Bio

Sophomore (2011-12 Season): Game-By-Game Statistics . . . Played in 41 contests . . . Placed sixth in the team totaling 23 points with 11 goals and 12 assists . . . Registered 11 (5-6=11) points in 21 away contests and 12 (6-6) points in 20 home contests . . . Netted an unassisted empty-net goal against RPI (10/15) . . . Registered four (1-3=4) points in the Bowling Green State series (11/4-5) . . . Scored a short-handed goal and an assist against Colgate (1/7) . . . Scored two power-play goals, one of which was a game-winner, and an assist in the Alaska series (1/13-14) . . . Assisted the game-winning goal in a power-play against Notre Dame (2/11) . . . Scored the game-winning goal and earned an assist against Bowling Green State (2/17) . . . Scored a goal and an assist against Bowling Green State during the CCHA Tournament Quarterfinals (3/9-11) . . . Scored a goal and an assist against Denver and Cornell in the NCAA Midwest Regional Semi-Final and NCAA Midwest Regional Final (3/23-24) . . . Recorded 19 blocked shots.

Freshman (2010-11 Season):  Game-By-Game Statistics . . . Recognized as the CCHA's Rookie of the Week (10/18) following a three-point (1-2=3) performance and a plus three efficiency rating in season home-opening triumph over St. Lawrence (10/15) . . . Appeared in 18 games . . . Registered a squad 18th-best six points with four goals and two assists . . . Ranked third among the Bulldogs' top freshmen points producers . . . Chalked up three points (3-0=3) in 12 CCHA encounters . . . Produced five points (3-2=5) in 12 home appearances . . . Best month was October with three points (1-2=3) in five outings . . . Netted a lamplighter apiece against Western Michigan (11/20), versus Michigan State (12/3), and at Michigan (1/14) . . . Racked up eight blocked shots . . . Totaled a season game-high two blocked shot apiece in weekend home league series against Alaska (12/10-11) . . . Tallied two points each in the first and second periods (1-1=2) along with the third frame (2-0=2).    

High School/Juniors: Played the three seasons (2007-08, 2008-09, and 2009-10) with the Traverse City (Mich.) North Stars of the North American Hockey League (NAHL) . . . Coached by Anthony Palumbo and a teammate of Ferris State freshman Andy Huff and sophomore Kyle Bonis . . . Among eight NAHL nominees for the 2010 Junior Player of the Year as USA Hockey's outstanding American-born junior hockey player . . . Produced a team second-most 50 points on a squad-leading 24 goals with 26 assists in 57 2009-10 outings at Traverse City . . . Totaled six power-play goals and four game-winning lamplighters to go with a plus 30 efficiency rating in 2009-10 regular season . . . Notched 10 points on six goals (two game winners) and four assists in 10 playoff encounters as the North Stars were crowned 2010 NAHL North Division Playoff Champions . . . Tied for 25th place on NAHL's overall points leaders list and also among league's top-scoring forwards . . . Amassed 80 career points on 40 goals (six game winners) and assists apiece in 121 outings during his three-year Traverse City career . . . Concluded juniors career ranking fifth among Traverse City's all-time scoring leaders and is one of five North Stars in club history to register 40 career goals and five skaters ever to turn in a 50-points season . . . Compiled 23 points on 11 goals and 12 helpers in 40 regular-season outings for the 2008-09 campaign . . . Garnered seven points with five markers and two assists in 24 2007-08 regular-season appearances . . . Placed tied for 145th place in NAHL overall scoring and finished in a 131st-place tie among league's forward in most points for the 2008-09 season . . . A 2008 graduate of Traverse City (Mich.) Central High School . . . Played hockey in his initial two prep seasons along with soccer at Davison (Mich.) High under coach Doug Towler before moving to Traverse City in 2007.

Personal: Born 3/7/90 in Flint, Mich. . . . Son of Mark and Edie Thompson . . . Father is a business owner and mother works as an emergency consultant . . . Has two older sisters and an older brother . . . His brother (Marc) helped lead 2009-10 Davenport University's (Mich.) men's ice hockey team to the ACHA Division II Club National Championship title and is presently a sophomore on the 2010-11 squad . . . Nickname is "G-Torizmo" . . . FSU Letters: One . . . Shoots: Left . . . Marketing major.