NCHC semifinals on March 22 before tallying twice in the second period—including the game-winner—for his second career multi-goal contest on March 23 vs. Omaha in the championship game … Also fired a career-high seven shots in the NCHC final against the UNO … Began the conference tournament by tallying in Game 1 of the NCHC Quarterfinals vs. Minnesota Duluth on March 15 … Had the primary assist on the game-tying goal vs. Cornell in the NCAA Northeast Regional Final on March 30 … Finished his collegiate career with 69 points on 29 goals and 40 assists in 134 games played and two national championships …Attended the Tampa Bay Lightning’s summer development camp in July 2023.

2022-23: Tied career highs with six goals, eight assists and 14 points while appearing in 30 games … Tallied two power play goals ... Was third on the team with 17 penalties and was fourth with 34 penalty minutes, both personal bests for a season … Missed seven games with an upper-body injury (Oct. 14-Nov. 4) ... Had two multi-point games during the year, tallying a goal and an assist on Jan. 7 vs. Alaska Fairbanks and two assists vs. Colorado College on March 3 … Scored a goal in consecutive games for the second time in his career on Jan. 7 vs. UAF and Jan. 13 vs. Miami … Went on a three-game point streak from Jan. 7-14 (2g/2a), tying a career long … Missed three games from March 4-11 (upper body) ... Attended Tampa Bay Lightning NHL Development Camp in July 2022.
 
2021-22: Set career highs with six goals, eight assists and 14 points while playing 39-of-41 games … Tied for third on the team with a career-high four game-winning goals … Also had a personal best +13 plus/minus rating … Finished fourth on the squad in faceoff wins (138) … Scored his first career short-handed goal on Nov. 20 vs. Miami, which stood as the game-winner (first of his career) … Appeared in his 50th career game on Feb. 19 at Western Michigan … Posted three multi-point games this year, including in Game 1 of the NCHC Quarterfinals vs. Miami on March 11 (1g/1a) … Played in all four NCAA Tournament games to help the Pioneers capture the national championship.

2020-21: Played in 22 games, tallying nine points on three goals and six assists … Recorded a -1 plus/minus rating, two power-play goals, 16 penalty minutes and six blocked shots … Recorded his first NCAA point with a goal on Dec. 8 vs. North Dakota while in the NCHC Pod … Had a goal and an assist for first multi-point outing in Denver’s 3-3 tie with Western Michigan in the NCHC Pod on Dec. 19 … Registered two helpers, including the game-winning assist in Denver’s 6-1 win over Colorado College on Jan. 2.

Before Denver: Tallied 18 goals, 37 assists and 102 penalty minutes in 88 games for the Green Bay Gamblers (USHL) from 2017-2020 … Served as captain of the Gamblers during the 2019-20 season … Product of Shattuck St. Mary’s and the Oakland Jr. Grizzlies.

Personal: Son of Dave and Sunny … Has a younger sister, Makenna, who plays college hockey at Ohio State after competing for the previous two seasons with Wisconsin where she was among the nation’s leading scorers and helped UW win the 2021 Women’s National Championship. She also plays field hockey at OSU … Father Dave played football at Kent State and mother Sunny played softball at Texas … Enjoys golf in his spare time … Chose Denver because of its track record of success as well as its combination of athletics and academics.