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2015-16 Men's Ice Hockey Roster

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5 Matt Benning

  • Position Defense
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 201
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown St. Albert, Alberta
  • Highschool Dubuque (USHL)

Biography

AWARDS:
  • Hockey East Honorable Mention All-Star (2015)
2015-16:
  • Assistant Captain
  • Played in all 41 games this season with six goals and 13 assists
  • Helped lead the Huskies to a Hockey East Championship
  • Scored his first goal of the season at Vermont (10/31)
  • Scored the game-tying goal on the power play at No. 18 Notre Dame (11/13)
  • Had an assist against Colgate at the Friendship Four in Belfast, Northern Ireland (11/28)
  • Had a career-high two goals, including the game-winner, at No. 13 St. Lawrence (1/9)
  • Tallied an assist against No. 9 Boston University in the Beanpot semifinal (2/1)
  • Had a season-high two assists against UMass (2/13)
  • Tied a career-high with three assists against Maine (2/27)
  • Scored the game-winning goal in overtime against Maine (3/4)
  • Posted a goal against No. 3 North Dakota (3/25)
2014-15:
  • Played in all 36 games and was second on the team with 64 blocked shots and third in assists with 24 (one of nine defensemen in the nation with at least 24 assists)
  • Finished ninth in Hockey East in defenseman scoring, ranked third in power play assists in Hockey East
  • Logged more than 23 minutes of ice time in 17 of 19 recorded games this season, including a season high 32:22 vs. No. 16 Boston College (1/9)
  • Had a pair of assists at New Hampshire (11/14)
  • Logged a career-high at the time three assists, including two on the power play, at UMass (12/16)
  • Had five blocks against St. Lawrence (1/2)
  • Added two assists in a 4-2 win over Notre Dame (1/24)
  • Recorded two assists in a win at UMass (2/6)
  • Tallied three assists in a 9-0 win over UConn (2/13)
  • Had five blocks against Boston University (2/28)
  • Added two assists against Merrimack in game one of the Hockey East playoffs (3/6)
2013-14: 
  • Played in 33 games, finishing the season with 13 points (three goals, 10 assists) as a freshman
  • Tallied three points (one goal, two assists), including his first collegiate goal, in the season opener against Alabama-Huntsville (10/11)
  • Tied a season-high with two assists against No. 4 Providence (12/6)
  • Tied a season high with two assists at Dartmouth in the consolation game of the Ledyard National Bank Classic (12/30)
  • Scored the game-winning goal on the power play against No. 8 UMass Lowell (1/11) at Citi Frozen Fenway 2014
  • Scored a goal against No. 18 Vermont (1/17)
  • Tallied an assist against Harvard in the Beanpot semifinal (2/3)
Before Northeastern: Manned the blue line for the Dubuque Fighting Saints of the United States Hockey League in 2012-13 … Helped Dubuque win its second Clark Cup in three seasons … Aided Dubuque in securing its first Anderson Cup (best regular season record in the USHL) for the first time in 30 years with a mark of 45-11-8 … Finished third on Dubuque in points by a defenseman (26) … His 10 goals (seventh) and +25 rating (tied for seventh) placed him statistically among the USHL’s best defensemen … Played 87 games across two seasons for the Spruce Grove Saints of the Alberta Junior Hockey League from 2010 to 2012 … Racked up four goals, 21 assists and 152 penalty minutes while with the Saints ... Played in all 13 postseason games during Spruce Grove’s run to the 2010-11 AJHL Championship.

Personal: Drafted in the sixth round (175th overall) of the 2012 NHL Entry Draft by the Boston Bruins … Father, Brian (second-round pick in 1984), and uncle Jim (sixth-overall pick in 1981), amassed over 500 career NHL appearances each … Jim is currently the General Manager of the Vancouver Canucks … Uncle Mark, played hockey at Harvard and was an All-American and a member of the Hall of Fame … Grandfather Elmer was a scout for the Montreal Canadiens … Enjoys golfing, baseball, video games and road hockey … Majored in business administration.
 
CAREER STATISTICS
Season Games Goals Assists Points Shots Shot % Pen-Min +/- PPG SHG GWG Block
2013-14 33 3 10 13 40 .075 14-28 +2 2 0 1 61
2014-15 36 0 24 24 56 .000 18-36 +7 0 0 0 64
2015-16 41 6 13 19 75 .077 17-37 0 2 0 2 67
TOTAL 110 9 47 56 174 .052 49-101 +9 4 0 3 192
NHL: Boston Bruins | 2012 | Round 6 | Pick 175
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Historical Player Information

  • 5

    2013-14Freshman

    Defense
    6'0" 203 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2014-15Sophomore

    Defense
    6'0" 203 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2015-16Junior

    Defense
    6'1" 201 lbs
    5