2016-17 RIT Men's Hockey Roster
Biography
2016-17: Appeared in 23 games … tied career-high with four points, all assists … among the team leaders with a plus-5 rating … had an assist, three shots on goal, and was plus-1 in a 4-1 win at Robert Morris … dished out an assist and was plus-2 in a 7-1 victory over Mercyhurst in the regular season finale … was plus-3 in a 5-0 win over Niagara in game two of the Atlantic Hockey First Round series against Niagara … was plus-3 in a weekend sweep over Atlantic Hockey foe Army West Point … was plus-4 over the final four games of the season … had four assists in 19 Atlantic Hockey regular season contests. STATS
2015-16: Stay at home defenseman appeared in 27 contests … scored a goal and added three assists, while recording a plus-2 rating … scored his first collegiate goal, a short-handed empty-net tally in a 7-3 win over Mercyhurst … assisted on a goal and was plus-2 in a 4-2 win over the Lakers the day before … had an assist and was plus-2 in a 4-2 win at American International … fifth on the team with 36 blocked shots … blocked a career-high five shots in the NCAA East Regional Semifinal against Quinnipiac … had a goal and three assists in 19 Atlantic Hockey contests. STATS
2014-15: Played in 20 games, recording three assists … blocked four shots against Clarkson … dished out an assist and was plus-1 in a 5-1 win over Air Force … was plus-2 the following evening … assisted on Brandon Thompson’s goal in an overtime loss at nationally-ranked Minnesota … drew an assist in a 7-3 win over Niagara … was plus-2 in five postseason contests … had two assists and was plus-2 in 12 Atlantic Hockey contests … blocked 15 shots. STATS
2013-14: Played in 19 contests … made his collegiate debut against Clarkson … recorded his first collegiate point, an assist against Mercyhurst … fired 19 shots on goal, including a season-best four versus Mercyhurst … blocked 14 shots, including two in a game on four occasions … recorded 16 penalty minutes … played in 14 Atlantic Hockey Association contests. STATS
Before RIT: Played the last three seasons in the United States Hockey League (USHL) with three different teams … played 61 games during the 2012-13 season with the Chicago Steel and Sioux City Musketeers, recording two goals and 11 points to go along with 114 penalty minutes in 61 games … played the 2011-12 season with Sioux City and the Cedar Rapids Roughriders … was a defensive partner with current Tiger Alexander Kuqali with Sioux City in 2011-12 … also played with Stu Wilson, son of RIT Head Coach Wayne Wilson with Cedar Rapids in 2011-12 … recorded four goals, 22 points, and 263 penalty minutes in 151 games over the last three years .. also played prep hockey for The Hotchkiss School, where he was named a 2009 Merrimack Valley All-Star … earned 2009 Boston Globe and Boston Herald All-Scholastic honors.
Personal: Accounting major … attended The Hotchkiss School … son of James Holland and Amy Byrne … has one brother, Griffin … likes going to beach, surfing, and traveling in the offseason … favorite TV show is “Ballers” and favorite movie is “The Town” … favorite actor is Adam Sandler and favorite actress is Blake Lively … favorite meal is surf and turf … listens to “Never Can Say Goodbye” by The Game to get ready for game time … favorite music artist is J. Cole … would like to attend Lollapolooza … favorite NHL team is the Boston Bruins and favorite NHL player is Patrick Kane of the Chicago Blackhawks … favorite athlete is Connor McGreggor … favorite olympian is Usain Bolt … favorite opposing rink to play in is Air Force’s Cadet Ice Arena … best personal hockey moment was winning back-to-back Atlantic Hockey Conference Championships … would most like to visit Nice, France … place outside North America that he would like to live is Europe … superpower that he would like is the ability to cure diseases … historic figure he would most like to meet is Larry Bird … dream job outside of hockey is to be a PGA golfer.
Career Highs
Goals: 1, Jan. 3, 2016 at Mercyhurst
Assists: 1, 11X, last Feb. 25, 2017 at Mercyhurst
Points: 1, 12X, last Feb. 25, 2017 at Mercyhurst
+/-: +3, March 4, 2017 vs. Niagara
Shots: 4, 3X, last last Jan. 9, 2016 vs. Canisius
PIM: 4, 2X, last March 19, 2016 vs. Robert Morris
Statistics
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Historical Player Information
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2013-14First Year
Defense
6'3"
205 lbs
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2014-15Sophomore
Defense
6'3"
210 lbs
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2015-16Junior
Defense
6'3"
210 lbs
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2016-17Senior
Defense
6'3"
210 lbs