Elmira College Athletics

Honors & Awards
2019-20 Booster Club Player of the Year
2019-20 UCHC Preseason Watch List
2018-19 All-UCHC Second Team
2018-19 UCHC Preseason Watch List
2018-19 UCHC All-Academic Team
2017-18 All-UCHC Second Team
2017-18 UCHC Preseason Watch List
2016-17 ECAC West All-Rookie Team
D3hockey.com Team of the Week (11/29/16, 11/1/17, 1/30/18)
UCHC Player of the Week (10/31/17, 1/30/18, 11/12/19)
ECAC West Rookie of the Week (11/28/16)
EC Athlete of the Week (11/28/16, 10/30/17, 12/11/17, 1/22/18, 11/19/18, 11/11/19, 1/6/20, 1/20/20)
Empire 8 President's List (Spring 2020)

2019-20 Season
Elmira's third-leading point-getter with 30 points and top goal scorer with a career-best 16 tallies in 25 games...Tied for sixth in the UCHC in goals and 14th in power-play points (14), while finishing in a tie for sixth in the nation with nine power-play goals...Produced nine multi-point games and an eight-game scoring streak that helped EC win eight consecutive games from November 22 through January 17...Matched a season-high with three points (1g-2a) in a 7-1 win at King's (Pa.) (11/8), while becoming the 52nd skater to join the program's 100-point club in the victory...Began his season-long point streak with an empty-net goal in a 5-2 road win at Nazareth (11/22)...Added one marker the following night in a 4-2 win at No. 10 Utica...Collected a combined six points (4g-2a) and was named the Most Valuable Player at the W.B. Mason Winter Classic, helping EC topple Endicott (1/3) by a 6-5 final score before defeating Plattsburgh State (1/4) in the tournament title game, 4-1...Found the back of the net for the game-winning power-play goal in a 4-3 win at No. 15 Oswego State (1/11)...Amassed two points (1g-1a), including the game-winner, in a 4-2 upset over No. 2 SUNY Geneseo (1/14)...Ended the marvelous scoring run with a season-high-tying two goals in a 7-2 defeat of Chatham (1/17)...Had two assists in wins over King's (Pa.) (1/24), Lebanon Valley (2/14), and Stevenson (2/21).

2018-19 Season
Played in all 27 games and ranked third on the team with 33 points  (13-g-20a)...Ended the season tied for eighth in the UCHC in total points...Earned his second consecutive All-UCHC Second Team honor...Opened the season with a seven game point-streak that spanned from 10/26-11/10...Highlighted the point streak with a goal and two assists in a in a 7-3 victory over Wilkes (11/3)...Scored two goals, including the game-winner, in a 5-3 triumph over Nazareth (11/17)...Added two assists in a 4-3 in a comeback victory against Buffalo State (1/8)...Netted a pair of goals and added an assist in an 11-1 drubbing of King's (Pa.) (1/18)...Posted three points (2g-1a) in a 6-4 win against Stevenson (2/15)...Tallied an assist in game one of the UCHC Semifinal series against Manhattanville (2/22).

2017-18 Season
Earned All-UCHC Second Team honors after finishing third on the team and tied for fourth in the league in points with a career-high 39...Was tied for fifth in goals (14), third in assists (25), and second in game-winning goals (3) in the league...Netted two goals, including the game-winner, in a 3-2 upset of No. 10/9 Hobart (10/27) at the MAC in the season opener, which earned him EC Athlete of the Week, UCHC Player of the Week and D3hockey.com Team of the Week honors...Dished out a single-game career-high four assists in a 7-4 win over King’s (Pa.) (11/4)...Had three points (1g-2a), as EC topped No. 7/11 Utica, 5-1, on the road (11/11)...During a season-long eight-game point streak, netted a combined five goals in back-to-back games vs. Manhattanville and King’s (Pa.), highlighted by a hat trick of power-play goals in a 6-1 rout of King’s (Pa.) (1/20)...Had the game-winner in the second half of the series vs. Utica, finishing with two points (1g-1a) in a 5-1 triumph over the No. 7/7-ranked Pioneers (1/27)...Dished out five assists in the first two rounds of the UCHC Tournament, with three coming in a 5-3 semifinal win over Stevenson (2/24).

2016-17 Season
Skated in all 25 of Elmira’s contests during his rookie campaign…Ranked second on the team in scoring with 25 points on six goals and a team-high 19 assists...Was 17th among all Division III freshmen with 1.00 points per game...Posted a season-long five-game point streak from November 22 through January 6, in which he accumulated 10 points (2g-8a)...Recorded his first career point on a short-handed tally at Oswego State (10/28)…Posted a season-high five points on two goals and three assists in a 7-4 victory over Nichols (11/27)...His five-point effort was the first of its kind by an EC rookie since Rusty Masters ’10 did so during his debut season in 2006-07...Was named EC Athlete of the Week, ECAC West Rookie of the Week, and to the D3hockey.com National Team of the Week following his five-point showing vs. Nichols...Tallied three points on one goal and two assists in a 7-1 victory over Lebanon Valley (1/28).

Before Elmira
Played two seasons in the U.S. Premier Hockey League (USPHL), having spent the 2014-15 with the Florida Jr. Blades before joining the Springfield Pics in 2015-16...Scored career highs with 41 goals, 32 assists, and 73 points with the Jr. Blades in 39 regular-season games...Added five goals and 14 helpers in eight playoff games...Named a USPHL Empire Division All-Star that year...Tallied 10 goals with 24 assists for 34 points in 2015-16 with Springfield...Graduated from Colchester High School in Colchester, Vermont, in 2014...Was named “Mr. Hockey” by The Burlington Free Press as a senior...Was a team captain and graduated as the only player in school history to repeat as the hockey team’s MVP...Amassed 179 career points in his prep career with 61 goals and 118 assists.

Personal
Matthew is a Business Administration major with a concentration in Management.