Ohio State Career
- Two-time Ohio State Scholar-Athlete and an Academic All-Big Ten choice
- Entered junior season with 57 career games played, posting eight goals and six assists for 14 points, along with 35 shot blocks
2022-23 (Junior Season, through Jan. 1)
- Career-best seven goals this season, adding four assists for 11 points while playing in all 20 games
- Leads team with three gamewinning goals, tying for fifth in the NCAA, and has career-best seven goals on the year
- Goal and an assist vs. Wisconsin Oct. 7 for third career two-point game
- Notched shorthanded goal at Mercyhurst Oct. 1, which stood as gamewinner
- Tallied gamewinner against Bowling Green Dec. 17 and was +3 in the game
2021-22 (Sophomore Season)
- 12 points, with six goals and six assists, while playing in 31 games
- Finished season +9 and had just four minus ratings on the year, with 12 games +1 or better
- Blocked 21 shots, including three at Minnesota Nov. 12 and at Notre Dame Dec. 3
- Three goals in series vs. LIU Dec. 31-Jan. 1, with first career two-goal outing in game two (second two-point night as a Buckeye)
- Assists vs. Penn State in Big Ten Tournament game March 4
- Goal and an assist vs. Michigan State Oct. 30
- Tallied gamewinner vs. UConn Oct. 16 and at Minnesota Nov. 12
- Helper in first game of the season at Bentley Oct. 9, vs. Penn State Nov. 5, vs. Michigan Dec. 11 and at Bowling Green Dec. 17 on third period gamewinner
- Academic All-Big Ten selection and an Ohio State Scholar-Athlete
2020-21 (Freshman Season)
- Played in 26 of 27 games, with collegiate debut Nov. 23 at Minnesota; notched two goals
- Scored first career goal and point Jan. 23 at Michigan State
- Tallied gamewinner against Michigan Feb. 19
- 14 shot blocks, including three against Arizona State Dec. 18
- An Ohio State Scholar-Athlete
Prior to Ohio State
- Played for the USHL Waterloo Black Hawks for two seasons
- 24 points in 44 games, with 12 goals and 12 assists, in 2019-20 and had a 6-10-16 line in 54 games in 2018-19
- Named to 2020 BioSteel All-American Game but was unable to play because of injury
- Ranked in NHL Central Scouting rankings
- Came up through Little Caesars program
- Attended Marysville High School and West Waterloo High School, graduating in 2020
- Also played basketball and soccer
Personal
- Son of Angelo, who manages a hockey rink, and Kimberley, who works at Chrysler
- Sister, Mckenzie, attends York University
- Played with Buckeye James Marooney in Waterloo
- Business major and would like to own a business in the future
- On wearing No. 71 at Ohio State: “I’ve been wearing 71 my whole life. My favorite player is Evgeni Malkin.”
- On why he chose Ohio State: “Ohio State is an amazing university academically and for sports. They’ve had countless players go pro and it’s going to help me get to the next level.”
- Enjoys playing basketball and video games
- Started playing hockey at age 3; father got him out on the ice early because he was also a hockey player
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