UMD Athletics

Hockey Defenseman
(1989-93)

Patrolled the UMD blue line for four seasons and, as a senior in 1992-93, collared NCAA I All-American first team status after scoring more points (a career-high 56) than any other defenseman in the country ... Played a key role in UMD's conquest of the 1992-93  Western Collegiate Hockey Association regular season title and its advancement to the NCAA playoff quarterfinals ... Became the first Bulldog to be bestowed with the WCHA's Student-Athlete of the Year Award that winter .... Was a member of 1992-93 All-WCHA first team and a three-time WCHA All-Academic Team honoree .... Competed in the inaugural East-West College Hockey Classic following his senior season ... Named UMD's Top Male Scholar-Athlete for 1992-93 ... Currently ranks eighth among all UMD pointmen in lifetime scoring with 21 goals and 73 assists for 94 points in 140 games. ... Landed a spot on the All-DECC Team (2010) ...Launched a prolonged professional playing career in 1993 that included National Hockey League stints with the Edmonton Oilers (eight points in 34 appearances during the 1995-96 and 1999-2000 seasons) and the Nashville Predators (three games in 2001-02).  .. Played 15 seasons professionally with 14 different clubs, the last of which was Basel of the Swiss A League in 2007-08 ... Was the recipient of  the Larry D. Gordon Trophy (International Hockey League's Most Outstanding Defenseman) in 1999-2000 and 2000-01 .. Received plenty of ice exposure on the world stage, skating for Team USA at the 1994 Winter Olympic Games as well as at the 1993, 1995, 2003, 2004 and 2005 International Ice Hockey Federation World Championships ... Graduated from UMD in 1993 with a bachelor degree in industrial engineering ... Native of Richfield, Minn.