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2016-17 Men's Ice Hockey Roster

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16 Brendan Collier

  • Position Forward
  • Height 5-8
  • Weight 171
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Charlestown, Mass.
  • Highschool Valley Jr. Warriors (EJHL)

Biography

2016-17: Served as an assistant captain ... Played in all 38 games, finishing with five goals and eight assists ... Had a career-high three assists against Arizona State (Oct. 22) ... Scored his first career shorthanded goal at No. 19 Providence (Nov. 19) ... Scored the game-winning goal at Michigan State (Dec. 18) ... Had an assist in each game against Clarkson (Dec. 30) and at Yale (Jan. 3) ... Scored a goal against Merrimack (Jan. 20) ... Had an assist against Massachusetts (Feb. 10) ... Picked up an assist in the Beanpot consolation game against No. 11/11 Boston College (Feb. 13) ... Scored the eventual game-winning goal against Connecticut (Mar. 3) ... Scored the game's first goal against Connecticut (Mar. 4).

2015-16: Played in 39 games this season, setting career-highs in goals assists and points (three goals, 10 assists) ... Scored a goal at No. 18 Notre Dame (Nov. 12) ... Assisted on Ryan Rosenthal’s goal vs. UMass Lowell (Nov. 27) ... Scored twice against Colgate at the Friendship Four in Belfast, Northern Ireland (Nov. 28) ... Picked up an assist against Michigan State (Dec. 19) ... Picked up a season-high two assists at No. 13/13 St. Lawrence (Jan. 8) ... Logged a pair of assists at New Hampshire (Jan. 16) ... Had an assist at No. 8/8 UMass Lowell (Feb. 5) ... Picked up an assist at Connecticut (Feb. 19) ... Had an assist against Maine (Feb. 27) ... Picked up an assist against Maine (Mar. 5).

2014-15: Played in 35 games ... Made his Northeastern debut at No. 6/4 Colgate (Oct. 17) ... Scored his first goal as a Husky against No. 3/3 Minnesota (Nov. 29) ... Assisted on Adam Reid's goal at Massachusetts (Dec. 16) ... Recorded the primary assist on Kevin Roy's goal in a 4-1 win over Vermont (Jan. 16) ... Assisted on Mike Szmatula's goal in a 4-2 win over Notre Dame (Jan. 24) ... Tallied an assist on Garret Cockerill's goal in a 9-0 win over Connecticut (Feb. 13) ... Assisted on both of Adam Reid's goals in a 6-1 win at Connecticut (Feb. 14) ... Scored a goal in a 6-4 win at Maine (Feb. 20).

At Boston University: Played in 29 games ... Led the team in plus-minus ... Registered his first collegiate point with an assist in a 1-1 tie with Merrimack (Dec. 7) ... Recorded an assist in a 2-2 tie against UMass Lowell (Feb. 7) ... Scored his first career goal against New Hampshire (Feb. 17).

Before College: Helped Malden Catholic claim back-to-back Super Eight titles in 2011 and 2012 before joining Valley Jr. Warriors for the 2012-13 season ... Led Valley in points (42) and assists (28) while adding 14 goals to help squad reach league semifinals ... As a senior at Malden Catholic, led team in scoring with a 27-37-64 line in 25 games ... Played two seasons for the U18 Boston Jr. Bruins in the Massachusetts Midget Selects League ... Represented Massachusetts at the Bauer NIT, scoring two goals in three games.

Personal: Son of Robert and Karen Collier ... Drafted by the Carolina Hurricanes in the seventh round (189th overall) of the 2012 NHL Entry Draft ...  Class of 2017.
 
CAREER STATISTICS
Season Games Goals Assists Points Shots Shot % Pen-Min +/- PPG SHG GWG Block
2013-14 * 28 1 3 4 26 .038 4-8 +1 0 0 0 6
2014-15 35 2 6 8 25 .080 1-2 +5 0 0 0 13
2015-16 40 3 10 13 29 .103 6-12 +7 0 0 1 10
2016-17 38 5 8 13 37 .135 5-10 -14 0 1 2 21
TOTAL 141 11 27 38 117 .094 16-32 -1 0 1 3 50


CAREER HOCKEY EAST STATISTICS (AT NORTHEASTERN)
Season Games Goals Assists Points Shots Shot % Pen-Min +/- PPG SHG GWG Block
2014-15 21 1 5 6 14 .071 0-0 +2 0 0 0 9
2015-16 22 1 6 7 16 .063 2-4 +4 0 0 0 7
2016-17 22 2 1 3 23 .087 1-2 -14 0 1 0 18
TOTAL 63 4 12 16 53 .067 3-6 -8 0 1 0 34

* at Boston University

 
CAREER GAME HIGHS Number Most Recent
Goals 2 Nov. 18, 2015 at Colgate
Assists 3 Oct. 22, 1016 vs. Arizona State
Points 3 Oct. 22, 1016 vs. Arizona State
Goal streak - - - -
Assist streak 2 games Feb. 13-14, 2015
Point streak 3 games Feb. 13-20, 2015
Career multi-point games 4 Jan. 16, 2016 at New Hampshire

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 16

    2014-15Sophomore

    Forward
    5'9" 184 lbs
    16
  • 16

    2015-16Junior

    Forward
    5'8" 160 lbs
    16
  • 16

    2016-17Senior

    Forward
    5'8" 171 lbs
    16