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NHL: Selected by the Los Angeles Kings in Round 6 (No. 169 overall) of the 2022 NHL Draft ... Signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the Kings on April 14, 2025 ... Joined L.A.'s American Hockey League affiliate, Ontario Reign, for the remainder of the season on an amateur tryout ... Made his professional hockey debut with Ontario on April 16, 2025 vs. AHL Colorado and recorded his first pro point with an assist.

Honors and Awards: 2024 NCAA National Champion ... AHCA All-American Scholar (2022-23) … 3x NCHC Academic All-Conference Team (2022-23, 2023-24) … 3x NCHC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete (2022-23, 2023-24) … NCHC Forward of the Week (Nov. 14, 2022) … Finalist for the NCHC Sportsmanship Award (2024-25) ... 3x DU’s Dr. Ken Bredesen Most Sportsmanlike Player (2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25)

2024-25: Registered 17 points on nine goals and eight assists while playing in all 44 games … Tied for fourth on the squad with a +17 plus/minus rating … Fired 75 shots on goals led all DU forwards with 28 blocked shots and had just six penalty minutes, second-fewest on the squad among players to see significant ice time … Tallied in back-to-back games on three occasions: Nov 2-8, Jan. 11-24, Feb. 1-7 … Registered an assist in three-straight NCHC postseason games from March 16-22, tying a career-long assist streak … Also went on three-game point streaks from Nov. 1-8 (2g/1a) and Jan. 31-Feb. 7 (2g/3a) … Scored in the season opener on Oct. 5 at Alaska Anchorage … Skated in his 100th career game on Jan. 11 against Miami … Recorded career highs with two assists (tied) and three points (1g/2a) on Feb. 1 vs. Omaha … Also registered a personal-best +4 plus/minus rating in that Feb. 1 contest, tied for the highest plus-minus in a game during the year by a Pioneer … Picked up his 50th career point with an assist on Feb. 22 at Miami … Scored in the NCAA Frozen Four semifinals against eventual-national champion Western Michigan on April 10 in St. Louis, Mo. … Finished collegiate career with 54 points (32g/22a), nine game-winning goals, +35 plus/minus rating and just 16 penalty minutes in 122 games … Skated in each of his final 90 games dating back to March 17, 2023 ... Attended the Los Angeles Kings' development camp in summer 2024.
 
2023-24: Registered personal bests with 15 goals and 10 assists for 25 points while playing in all 44 games … Led Denver with a .205 shooting percentage and tied for the team lead with five game-winning goals … Only took four penalties for eight penalty minutes during the season … Produced a career-long six-game point streak from Nov. 3-19 (4g/3a), which also included a personal-high three-game assist streak from Nov. 10-17 (1g/3a) … Skated in his 50th career game on Dec. 2 vs. North Dakota … Recorded four multi-point games and tallied twice on Feb. 23 vs. Miami … Scored in a career-best four games in a row from Feb. 17-March 1 (5g/0a), which was also part of a five-game point streak (Feb. 16-March 1) … Had a 15-game stretch from Jan. 27-March 23 where he totaled 13 points (8g/5a) … Had his first two-assist game of his career in Game 1 of the NCHC Quarterfinals on March 16 vs. Minnesota Duluth and scored the game-winner in Game 2 of the playoff series vs. UMD on March 17 … Contributed an assist in the NCHC Frozen Faceoff Championship Game on March 23 vs. Omaha … Scored the game-winning goal in the NCAA Championship Game vs. Boston College in his home state of Minnesota on April 13 … Attended the Los Angeles Kings’ summer development camp in July 2023.

2022-23: Finished second among freshmen in scoring with 12 points (8g/4a) in 34 games … Led the Pioneers with a .174 shooting percentage while finishing fourth on the team with three game-winning goals … Only took two penalty minutes during the year and added a +13 plus/minus rating … Made his NCAA debut on Oct. 7 vs. Notre Dame in the Ice Breaker Tournament … Had two points on Nov. 11 at North Dakota, recording his first career point with an assist before tallying his first goal and game-winning tally later in the contest … Had his first career multi-goal effort and another game-winner the next night on Nov. 12 at UND to earn his first career NCHC Forward of the Week honor … Recorded points in consecutive games three times during the year … Tallied twice on Dec. 3 vs. Arizona State … Scored the game-winning goal on Jan. 27 vs. Colorado College at Ball Arena … Returned to the lineup on March 17 vs. Colorado College in the NCHC Frozen Faceoff Semifinals after missing six games with an upper-body injury … Attended Los Angeles Kings Development Camp in July 2022.
 
Before Denver: Recorded 34 points (15g/19a) in 59 games and picked up three points (1g/2a) in four postseason contests with the Omaha Lancers of the United States Hockey League in 2021-22 … Finished third on the Lancers in scoring and was named the team's rookie of the year … Participated in the 2022 BioSteel All-American Game … Played Minnesota high school hockey for much of the previous three campaigns (2018-2021) with St. Thomas Academy … Served as team captain of St. Thomas in 2020-21 and finished second on the squad with 38 points (16g/22a) in 21 contests … Had 24 points (6g/18a) in 25 games in 2019-20 and 12 points (4g/8a) in 25 contests in 2018-19 with St. Thomas … Played club hockey with Team MAP South in 2019-20 and 2020-21 … Skated in six junior games with the Minot Minotauros in the North American Hockey League in 2020-21.
 
Personal: Son of Cheryl Wright, who was a gymnast at the University of Nebraska Lincoln ... Has two older brothers, including one that plays collegiate hockey at University of Providence in Great Falls, Mont. ... Graduated from St. Thomas Academy in 2021 ... Top 20 in military leadership in 2020-21 and the recipient of the Chris Hannigan Memorial Scholarship in 2019-20 at St. Thomas Academy ... Played high school, club and junior hockey in 2020-21 ... Intends to major in business at DU ... Career goals including winning an NCAA National Championship, playing in the NHL and obtaining a master's degree in business administration ... Hobbies include golf and fishing ... Volunteers with Feed My Starving Children.

Why DU: "I chose the University of Denver because of the supportive culture, and it provides the opportunity to excel at a high level in both hockey and in academics."