2024-25
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Hobey Baker Award Nominee
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AHA First-Team All-Conference -
Forward of the Year Finalist
• Atlantic Hockey Forward of the Week -
Feb. 25
• Finished the regular season first in Atlantic Hockey with 0.69 goals per game and second with 1.23 points per game.
• Finished the regular season tied for 12th nationally and second in the AHA with 18 goals, only trailing Holy Cross' Liam McLinskey (20), who played eight more games.
• Missed the first eight games with a preseason injury, but scored at least one point in 19 of 27 games the rest of the season to finish second on the squad with 32 points and tied for first with nine multi-point games.
• Tied his career-high with four points on two goals (including the GWG) and two assists in the 6-3 victory over Mercyhurst (Feb. 22) after logging a goal and an assist the night before in the 3-2 win.
• Scored a career-high four points on two goals and two assists in the 6-2 win at Bentley (Nov. 9) for the first of three multi-point games in November.
• Credited with four points during two-game set at Sacred Heart, starting with two assists in the opener (Nov. 22) before logging a goal and an assist the following night (Nov. 23).
2023-24
• Atlantic Hockey Rookie of the Month -
February
• Atlantic Hockey Rookie of the Week -
Mar. 18
• Finished fifth on the team with 35 points - tied for the most by a Tiger first-year in D1-era history - in 29 appearances.
• Second on the squad with 19 goals - the most by a Tiger first-year in D1-era history by five.
• Tied for fifth nationally among first year players in goals, tied for 10th in points.
• Finished the season with a point in a team-best 11-straight games, totaling 10 goals and five assists.
• Scored a goal in a team-best six-consecutive games, capped by his first postseason tally in 7-0 AHA Quarterfinal win vs. Robert Morris (Mar. 8).
• Scored two goals in the 6-3 win over AIC in the Atlantic Hockey Championship game (Mar. 23).
• Notched his first collegiate point with an assist in 4-2 win over Sacred Heart (Oct. 20).
• Scored first two collegiate goals in 4-2 win at Army (Nov. 3).
• Added two goals in 9-2 win versus Canisius (Feb. 23).
BEFORE RIT
• Finished third in the OJHL and broke his own franchise record with 42 goals and added 44 assists to finish fourth overall with 86 points in 52 games during the 2022-23 season with the Toronto Jr. Canadiens.
• Jr. Canadiens finished with a 45-5-2 record while winning second-straight Brant Snow Memorial Trophy
• Also ended the 2021-22 season fourth in the league with 81 points (franchise-record 39G, 42A)
• Two-time OJHL All-Star and second-team honoree as well as the 2023 OJHL All-Star Game MVP.
• Played for the Jr. Canadiens with current RIT teammates Tyler Fukakusa and Christian Catalano
• Attended St. Martin Catholic Secondary
PERSONAL
• Matthew Aidan Wilde is a Mississauga, Ontario native
• Son of Nick and Sandra Wilde; also has and older brother, Sean
• Enjoys playing basketball, roller hockey and spending time outdoors with friends in his spare time
• Best advice received, "Don't worry about the outcome of the game, but focus on your output. Focus on what you are doing because I can't control anything but myself."
• Fan of NBA star LeBron James and the NHL Toronto Maple Leafs
• Started playing hockey at five years-old because his father used to play
• Lists winning the city finals with his high school team as his favorite athletic-related moment, "It was the day before COVID shut everything down, so it was like one last dance with the boys."
• Lists former Toronto Jr. Canadiens' head coach Vince Bellissimo as having the most influence on his career - "He taught me what it means to be a hockey player on and off the ice, how to conduct yourself, attention to detail and how to really play the game. I wouldn't be the same player or person without him."
