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Honors and Awards: 2022-23 AHCA All-American Scholar ... 2022-23 NCHC Academic All-Conference Team ... 2022-23 NCHC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete ... 2018-19 ECAC Rookie of the Year … 2018-19 ECAC All-Rookie Team … 2018-19 Ivy League Rookie of the Year … 2018-19 All-Ivy League Honorable Mention … HCA National Rookie of the Month (November 2018) … ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Month (November 2018) … ECAC Player of the Week (Nov. 25, 2018).
 
2022-23: Played in all 40 games after joining the team a graduate-transfer … Finished tied for third on the team in both assists (21) and points (34) and tied for fourth with a career-high 13 goals … Ranked third on the squad with 15 power-play points (4g/11a) … Was second on DU with a .171 shooting percentage … Registered points in 15 of his first 20 games, totaling nine goals and 13 assists … Scored twice in his Denver debut on Oct. 7 vs. Notre Dame in the Ice Breaker Tournament … Played in his 100th career contest on Oct. 8 vs. Maine in the second outing of the Ice Breaker and skated in his 125th career game on Jan. 27 vs. Colorado College at Ball Arena … Tied a career long with a six-game point streak from Oct. 21-Nov. 4 (2g/6a) … Recorded his 100th career point with a season-high three assists on Oct. 28 at Miami … Picked up his 120th career point on senior night with an assist on March 4 vs. Colorado College … Scored DU’s fastest goal to begin a game this season when he tallied 36 seconds into Game 2 of the NCHC Quarterfinals vs. Miami on March 11 … Recorded five point streaks of at least three games throughout the campaign, including a three-game streak with five points (1g/4a) from March 4-11 … Finished his collegiate career with 40 goals, 84 assists and 124 points in 138 games with Denver and Harvard … Signed an American Hockey League contract with the Iowa Wild on April 1 and played the remainder of the 2022-23 campaign with the team on an amateur tryout (two games).

2021-22 (Harvard): Captained the Crimson to an Eastern College Athletic Conference championship … Recorded 25 points (8g/17a) in 34 games … Finalist for both the Harvard Athletics’ Top Male Scholar-Athlete and the ECAC Student-Athlete of the Year … Finished his career at Harvard with 90 points (27g/63a) in 98 career contests.
 
2020-21 (Harvard): The school did not participate in athletics due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
2019-20 (Harvard): Finished third on the team in scoring with a career-best 36 points (12g/24a) in 31 games played … Recorded eight multiple-point games … Recorded three assists vs Dartmouth on Nov. 1 … Had a three-point night (goal, two assists) against Quinnipiac (Nov. 9) … Notched his first career hat trick and a career-high three goals at Rensselaer on Nov. 22 … Added three points (1g/2a) vs. Arizona State on Dec. 29 … Recorded a career-high four assists/points at Union on Jan. 31.
 
2018-19 (Harvard): Skated in all 33 games and led the conference’s first-year players with 29 points (7g/22a), earning ECAC and Ivy League Rookie of the Year honors … Finished second on the team with nine multi-point efforts … Made his collegiate debut and recorded his first point with an assist in the season opener at Dartmouth on Oct. 27 … Registered his first career goal and added two assists on Nov. 3 vs. Princeton … Also had three-point outings on Nov. 24 vs. Cornell (0g/3a) and Nov. 30 vs. Colgate (0g/3a) … Had two game-winning goals, including OT game-winner vs. Rensselaer on Jan. 4.
 
Before College: Played two seasons with the United States Hockey League’s Lincoln Stars from 2016-2018, recording 80 points (32g/48a) in 117 contests … Led Lincoln in scoring and finished eighth in the USHL with 56 points (21g/35a) in 59 games from 2017-18, earning All-USHL Third-Team honors … Played three years of Minnesota high school hockey at Edina High School, winning a state championship in 2013014 and serving as team captain in 2015-16 … Edina Scholar-Athlete and earned Edina Willard Ikola Senior Hockey Player Highest GPA Award.
 
Personal: Son of Greg and Linda Dornbach … Has an older sister, Brooke … Father played college hockey at Miami (Ohio) before playing professionally in the AHL, Italy and Germany … Earned his bachelor’s degree in psychology from Harvard in spring 2022 … Intends to earn his master’s degree at DU in organizational leadership (strategic innovation and change) … Career goals include playing professional hockey after college and then using his acquired skills and experiences to make an impact in the hockey and/or health worlds … At Harvard, conducted research and worked under Dr. Ellen Langer in her Mindfulness Theory Lab studying the Mind-Body Connection in Health, Education, Business, Athletics, and more … Volunteered with cancer patients (Team One Summit/02X) and with Special Olympics athletes while at Harvard from 2018-2021 … Was a Student-Athlete Wellness Leader at Harvard from 2019-2021.
 
Why DU: “I chose the University of Denver because of how great the program has been on and off the ice, year in and year out. There are high-quality, driven, professional people here, and I knew Denver was the right place for me to play this year after only a few moments of being on campus. To have a chance to be a part of a team that knows how to win, has a culture that collaborates and works hard and has the potential to repeat as national champions made the decision a no-brainer for me.”