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AS A BULLDOG: Definitely prospered in his new hockey surroundings last winter and showed no signs of rustiness after spending a full season away from intercollegiate action ...  trailed only All-American defenseman Scott Perunovich on the 2018-19 Bulldog scoring charts with a career-high 30 points while centering the team’s No. 1 line ... also had five-game winning goals on the season -- the second best total in the country ... produced six, multi-point nights as a junior, including a two-goal, two-assist performance in UMD’s 6-5 win at Colorado College on Jan. 12, 2018 ... accompanied two other Bulldogs on the 2017 Ledyard Classic All-Tournament Team ... pieced together a UMD-best six-game scoring streak between Feb. 17 and March 9, 2018, but then went without a goal or an assist the rest of the way (seven games) ... was one of five Bulldogs to take shifts in all 44 engagements one year ago ... took part in the Tampa Bay Lightning Development Camp this past June .... practiced with the Bulldogs during the first half of 2016-17 season (before undergoing surgery the second half) but saw no game activity in accordance with NCAA transfer rules.
BEFORE UMD: Transferred to UMD in September 2016 after spending the previous two seasons at the University of Alaska Fairbanks ... ranked third among the 2015-16 Nanooks in scoring with a career-high 20 points and was first in assists with 14 ... was one of eight Nanooks to take a shift in all 38 games that winter and had six multi-point games and six power play points (one goal and five assists) to show for it ... generated 13 points (the highest output among all Alaska rookies) on five goals and eight assists in 33 games the previous season and finished the year a +10 ... qualified for the 2015-16 Western Collegiate Hockey Association All-Academic Team ... engaged in one rewarding year (2013-14) of United States Hockey League play prior to his arrival in Fairbanks ... hunkered down in Waterloo, Iowa, where he finished as the Western Conference champion Black Hawks’ top regular-season point producer ... his 41 assists and 67 points -- in 60 outings -- were both bettered by only four other league combatants that season and earned him a Second Team All-USHL citation ... was selected to the North American Hockey League’s All-Rookie Team in 2012-13 after leading the Aberdeen Wings in a host of regular season statistical categories including points (54), goals (22), power play scores (six) and game winners (four) ... played his prep hockey at St. Thomas Academy and, as a senior in 2011-12, captained the Cadets to their second straight Minnesota State High School Class A title, scoring a team-leading 49 points (in 30 games) in the process ... attained All-Classic Suburban Conference status that winter.
BULLDOG MILESTONES: First Game - vs. Minnesota (Oct. 6, 2017). First Goal - vs Merrimack College (Oct. 20, 2017). First Assist - vs Minnesota (Oct. 6, 2017). Most Goals, Game - 2 at Colorado College (Jan. 12, 2018). Most Points, Game - 4 at Colorado College (Jan. 12, 2018). Most Shots, Game - 5 (5 Times). Longest Scoring Streak - 6 Games (Feb. 17-Mar. 9, 2018).
PERSONAL: Born Peter Charles Krieger in St. Paul, MInn ... is the son of Carl and Cindy Krieger ... has one older brother (Carl Jr.) ... will turn 25 this December making him the oldest of the 2018-19 Bulldogs ... is majoring in criminology at UMD..