2015-16 Men's Ice Hockey Roster
Roster
Matias Cleland
- Position:
- Defense
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Longmont, Colo.
- Prev Team:
- Omaha (USHL)
Accolades:
2015-16:
- Named Captain for 2016-2017 season
- Hockey East Defensive Player of the Week: (1/9/17)
- Received teams' Rod Langway Best Defenseman Award
- Named Hockey East Honorable Mention All-Star
- Tied for First in Hockey East Defenseman Scoring
2016-17: Skated in all 40 games... tallied three goals and 33 assists for 36 points... ranked 17th in point scoring in Hockey East... leading defensive point-scorer in Hockey East... ranked fifth in assists in Hockey East.
2015-16: Skated in all 37 games... tallied five goals and 23 assists for 28 points... was tied for second in Hockey East in defenseman scoring... led the nation in blocked shots with 112, averaging 3.03 per game... tallied a five-game point streak (Nov. 14-Nov. 28) in which he tallied two goals and five assists... had four multi-point efforts; two assists against Merrimack (Nov. 14), one goal and one assist against Bentley (Nov. 28), two assists against Dartmouth (Dec. 11), and two assists at Merrimack (Mar. 3).
2014-15: Skated in 39 of 40 games... recorded 18 points on six goals and 12 assists... tallied his first point of the season with an assist against Northeastern (Nov. 14)... scored his first career goal, a game winner, against Maine (Dec. 13)...had his first multi-point game against Maine (Dec. 13)... netted a goal at No. 12 Omaha (Dec. 31)... scored his third goal against UMass (Jan. 17)... matched his career high in points with a goal and an assist at Notre Dame (Jan. 31)... notched an assist at Vermont (Feb. 6)... notched a career high three points on a goal and two assists at Vermont (Feb. 7)... notched an assist at Connecticut (Feb. 20)... scored once and assisted on a goal against Connecticut (Feb. 21).
2013-14: Played in all 41 games… made his collegiate debut in a 4-1 win against Clarkson (Oct. 11)… recorded four assists for four points on the year… earned his first career assist in a 9-0 win at UMass (Nov. 9)… dished out an assist at Northeastern (Nov. 15)… tallied his third assist at Colorado College (Nov. 29)… recorded his fourth point with an assist against Nebraska-Omaha (Jan. 4)… totaled 35 shots from the blueline.
Before UNH: Spent time with Omaha Lancers and Waterloo Black Hawks of the USHL in 2012-13... played just three games with Waterloo with a pair of assists before being traded to Omaha... recorded 39 points (9g, 30a) in 63 games for Omaha; was named a team captain... ranked fourth in the USHL in defenseman scoring in 2012-13... in 2011-12, as a member of the Black Hawks, notched a goal and nine assists for 10 points in 41 games... in summer of 2011-12, he and Black Hawks represented the United States in the Junior Club World Cup in Omsk, Russia; paced the squad with four assists... suited up for the Colorado Thunderbirds U18 team in 2010-11; compiled 31 points (5g, 26a).
Personal: Born in Longmont, Colo. on January 28, 1994... son of Larry and Frances Cleland... a finance major... lists Joe Sakic as his favorite athlete and his mom, dad and brother as the people he admires most outside of sports... hobbies outside of hockey include: fly-fishing, hiking.
