University of Denver Athletics

NHL: Selected by the Chicago Blackhawks in Round 2 (57th Overall) of the 2017 NHL Draft...Signed an entry-level contract with the Chicago Blackhawks (April 13, 2020)...

2019-20: Named First Team West All-American (April 10, 2020)...Named the Pioneers' Dr. Ralph Verploeg Most Inspirational Player (April 9, 2020)...Named the Pioneers' Bill Masterton MVP (April 9, 2020)...One of eight Pioneers to appear in all 36 games…Finished 6^th in scoring among NCAA defensemen, 2nd among NCHC defensemen and 2nd among all Pioneer skaters with a career-high 32-point season…Tallied the second-most power-play points for Denver with 18…Matched a career-high with two goals on Jan. 25, 2020 vs. Miami…Had three three-point games to share the team lead…Named captain (May 17, 2019)...Participated in Chicago Blackhawks Development Camp…Named NCHC Defenseman of the Week (Oct. 14, 2019, Feb. 24, 2020)...Won championship with Canada at the 2019 Spengler Cup, recording one goal and two assists in four games…Named to the NCHC Academic All-Conference Team and tabbed an NCHC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete (Feb. 19, 2020)...Named First-Team All-Conference (March 11, 2020)...Named a finalist for NCHC Offensive Defenseman of the Year (March 16, 2020)...

2018-19: Appeared in 39 of 41 games…Led the team with eight power-play assists, 12 power-play points and 66 blocked shots…Finished fourth in team scoring and led Pioneer defensemen with 27 points (6-21-27) in 39 games…Named alternate captain (July 24, 2018)...Named NCHC Defenseman of the Week (Nov. 5, 2018)... Represented Canada at the 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship, recording one goal and two assists in five games...Named a nominee for the 2019 Hobey Baker Award (Jan. 16, 2019)...Named to the NCHC Academic All-Conference Team and tabbed an NCHC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete (Feb. 19, 2019)...Named Second-Team All-NCHC (March 13, 2019)...Named an AHCA All-American Scholar (July 30, 2019)…

2017-18: Appeared in all 41 games…Notched first collegiate point in first collegiate game on Oct. 13, 2017 at Notre Dame...Recorded first multi-point game on Oct. 28, 2017 at Boston College...Scored first collegiate goal on Dec. 8, 2017 vs. Colorado College...Named Bauer NCHC Defenseman of the Week (Jan. 22, 2018)...Named to the NCHC All-Rookie Team (March 6, 2018)...Named finalist for NCHC Rookie of the Year (March 8, 2018)...Named to the NCHC Frozen Faceoff All-Tournament Team (March 17, 2018)...Led all defensemen and finished fifth in team scoring with 30 points... Led the team with 19 power-play assists and 54 blocked shots...Posted the second-most points among NCAA freshmen defensemen (30)...Ranked second in the nation with 19 power-play assists...Received the Pioneers' Barry Sharp Award as the top freshman (June 6, 2018)...Named to the NCHC Academic All-Conference team and selected as an NCHC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete (July 2, 2018)...

Before Denver: Recorded 64 points (14-50-64) and 42 PIMS in 109 games played with the Spruce Grove Saints (AJHL) from 2015-17… Won a gold medal with Team Canada at the 2015 World U-17 Hockey Challenge…Represented Canada at the 2016 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Cup, tallying three points (2-1-3) and recording +4 plus/minus rating in four games …Won a silver medal with Team Alberta at the 2015 Canada Winter Games…

Personal: The son of Bill and Sara Mitchell… Has one brother, Sean… Chose to attend Denver because of the quality of the school, city and hockey program… Favorite movie is The Shawshank Redemption… Favorite MLB team is the Toronto Blue Jays… Favorite pro athlete is Josh Donaldson… Favorite musical artist is the Zac Brown Band… Favorite TV shows are The Office and Narcos… Favorite sport other than hockey to watch is baseball… Enjoys playing golf and table tennis in his spare time…