Union College Athletics

NOTEWORTHY
Scored 15 goals (including six game-winners) in 26 postseason games.

2014-15 (JR)
ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team ... tied for fourth in team scoring (28 points) ... sixth in ECAC Hockey scoring (22 points) ... shares third place on Union’s career game-winning goals list (11) ... nine multiple-point games ... scored goals in three straight games (2/27-3/6) ... whistled for just six penalties in 35 games ... registered three assists in 6-1 win over Princeton (11/15) ... recorded three points (1-2) at Brown (12/5) ... scored game-winning goal with 6:49 left in regulation against St. Lawrence (2/27) ... scored an improbable goal against Quinnipiac in the ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals (3/14), jamming home a rebound with one-hand on the stick while sliding on his stomach ... scored in back-to-back weekend games against Dartmouth (11/7) and Harvard (11/8); roofed a backhanded, short-handed goal versus the Big Green ... tallied a goal and assist in first action of the season against #9 St. Cloud State (10/24) ... garnered two assists at Brown (12/5), at Princeton (1/9) and against Colgate (1/17) ... scored game’s first goal at Dartmouth (1/31) ... compiled a pair of four-game points streak.

2013-14 (JR)
ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team ... named Hockey Commissioners’ Association (HCA) National Division I Co-Player of the Month for March-April; shared honor with Hobey Baker winner Johnny Gaudreau ... NCAA Division I statistical champion in game-winning goals (8), setting a school record in the process ... recorded five GWGs in eight postseason games ... scored seven goals in last seven games ... buried game-winner against #2 Minnesota in the NCAA Championship Game (4/12) ... finished seventh in team scoring (31 points), despite missing 10 games to injury ... scored in five-straight games (3/15-3/29) ... logged nine multiple-point games ... named Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA East Regional, amassing three goals (two game-winners) and four points ... twice earned ESPN SportsCenter No. 1 Play of the Day honors (3/28, 4/12) ... named ECAC Hockey Player of the Month for March/April ... scored a highlight goal against #14 Vermont (3/28) in NCAA East Regional Semifinal, trapping the puck with his skate, and as he was sliding to his knees, tucking a backhanded shot inside the post; scored twice against the Catamounts ... scored a pair of goals in 4-3 win over #15 Clarkson (2/1) ... provided game-winning goal in 4-3 win at Penn State (11/30); was tabbed No. 3 Star of the Game ... tallied deciding goal in 4-3 win over #13 Yale (2/7) ... notched game-winning goal in the ECACH Quarterfinal series-clinching-win over Dartmouth (3/15) ... helped upset #1 St. Cloud State (12/13) with a goal and assist ... scored empty-netter to seal ECACH Championship win over #14 Colgate (3/22) ... collected a goal and assist in win over Princeton (1/11) ... notched game-winner against #17 New Hampshire (1/18) ... chipped in with two assists in 5-4 win at Penn State (12/1) ... totaled four points (1-3) during opening weekend of ECAC Hockey play ... provided three assists in 4-2 win at Harvard (11/2) ... placed five shots on goal in Mayor’s Cup loss (1/25) ... returned from injury to score goal against Dartmouth (11/1) in season debut.

2012-13 (SO)
Scored a goal against Yale (3/22) in the ECAC Semifinals ... netted two goals in the ECAC Championship against Brown (3/23) ... registered an assist again Boston College (3/30) in the NCAA East Regional Semifinal.

2011-12 (FR)
Led Union freshmen with nine goals ... registered two goals in his debut against Army (10/8) ... added a goal and an assist against Michigan (11/27).

JUNIORS
Played for the Jersey Hitmen of the Eastern Junior Hockey League ... finished fourth on the team in scoring with 61 points (25 goals, 36 assists) in 2010-11 ... helped Hitmen earn regular season championship.

PERSONAL
Economics major ... graduated from The Hill School (2010) ... parents are Diane and Mark Novak ... born April 15, 1991 in Oak Ridge, N.J.