2001-02: Assistant captain...first NU player since Jordon Shields in 1994-95 to have 20 goals and 20 assists in a season...played in every game...named Hockey East All-Academic...had a goal in the season-opener at Alaska-Anchorage Oct. 12...picked up a pair of assists in 5-2 win over Mercyhurst Oct. 19...had a goal in both games of weekend series with Providence Nov. 9 and 10...also scored in team’s next game, at Maine Nov. 16...had two goals against Clarkson Nov. 23...tied a career-high with three assists against St. Lawrence Nov. 24...tied a career-high with four points (2-2-4) in win over Holy Cross Nov. 30; scored two power-play goals...also had four points (1-3-4) in win over Iona Dec. 15; surpassed point toal from all of 2000-01 in 17th game of the season...had two assists at Union Dec. 29...had a goal and an assist against BU Jan. 4...had an assist and scored the overtime game-winner against Maine Jan. 11...had a pair of assists against UMass-Lowell Jan. 18...had a goal and an assist against UMass-Amherst Jan. 25 to reach 30 points on the season...had a goal against Providence Feb. 1...scored a pair of power-play goals against BU in the finals of the Beanpot Feb. 11...had a goal and an assist against UNH Feb. 15...scored a pair of goals in the first period at Merrimack March 1...picked up 100th career point with an assist at UMass-Lowell March 7...had a goal and an assist at UML in the Hockey East Quarterfinals March 8.
2000-01: Played in every game…third on the team in goals (12) and sixth in points (18)…first five goals of the season consisted of three power-play, one shorthanded and one empty-net…got off to a great start with a 5-2-7 line in the first five games...equaled goal output from all of last season in the fourth game…had a goal and an assist at Notre Dame Oct. 20...added another goal the following night, also versus the Fighting Irish...had first career hat trick at UMass-Lowell Oct. 27; scored a shorthanded, power-play and empty-net goal; also added an assist for a career-best four-point night...scored an insurance goal in 4-1 win over BU Nov. 12...scored a goal Jan. 5 versus UMass-Lowell; his fourth goal and fifth point of the season versus the River Hawks...scored his 11th goal of the season, setting a career single-season high, against UNH Jan. 19...had an assist in a 4-3 win over BU Feb. 24...scored a goal in the next game, March 1 at BC.
1999-00: Appeared in all but one game, amassing 19 points on five goals and 14 assists...had a goal in the opener against Bowling Green Oct. 16...notched two assists in 4-4 tie at BU Nov. 13...scored the game-winning goal and had an assist against Princeton Nov. 27…had a goal and an assist against Maine Dec. 3 in 3-1 win over defending national champions...had career-high three assists versus UMass-Amherst Jan. 14.
1998-99: Played in 28 games including final 25...as a rookie, finished third on the team in goals, fourth in assists, and third in points...had six multi-point games on the season...voted the team’s Rookie of the Year, just ahead of dynamic teammates Jim Fahey and Willie Levesque...assisted on two of Levesque’s three goals at Army Nov. 28...scored first goal as a collegian at Maine Dec. 12...Maine game began best stretch of season with at least one point in 10 of 11 games; totalled seven goals and nine assists during the 11 games...had a goal and two assists for a season-best three points in an 8-2 win against UMass-Amherst Jan. 5...scored the tying goal at Providence Jan. 9 as part of a three-goal NU outburst in the final three minutes of a 5-4 win...second period goal at BU Jan. 17 stood as the game-winner in Northeastern’s first win at Walter Brown Arena since 1990...had the team’s final goal of the year to beat Providence in OT of the season finale March 7; also had a goal earlier in the game and was named Hockey East Rookie of the Week for his efforts.
Before NU: Played for the USHL’s Green Bay Gamblers for two seasons...led the team in scoring and named to the USHL All-Star team in 1997-98...played two seasons of varsity hockey at Boston College High...won Catholic Conference and MIAA Division IA state championship as a conference All-Star in 1996... set school record for most goals in one game with five against Barnstable…was a Hockey Night in Boston All-Scholastic selection in 1996.
Personal: Born March 8, 1978...enjoys boating, water skiing and fishing ...majoring in Business... Class of 2003.
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March 16, 2001: Lynch runner-up for Hockey East Best Defensive Forward