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BEFORE UMD: Stopped off for one year of United States Hockey League work prior to joining the UMD fold ...  posted a 3.25 goals against average and a .892 saves percentage in 21 appearances with the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders in 2011-12 … spent the previous two seasons turning aside pucks for the U.S. National Under-18 Team, based out of Ann Arbor, Mich. … gave the UMD faithful a sneak preview into their  goaltending future on Jan. 8, 2011 when he made an impressive 41 saves in a 4-1 setback to the eventual national champion Bulldogs at AMSOIL Arena ... wound up manning the net in 36 games (including a handful against top-notch NCAA Division I clubs) during the 2010-11 season and had a 9-12-1, a 3.59 goals against average and a .897 saves percentage to show for it … took part in 52 outings during his first winter in Ann Arbor … competed for the U.S. at both the 2011 World Junior A Challenge and the 2010 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge  ... set up shop between the pipes for St. Thomas Academy in 2009-10 -- his lone year of prep hockey -- and compiled a 2.32 goals against average and a .910 saves percentage in 10 games with the Cadets ... is a 2011 graduate of Ann Arbor's Pioneer High School.

PERSONAL: Born Matthew James McNeely on Feb. 16, 1993 in St. Paul, Minn. ... is the son of Mike (who played collegiate hockey at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn.) and Amy McNeely ... has one older sister (Melissa) and one younger brother (Jack) ... is majoring in criminology at UMD.