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Freshman (2011-12 Season): Game-By-Game Statistics . . . Signed with Ferris State during the November early-signing period . . . Played in 30 games . . . Tied for 11^th place in the team recording 13 points with one goal and 12 assists . . .  Tallied nine (1-8=9) points in 15 away games and four (0-4=4) points in 15 home games . . . Assisted in the winning goal in the sweep against Colgate (1/7) . . . Assisted in the winning goal against Ohio State (1/20) . . . Earned two points on two assists in the CCHA Tournament Quarterfinals (3/10-11) . . . Netted his first collegiate goal and game-winner against Denver in the NCAA Midwest Regional Semi-Final (3/23) . . . Earned five (0-5=5) points in three games (1/20-27) . . . Recorded 19 blocked shots.

High School/Juniors: Skated the 2010-11 campaign with the United States Hockey League's (USHL) Tri-City Storm (Kearney, Neb.) . . . Coached by Drew Schoneck . . . Compiled nine points with a goal and eight assists in 28 2010-11 regular-season contests . . . Tied for third place among 2010-11 squad's top-scoring defensemen . . . Netted a power-play lamplighter and finished the 2010-11 campaign with a plus one efficiency rating . . . Teammate of Ferris State incoming freshmen Jason Binkley and Dominic Panetta . . . Played two seasons (2008-09 and 2009-10) with the Burnaby (British Columbia) Express of the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL) under head coach Jon Calvano . . . Accumulated 29 points with six goals and 23 assists to go with three power-play lamplighters and a short-handed marker in 60 outings with Burnaby for the 2009-10 season . . . Recorded three goals and 10 assists for 13 points in 53 2008-09 season contests . . . A two-time (2008-09 and 2009-10) team's Most Outstanding Defenseman Award recipient . . . A 2009 graduate of Burnaby (British Columbia) Central Secondary School.

Personal: Son of Daniel Denis and Mitsuko Collins of Burnaby, British Columbia . . . Born 8/20/91 in Burnaby, British Columbia . . . Father is employed as a pastry chef and mother works as a general accountant . . . Has a younger brother . . . Shoots: Right . . . Majoring in applied speech communication.