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2019-20 Men's Hockey Roster

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23 Darren Brady

  • Position Defense
  • Class Senior
  • HT/WT 6-0 / 199
  • S/C R
  • Hometown Lake Orion, MI
  • Previous Team New Jersey Titans (NAHL)
  • Major Finance

Biography

2019-20
• Co-Captain along with Adam Brubacher.
• Totaled 12 points on three goals and nine assists in 36 games played
• Notched two assists and blocked three shots in 5-4 win over Canisius (Jan. 25).
• Blocked four shots in season-opening 3-1 win at Colgate (Oct. 5).
• Assisted a goal and blocked three shots in 3-2 upset of No. 19 UMass-Lowell
AHA All-Academic Team

2018-19: Appeared in all 38 games … tallied nine points on three goals and six assists and was plus-8 … had the second best plus-minus rating on the team … named the RIT Male Athlete of the Week, Nov. 12 … tied his career-high with a goal and an assist and was plus-2 in a 2-1 win over 2019 Atlantic Hockey Association Champion American International … he scored the game-winner with 13:08 left in regulation … also scored goals against Arizona State and Niagara … had an assist in back-to-back games at Bentley … drew an assist and tied a career-high with a plus-3 rating at Holy Cross … fired 41 shots on goal … blocked 53 shots, including season-high totals of four in wins over Army West Point and Sacred Heart … had eight points in 28 AHA regular season games … named to the AHA All-Academic team. STATS

2017-18: Appeared in 27 contests … dished out three assists … tied for second on the team with 64 blocked shots … fourth among all NCAA defensemen with 2.37 blocked shots per game … dished out assists against Rensselaer, Providence and Niagara … was a career-high plus-3 in a 3-1 win at Army West Point … was plus-8 over a six-game stretch, Oct. 28 to Nov. 25 … fired four shots on goal and blocked four shots in game two of the Atlantic Hockey First Round series against Sacred Heart … blocked a season-high five shots twice, against Robert Morris and Air Force … blocked at least three shots in a game 13 times … had an assist and was plus-1 in 19 Atlantic Hockey contests … earned Atlantic Hockey All-Academic Team honors … named an American Hockey Coaches Association All-American Scholar for maintaining at least a 3.6 grade-point average in both semesters. STATS

2016-17: Played in 34 contests … tallied 12 points on four goals and eight assists … led team with 58 blocked shots … had an assist, a season-high five shots on goal, and was plus-2 in his collegiate debut against Robert Morris … tallied career-best two goals on a goal and an assist and was plus-2 against American International … was plus-3 in a weekend home series against Bentley … had five points (2-3-5) over a five-game stretch, Jan. 14 to Jan. 28 … blocked season-high five shots in home contest against Atlantic Hockey Champion Air Force … blocked at least two shots in each of his last 10 games … blocked at least two shots in 19 contests … fired 46 shots on goal … tallied 11 points in 27 Atlantic Hockey contests … earned Atlantic Hockey All-Academic Team honors … named an American Hockey Coaches Association All-American Scholar for maintaining at least a 3.6 grade-point average in both semesters. STATS

Before RIT:
Played the last three seasons with the New Jersey Titans and the Soo Eagles of the North American Hockey League (NAHL) … played in 58 games with New Jersey in 2015-16, leading all defensemen in scoring with 33 points on nine goals and 24 assists, while recording a plus-12 rating … named to the East Division All-Star team … team captain … second on the team with three game-winning goals and added a pair of power-play markers … eighth among all NAHL defensemen in scoring … named team MVP … played the 2013-14 and 2014-15 seasons with Soo … named the Soo Eagles Defenseman of the Year in 2014-15 … had four goals and 32 assists in two seasons with Soo … recorded 69 points on 13 goals and 56 assists and was plus-34 in 170 games over three seasons in the USHL.

Personal: Finance major … born in Clarkson, Mich. … son of Matt Brady and Sandra Richert … has two sisters, Heather and Kelli … attended Lake Orion High School … also played varsity lacrosse at Lake Orion and was team MVP ... hobbies include golf, fishing and wakeboarding … would want Leonardo DiCaprio to play him in a movie … favorite movie is "The Wolf of Wall Street" … favorite hockey movie is "Slap Shot" … favorite actress is Jennifer Aniston … favorite ice cream flavor is cookies and cream … favorite meal is a steak dinner … favorite music performer is Eminem … favorite NHL team is the Detroit Red Wings … favorite NHL player is Nicklas Lidstrom … favorite place to shop is Lululemon … favorite opposing rink to play in is Cadet Ice Arena at Air Force …  vacation spot he would most like to visit is Australia … favorite holiday is Christmas because he gets to see everyone is his family … a superpower he would like to have would be teleportation so that he could travel everywhere … historical figure he would most like to meet is George Washington … dream job would be to be a CEO of a company … four people he would invite to dinner if he could would be Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, Wayne Gretzky, and Tiger Woods.

Career Highs
Goals:
  1, seven times, last Feb. 27, 2019 at Niagara
Assists: 1, 16 times, last Jan. 19, 2019 at Bentley
Points: 2, twice, last Nov. 9, 2018 vs. AIC
+/-: +3, twice, last Feb. 9, 2019 at Holy Cross
Shots: 5, Oct. 18, 2016 vs. Robert Morris
PIM: 2, 18 times, last Feb. 16, 2019 at Sacred Heart

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2016-17First Year

    Defense
    6'0" 200 lbs
    23
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    2017-18Sophomore

    Defense
    6'0" 200 lbs
    23
  • 23

    2018-19Junior

    Defense
    6'0" 207 lbs
    23
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    2019-20Senior

    Defense
    6'0" 199 lbs
    23
    C