University of New Hampshire Athletics
2009-10 Men's Ice Hockey
Roster
Bobby Butler
- Class:
- Senior
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-0 / 185
- Hometown:
- Marlborough, Mass.
- Major:
- Liberal Arts
2008-09: Butlertallied 30 points (9g, 21a) and was one of four players with30-plus points… Appeared in all 38 games for New Hampshire,notched a point in 20 games, including eight multiple-pointefforts… Owned an eight-game point-scoring streak from Nov.29 to Jan. 17… Had three points in the NCAA NortheastRegional including a pair of assists against North Dakota andUNH’s lone goal in a 2-1 loss in the regional final…Enters his senior season as the Wildcats active leading scorer with68 points (32g, 36a)… Had a pair of game-winning goals, bothin Hockey East play, and scored twice on the power play and onceshort handed… Tallied a goal and two assists in a 4-4 tiewith Providence on Feb. 13.
2007-08: Followed up his freshman season with 26points (14g, 12a) with the Wildcats…Had two games in whichhe recorded three points, including Oct. 26 versus Colorado Collegeand March 7 versus Vermont…Was fourth on the team in powerplay goals with four...Recorded at least one point in 17games…His 14 goals ranked third on the team, while his 26points ranked sixth…Tallied nine goals and eight assists inleague play…Recorded a pair of two-goal games March 7 in a3-1 win over Vermont and March 21 in the Hockey East semifinalversus Boston College…Selected to the Hockey EastAll-Tournament team with four goal in three games during the HockeyEast Tournament…Pulled the ‘Cats to victory with threegame-winning goals, all against conference opponents…Hadfive multiple-point games.
2006-07: Butler played in 38 of 39 games as afreshman posting 12 points (9g, 3a) to lead all Wildcat rookies inpoints and goals scored...Butler scored the game-winning goal in a3-2 double overtime victory in the Hockey East semifinals againstMassachusetts on March 16 at the TD Banknorth Garden inBoston...Scored a goal in his first collegiate game Oct. 20 atColorado College in a 4-3 win...Had at least one point in 10 gamesin his first season, including two points on Nov. 10 vs. BU (2a)and March 16 vs. UMass (1g, 1a)...Posted four points (3g, 1a) infour Hockey East Tournament games in March.
Career Milestones: Recorded a career-high threepoints three times; First assist: Nov. 10, 2006 vs Boston U.; Firstgoal: Oct. 20, 2006 vs Colorado College.
Before UNH: Butler played for the Boston Jr.Bruins of the Eastern Junior Hockey League from 2004-06, recording28 goals and 30 assists for 58 points in 61 contests in2004-2005...Prior to that season, Butler registered 31 goals and 41assists for 72 points in 115 games for the Bruins in ‘03-04and ‘04-05...He also played for Marlborough High Schoolnotching 116 goals and 53 assists for 169 points in 50 games in hisjunior and senior seasons (2003-2005)...Butler helped lead his highschool team to the Division 3 State Championship and the Bruins tothe EJHL Championship in 2004-2005...In 2003-2004, Butler set theschool record for most goals in a single season with 58.
Personal: Born in Framingham, Massachusetts onApril 26, 1987 to John and Wendy Butler...Majoring in healthmanagement...Shoots right...His brother J.R. played hockey at HolyCross...Lists his younger brother Al as his favorite athlete.
BUTLER'SCAREER STATISTICS
| Year | GP | G-A-P | +/- | PIM | PPG | GWG | SHG |
| 2008-09 | 38 | 9-21-30 | +5 | 14-36 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 2007-08 | 38 | 14-12-26 | +14 | 10-20 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 2006-07 | 38 | 9-3-12 | +7 | 6-12 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Totals | 114 | 32-36-68 | +26 | 30-68 | 6 | 8 | 2 |
