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AS A BULLDOG: Has been a source of reliable puckstopping support as the Bulldogs’ No. 2 netminder the past two season ,... spelled All-NCHC second teamer Hunter Shepard last winter and received crease time in five games .. that included three non-conference home starts followed by a pair of NCHC relief appearances at St. Cloud State (Nov. 4) and Omaha (Dec. 8) ... stopped all 27 shots Bemidji State sent his way on Oct. 14, 2017 en route to pocketing his first collegiate shutout (a scoreless tie) ... those 27 stops against the Beavers were a career best .. posted a 2.97 goals against average and an .879 saves percentage while going 0-2-2 as a sophomore ... was limited to three outings in 2016-17 while another All-NCHC second team selection (Hunter Miska) carried virtually the entire goaltending workload from mid-October on ... made his collegiate debut during the second period of UMD’s first road assignment of the year (Oct. 7 at UMass-Lowell) and stopped 13 shots of 13 shots to preserve a 4-4 tie with the then-No. 8 River Hawks ... cracked the starting lineup the following evening and answered that challenge by allowing just one goal -- a power play score 3:30 after the opening face off -- while making 24 saves in a 1-1 deadlock ... compiled a .974 saves percentage over that weekend on his way to being chosen the NCHC Goaltender of the Week ... received another start (which turned out to be his final appearance of the year) six days later when he and the Bulldogs took down visiting Notre Dame 4-3 ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2015-16 ... played the entire third period of UMD’s 6-1 home exhibition victory over Lakehead University on Oct. 4 and rejected the four shots he faced ... is a three-time NCHC All-Academic Team honoree.
BEFORE UMD: Skillfully tended goal for two winters (2013-15) for the Steinbach Pistons of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League ... was voted the MJHL's Top Goaltender in 2014-15 and carved himself out a place on the MJHL First All-Star Team after pacing that circuit in regular season shutouts with five ... appeared in a MJHL-high 47 games and went 30-15-0 with a 2.27 goals against average and a .922 saves percentage (the second best figure in the league) ... added an additional 13 games to his 2014-15 resume in the MJHL playoffs, compiling an 8-5-0 record, a 2.19 goals against average and a .931 saves percentage ... backstopped the Pistons to the 2015 MJHL finals (where they were swept by the Portage Terriers) en route to landing the both the team's Most Valuable Player and Playoff MVP awards ... split crease time with with Zach Rakochy as a MJHL newcomer the previous year and concluded the regular season sporting a 20-8-0 mark, a 2.51 goals against average and a .918 saves percentage in 28 games ... sandwiched a couple of North American Hockey League stints with the Brookings Blizzard (four games) and Odessa Jackalopes (26) around a one-game run with the United States Hockey League's Lincoln Stars in 2012-13 ... is a 2012 graduate of Concord High School (N.H.).
BULLDOG MILESTONES: First Game - at UMass-Lowell (Oct. 7, 2016). First Start - at UMass-Lowell (Oct. 7, 2016). First Win - vs. Notre Dame (Oct. 14, 2016). Most Saves, Game - 27 vs. Bemidji State (Oct. 14, 2017). Fewest Saves, Game - 13 vs. Michigan Tech (Oct. 7, 2017). Most Goals Allowed, Game - 5 vs. Merrimack College (Oct. 20, 2017).
PERSONAL: Born Nicholas Charles Deery in La Crosse, Wis. ... is the son of Charles and Holly Deery... has one older sister (Alexis) ... is majoring in mechanical  engineering at UMD.