Brian Faison - University of North Dakota

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Forward
First California product ever to play for the Fighting Sioux.
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Year: Sophomore
Height: 5-10
Weight: 186
Shoots: Right
Hometown: Manhattan Beach, Calif.
Previous Team: Penticton (BCHL)
NHL Rights: Phoenix (2008, 6th round)
Major: Entrepreneurship
2008-09 (Freshman): Appeared in 42 games and tied for the team
lead among freshmen with 12 goals ... Led all Sioux rookies with six
power-play goals and tied for the freshman lead with three gamewinners
... His three-game winners tied for eighth in UND freshman
single-season history ... Tied for third among WCHA freshmen in powerplay
goals ... Tied for eighth in the WCHA rookie scoring race ... Finished
ninth among WCHA freshmen with 19 points during league play ...
Twice named WCHA Rookie of the Week ... Was honored on March 3
after a four-point weekend (3g, 1a) against No. 13 Colorado College
... Also honored Dec. 16 after a three-point weekend in a sweep over
No. 17 St. Cloud State ... Scored his � rst career goal in a 3-1 win at No. 1
Colorado College (Nov. 7) ... Had been held without a point in his � rst
six collegiate games prior to that goal ... Added a goal and an assist
the next night for the � rst multi-point game of his career ... Scored the
overtime winner against Bemidji State (Jan. 3) ... Also scored gamewinners
against Alaska Anchorage (Feb. 15) and St. Cloud State (Dec.
13) ... Led the team with 91 penalty minutes ... Earned � rst letter.
Before UND: Drafted by the Phoenix Coyotes in the sixth round (159th
overall) of the 2008 NHL Entry Draft ... A 2006 graduate of Northwood
High School ... Spent the previous two seasons with the Penticton
Vees of the BCHL ... Was the BCHL � nalist for the 2008 RBC-Canadian
Junior A Hockey League Player of the Year award ... Named Penticton’s
Most Inspirational Player and Fan Favorite ... Scored a team-leading 72
points (24g, 48a) in 54 games in 2007-08 and captained the Vees to
a BCHL championship ... Also led the team and ranked eighth in the
BCHL in assists ... Appeared in 59 games in 2006-07 and was named
Penticton’s rookie of the year after collecting 45 points (18g, 27a) and
a team-leading 156 penalty minutes ... Won a gold medal at the 2007
World Junior A Challenge with Team Canada West.
Personal: Majoring in entrepreneurship ... Son of Ron and Diane Hextall
... Father played 13 seasons in the NHL with Philadelphia, Quebec and
the New York Islanders and won the Vezina (best goaltender) and
Conn Smythe (playo� MVP) trophies as a rookie in 1986-87 ... Father
is currently the assistant general manager of the Los Angeles Kings ...
Great uncle, Dennis Hextall, lettered in hockey at UND from 1964-66
and scored 101 points in 63 career games ... Grandfather, Bryan Hextall,
Jr., spent nine seasons in the NHL for the New York Rangers, Pittsburgh,
Atlanta, Detroit and Minnesota ... Great grandfather, Bryan Hextall, Sr.,
played 11 seasons with the New York Rangers.
PLAYER PROFILES
Career Statistics
Overall
Year GP G A PTS PEN PP SH GW +/-
2008-09 42 12 14 26 36/91 6 0 3 +4
Totals 42 12 14 26 36/91 6 0 3 +4
WCHA
Year GP G A PTS PEN PP SH GW +/-
2008-09 27 9 10 19 25/69 4 0 2 +6
Totals 27 9 10 19 25/69 4 0 2 +6
Career Game Highs
Goals: 2, 2/28/09 vs. Colorado College
Assists: 2, 1/10/09 vs. Minnesota
Points: 2 (4x). Most recent (2g) 2/28/09 vs. Colorado College
Plus/Minus: +2 (2x). Most recent 2/28/09 vs. Colorado College
Longest Point Streak: 5 games (2g, 4a), 12/28/08 vs. Michigan Tech to 1/10/09
vs. Minnesota
Career Firsts
Game: 10/10/08 at Boston University (Ice Breaker Invitational, Boston)
Goal: 11/07/08 at Colorado College
Assist: 11/08/08 at Colorado College
2009-10 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA MEN’S HOCKEY MEDIA GUIDE
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