Union College Athletics

NOTEWORTHY
Given name is John-Claude, goes by J.C. ... lone player from this last year's freshman class to come straight from prep school.

2016-17 (JR)
Made 33 appearances at defense , producing 2G-8A ... assisted on the game-winning goals against RIT (10/21), Colgate (2/4) and Harvard (1/14) … also blocked a season-high four shots in the 2-1 win against Crimson … scored in wins at Vermont (12/18) and against Quinnipiac (2/17) … had a three-game point streak (12/17-12/31) … tied for eighth on the team with 28 blocked shots.

2015-16 (SO)
ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team ... recorded a career-best two assists in a 5-2 loss against Rensselaer (1/23) … netted his first goal of the season in a 2-2 tie at Brown (1/30) … registered first assist of the season in a 4-3 overtime win at Massachusetts (12/11) … produced a goal and an assist in a 3-3 tie against #1 Quinnipiac (2/20) … recorded a point in three straight games (2/19-2/26) … appeared in 26 games.

2014-15 (FR)
ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team ... led Union defensemen in plus/minus (+7) ... ranked third among ECAC Hockey rookie defensemen in overall scoring (11 points) ... recorded assists in eight games ... scored on a blast from the blueline at Quinnipiac (1/10) ... provided an assist and blocked four shots in postseason win at Quinnipiac (3/14) ... compiled a pair of assists in Union debut against American International (10/10) ... scored first collegiate goal (on the power play) in 5-2 win at Maine (10/18) ... generated game-winning assist versus St. Lawrence (2/27) ... appeared in all 39 contests.

PREP
Capped a three-year prep school career at the Noble and Greenough School in Dedham, Mass. ... captained N&G to the Independent School League (ISL) title by recording 11 goals and 31 assists for 42 points in 27 games ... played one season at Boston College High and was ranked in the final NHL Central Scouting Report.

PERSONAL
Managerial economics major ... graduated from Noble and Greenough (2014) ... parents are Brenda and Claude Brassard ... born October 29, 1995 in Weymouth, Mass.