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2025-26 Men's Ice Hockey Roster

17 Peter LaJoy

  • Position Forward
  • Ht./Wt. 5-8 / 170
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Evergreen, Colorado
  • Last Team Danbury Jr. Hat Tricks (NAHL)

Biography

Honors and Awards: 2024 NCAA National Champion … DU’s Bob Martin Community Service Award (2023-24)
 
2024-25: Appeared in five games … Made his collegiate debut on Nov. 9 vs. Lindenwood and recorded his first two penalty minutes in the contest as well … Also appeared in both games at Western Michigan on Dec. 6-7 and Maine on Jan. 3-4 … Skated in the exhibition vs. UNLV on Dec. 28.

2023-24: Did not see any game action during the regular season … Was unavailable in the first eight contests due to a lower-body injury … Played in the exhibition vs. Minot State on Dec. 30.

Before Denver: Played in the North American Hockey League from 2020 to 2023 with Danbury Jr. Hat Tricks, Wichita Falls Warriors and Bismarck Bobcats … Served as an alternate captain for Danbury in both 2021-22 and 2022-23 … Had four points (2g/2a) and 86 penalty minutes in 37 games with Danbury in 2022-23 … Split 2021-22 with Wichita Falls (2g/3a in 17 GP) and Danbury (1g/4a in 22 GP) … Started his NAHL career in 2020-21 with Bismarck, playing four games (0g/1a) before finishing the year with 13 contests with Wichita (0g/3a) … Played four seasons of prep hockey at Shattuck-St. Mary’s in Fairbault, Minn., helping his team reach nationals three years in a row, win the St. Andrews College McPherson Cup in 2019-20 and a No. 1 national ranking that season before the remainder of the year was cancelled due to the COVID-19 Pandemic … Registered a career-high 40 points (17g/21a) in 2018-19 with Shattuck … Had a personal-best 21 goals in 2017-18 with SSM … Product of the Colorado Thunderbirds organization and competed at the Quebec International Pee-Wee Tournament in 2015 with the T-Birds.
 
Personal: Father played football at Arkansas and mother played women’s hockey at Skidmore … Hobbies include golf, spear fishing, deep sea fishing, wakeboarding, hiking and mountain biking … Intends to major in construction management and real estate development at DU … Would like to work in the construction side of real estate development after college … Graduated from Shattuck-St. Mary’s prep school in Minnesota in 2020 … Made the honor roll in high school as a junior and senior … Runner-up in high school for his senior initiative project—helping to raise money and awareness for the Clean Water Act … Volunteered for four years in Hands Across Faribault and for the School for the Deaf in Minnesota … Also volunteered for the sled hockey club of Colorado by helping on the ice and raising money by collecting clothes for the clothes drive.

Why DU: "When I was 8 years I attended my first DU hockey camp, and it became my goal to always be a Pio.”

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Historical Player Information

  • 17

    2023-24Freshman

    Forward
    5'7" 165 lbs
    17
  • 17

    2024-25Sophomore

    Forward
    5'8" 170 lbs
    17
  • 17

    2025-26Junior

    Forward
    5'8" 170 lbs
    17