Brian Faison - University of North Dakota

chay genoway
Defenseman
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Year: Senior
Height: 5-9
Weight: 174
Shoots: Left
Hometown: Morden, Manitoba
Previous Team: Vernon (BCHL)
NHL Rights: Free Agent
Major: Management
Leads all active WCHA defensemen in scoring with 80 career points.
2008-09 (Junior): Earned AHCA All-America second team honors ... Also named to the
All-College Hockey News second team for the second straight year ... Named WCHA
Defensive Player of the Year and earned All-WCHA � rst team honors ... Selected to ESPN
the Magazine Academic All-America third team to join Karl Goehring (2001, 2000) as
the only Academic All-Americans in Sioux hockey history ... Named a WCHA Scholar-
Athlete for the second straight year and was also named to second straight All-WCHA
Academic team ... Received UND’s Cli� “Fido” Purpur Award given to the player who
demonstrates hard work, determination and being a creator of excitement on the ice
... Also received UND’s Archie Krum Memorial Scholarship for the second straight year,
given to the player who demonstrates leadership qualities, high academic standards
and athletic excellence ... Notched career highs in points (32) and assists (29) ... Tied for
12th nationally in points per game among defensemen (0.78) and ranked 24th overall
in assists per game (0.71) ... Tied for sixth in the WCHA in assists and ranked sixth in
points among defensemen ... Enjoyed a four-assist, � ve-point game in a 7-3 win over
No. 12 Cornell (Nov. 28), career highs in both ... Also scored the game-winning goal in
that game ... His � ve-point game was the � rst by a Sioux defenseman since Travis Roche
recorded six on Nov. 10, 2000 against Minnesota ... Matched his career-long point streak
when he reached the scoresheet in six straight games from Nov. 21 to Dec. 6 ... Amassed
two goals and nine assists during that stretch ... Recorded seven multi-point games ...
Scored or assisted on seven game-winning goals (2g, 5a), second-most on the team ...
Scored the overtime winner in 2-1 win at Alaska Anchorage (Feb. 20) ... Earned third
letter.
2007-08 (Sophomore): Named to All-College Hockey News second team ... Earned All-
WCHA second team honors ... Named to NCAA Midwest Regional all-tournament team
... Co-recipient of UND’s Archie Krum Memorial Scholarship for leadership qualities, high
academic standards and athletic excellence ... Received WCHA Scholar-Athlete Award
... Named to All-WCHA Academic team ... Named WCHA Defensive Player of the Week
on Feb. 19 ... Appeared in 38 games and led all Sioux defensemen in points (29), goals
(eight), power-play goals (four), game-winning goals (three) and shorthanded goals
(one) ... His three-game winners tied the single-season record by a Sioux defenseman ...
Ranked fourth overall in team scoring ... Tied for the team lead among rearguards with
21 assists ... Ranked third on the team with a +17 plus/minus rating ... Ranked second
among all WCHA defensemen in scoring (all games) ... Tied for 18th in the overall league
scoring race ... Tied for 10th in overall assists ... Tied for lead among WCHA defensemen
in game-winning goals ... Scored 18 points (5g, 13a) during conference play to rank
second in the WCHA ... Enjoyed six multi-point games, including a career-high three
points (1g, 2a) against Princeton in the NCAA Midwest Region semi� nal (March 29) ...
Put together a career-long six-game scoring streak (3g, 4a) from Jan. 5 to Jan. 25 ...
Enjoyed a three-game goal-scoring streak within that stretch ... Was a season-high +4
in a 6-2 win at St. Cloud State (Jan. 5) ... Earned second letter.
2006-07 (Freshman): Played in all 43 UND games … Played 13 games at forward and
30 at defense … Genoway’s 13 games as a forward all came in UND’s � rst 17 games; he
played defense in each of UND’s last 26 games, beginning Dec. 16 against Michigan
Tech … Had � ve goals and 14 assists for 19 points on the season … Scored eight points
(3g, 5a) as a forward and 11 points (2g, 9a) as a defenseman ... Had six multi-point
games, including back-to-back two-point games in sweep at Minnesota State on Oct.
27-28 … Scored � rst goal of career on Oct. 27 at Minnesota State … Had three-game
goal-scoring streak from Nov. 24-Dec. 8 … Scored � rst game-winning goal in 7-2 win at
St. Cloud State on March 3 … Had a +13 plus/minus rating on the season … Finished
12th in WCHA scoring in league games (0.50 points per game) among league rookies
… Named UND’s Rookie of the Year… Received honorable mention by College Hockey
News when it named its national all-rookie team … Earned � rst letter.
Before UND: Spent the 2005-06 season playing for the Vernon Vipers of the BCHL
… Scored 17 goals and had 40 assists for 57 points in 66 games for Vernon ... A 2005
graduate of Shattuck-St. Mary’s ... In his senior year of high school, he had 21 goals
and 47 assists for 68 points in 68 games for Shattuck-St. Mary’s ... Member of 2004-05
Shattuck-St. Mary’s national midget championship team.
Personal: Majoring in management … Son of Kathy Fisher and Bob Genoway …
Brother, Colby, played forward for the Fighting Sioux from 2002-05 and most recently
played for the AHL’s Manitoba Moose.
PLAYER PROFILES
Career Statistics
Overall
Year GP G A PTS PEN PP SH GW +/-
2006-07 43 5 14 19 17/42 3 0 1 +13
2007-08 38 8 21 29 19/46 4 1 3 +17
2008-09 42 3 29 32 23/46 1 0 2 +5
Totals 123 16 64 80 59/134 8 1 6 +35
WCHA
Year GP G A PTS PEN PP SH GW +/-
2006-07 28 5 9 14 10/28 3 0 1 +6
2007-08 23 5 13 18 12/32 3 0 2 +14
2008-09 27 1 17 18 19/38 0 0 1 +1
Totals 78 11 39 50 41/90 6 0 4 +21
Career Game Highs
Goals: 1 (16x). Most recent 2/20/09 at Alaska Anchorage
Assists: 4, 11/28/08 vs. Cornell
Points: 5 (1g, 4a), 11/28/08 vs. Cornell
Plus/Minus: +4, 1/05/08 at St. Cloud State
Longest Point Streak: 6 games (2x). Most recent (2g, 9a) 11/21/08 vs. Cornell
to 12/06/08 at Harvard
Career Firsts
Game: 10/06/06 vs. Quinnipiac
Goal: 10/27/06 at Minnesota State
Assist: 10/27/06 at Minnesota State
2009-10 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA MEN’S HOCKEY MEDIA GUIDE
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