2024-25 Men's Ice Hockey Roster
Biography
Awards:
- Hockey East Player of the Week (4x)
- Leading Scorer – Team Award (2024-25)
- Hockey East All-Academic Team (2022-23, 2023-24)
- 'Everydayer' - Team Award (2023-24)
- Most Improved Player - Team Award (2023-24)
- Hockey East Rookie of the Week (Jan. 9, 2023)
- Unsung Hero - Team Award (2022-23)
2024-25:
- Captain
- One of eight players to appear in all 37 games this season
- Finished with a career- and team-high 41 points and 25 assists, while adding 16 goals (3rd best on the team)
- One of two Huskies to break the 40-point threshold
- Recorded 11 multi-point games, three power-play goals, three game-winning goals and one shorthanded goal
- Ranked 22 in points (41) and 24th in points per game (1.11) among all NCAA skaters
- Totaled three points in the Hockey East playoffs with one goal and one assist against Merrimack (3/12) in the opening round and one assist against #1 Boston College (3/15) in the quarterfinals
- Tallied the game winning goals against #3 Boston College (11/23) and in both games against Vermont (1/17-1/18) for a series sweep
- Tied his career-high four points twice this season with one goal and three assists against #18/17 Quinnipiac (1/4) and #9/8 Boston University (2/21)
- Collected a two-point outing three times against Stonehill (10/12), Vermont (1/18) and Harvard (2/10) in the Beanpot tournament
- Held a four-game point streak on three occasions, most recently tallying three goals and four assists for a 1.75 points per game (1/11-1/25)
- Collected a career-high 105 shots on goal, second-best mark on the team and a career-high 42 blocked shots
- In Hockey East play, he ranked first in faceoff wins (275), fourth in game-winning goal (3), eighth in assists (15) and 12th in points (22)
- Collected a career-high 392 faceoff wins, recording a career-high 23 against Merrimack (3/12) in the Hockey East opening round
- Played in his 100th career game as a Husky against #9 UConn (2/28)
- Signed a two-year, entry-level contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets at the conclusion of the season
2023-24:
- Assistant Captain
- Appeared in 34 of NU’s 36 games
- Finished with 36 points, third-best mark on the team, 17 goals (2nd best) and 19 assists
- Tallied seven power-play goals, two game-winning goals and one shorthanded goal
- Served as the nation’s leading scorer from Nov. 25-Feb. 23, tallying 30 points (15g, 15a) in 20 games
- Scored the game-tying goal in the Beanpot championship against #3 Boston University (2/12) en route to back-to-back Beanpot titles
- Recorded his first career hat trick, including the game winner, in a 4-3 overtime victory against Minnesota Duluth (12/28)
- Finished with 11 multi-point games with a career-high four points (2g, 2a) in a 9-2 win over RPI (11/26)
- Added two primary helpers, including on the game-winning goal, in a 5-3 victory over #1 Boston College (12/1)
- Collected a career-high 320 faceoff wins, recording a career-high 17 against Bentley (10/14)
- Finished with 32 blocks and 86 shots on goal
- Attended the 2024 Philadelphia Flyers development camp
2022-23:
- Played in all 35 of NU’s games as a freshman
- Started on two occasions
- Finished with 17 points from six goals and 11 assists
- Recorded four multiple-point nights, tallying three goals and five assists
- Scored first collegiate goal in a 5-2 victory over Vermont (10/7)
- Tallied two assists in a shootout win over Boston College (11/11)
- Recorded a short-handed, game-winning goal against UMass (2/25)
- Notched a goal in the Huskies’ victory over #9/10 UConn (1/7) at Frozen Fenway
- Dished out an assist in the Beanpot semifinal win over #3 Boston University (2/6)
- Finished with 54 shots on goal, 16 blocks and a plus-five rating
- Attended the 2023 Winnipeg Jets development camp
Before Northeastern: Skated four seasons with the Muskegon Lumberjacks from 2019-22... Totaled 163 appearances, with 45 goals, 71 assists, for a total of 116 points... Captained the Lumberjacks in his final season... Played for Team USA in the Five Nations Tournament and the Ivan Hlinka Gretzky Cup (2018-19)
Personal: Son of Owen and Kendra Williams... Has one brother, Owen... Majoring in Business Administration
Statistics
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Historical Player Information
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2022-23Freshman
Forward
5'11"
174 lbs
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2023-24Sophomore
Forward
5'11"
185 lbs
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2024-25Junior
Forward
5'11"
185 lbs
