University of New Hampshire Athletics
2014-15 Men's Ice Hockey
Roster
Grayson Downing
- Class:
- Senior
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-0 / 200
- Hometown:
- Abbottsford, British Columbia
- Major:
- Health Management and Policy
2013-14:
Skated in 34 of 41 games… missed some time due to injury… recorded 21 points from 10 goals and 11 assists… netted a hat trick at UMass (Nov. 9) in a 9-0 win, including a shorthanded goal… achieved a five-game point streak (4g, 4a) from Nov. 16-Nov. 29… scored the game winner in a 6-2 win at Colorado College (Nov. 29)… posted a pair of assists in the regular season finale at Merrimack in a 5-2 win (Mar. 1)… assisted on the only goal of the game in game one of the Hockey East Quarterfinals against Northeastern (Mar. 14)… recorded a goal and an assist in game two (Mar. 15)… recorded a total of 94 shots.
2012-13 :
Hockey East co-Player of the Week (12/03/12)...Skated in 38 of 39 games... recorded 31 points on 15 goals and 16 assists... tied for team lead in goals... third in points... tied for second in plus/minus (+14) ... team-leading three shorthanded goals ... also scored three power-play goals... recorded an assist in the NCAA Northeast Regional semifinal vs. Denver (03/29)... in 27 Hockey East league games, recorded 19 points (9g, 10a)... tallied three points (2g, 1a) in the Hockey East quarterfinal series at Providence... recorded a point in 21 of 38 games with eight multiple-point efforts ... first career hat trick with three goals at Denver (11/24)... followed that with two goals vs. UMass Lowell (11/30) and then two assists at UML (12/01)... tied season high of three points (2g, 1a) vs. Merrimack (01/26)... equaled career high in assists vs. St. Cloud State (10/12) and at UMass Lowell... scored game-winning goal vs. Vermont (11/10)... assisted on game-winning goal vs. St. Cloud (10/12) and Merrimack (01/26)... Shared the Guy Smith Award for Best Offensive Forward on the UNH roster.
2011-12:
Played in 34 games… compiled 23 points on 10 goals and 13 assists… ranked second on the team in goals and fourth in points... one of two Wildcats to reach double digits in both goals and assists... led UNH rookies in goals, assists and points... registered first collegiate point, an assist, 10/21 against St. Cloud State… contributed a career-high four points, including two goals and two assists, in a 7-6 loss at Harvard on 11/22… had seven-point, three-game point streak from 11/22-12/02, including three goals… recorded game-winning goal versus Providence on 02/03… netted the game-winner in a 3-2 double-overtime victory over Boston U. in the Hockey East quarterfinals… notched seven power-play points… received Hockey East Rookie of the Month honors for November after tallying nine points.
Career Milestones: Career-high three goals Nov. 24, 2012 at Denver... career-high two assists on multiple occasions...career-high four points Nov. 22, 2011 at Harvard
Before UNH: Played three seasons with the Westside Warriors in the BCHL… in 2010-11, he posted 70 points with 34 goals and 36 assists in 52 games; scored 13 power-play goals and five short-handed goals… finished second in team scoring and 15th in points for the BCHL… named the Interior Conference Most Sportsmanlike Player in 2010-11; collected only 30 penalty minutes.
Personal: Born April 18, 1992 in Abbotsford, British Columbia to Joseph and Sharon Downing… Shoots left... A health management and policy major... Lists Alexander Mogilny and Terry Fox as his favorite athletes.
