Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Athletics

2013-14: Alternate captain ... Played in all 37 games ... Set careers highs with 14 goals and 30 points ... Had 16 assists ... Given 20 penalties for 59 minutes ... Three power play goals ... Tied for team high with two short-handed goals ... One game winning goal ... Ten goals and eight assists in 22 ECAC Hockey games ...  One goal and one assist in 6-0 win at Sacred Heart (10/12) ... One goal and one assist in 7-1 over Sacred Heart (10/19) ... One goal and an assist in 3-3 tie with Harvard (10/29) ... First career hat trick in 7-1 win at Dartmouth (11/2) ... One goal and an assist in 6-2 win over Colgate (11/9) ... Two goals in 5-2 win over Princeton (11/23) ... Senior CLASS Award® winner ... Team's Ben Mayo Most Inspirational Player Award ... 

2012-13: Played 33 games ... One goal and 16 assists for 17 points ... Eight penalties for 16 points ... One shorthanded goal ... One goal and 10 assists in 19 ECAC Hockey contests ... Two assists at Minnesota State (10/20) ... Three assists in 5-0 win over Clarkson (3/1) ... Game-winning goal, shorthanded, against St. Lawrence (3/2) ... Two assists in 6-2 ECAC Hockey Quarterfinal win over Brown (3/16) ... ECAC Hockey All-Academic ...

2011-12: Played 34 games ... Three goals with team-highs in assists (20) and points (23) ... One power play goal ... Assessed 17 penalties for 34 minutes ... Played all 22 ECAC Hockey contests, one goal and 12 assists for 13 points ... ECAC Hockey All-Academic ...

2010-11: Played 33 games ... Nine goals and 12 assists for 21 points ... Three power play goals and three game-winning tallies ... Twelve penalties for 24 minutes ... Four goals with eight assists for 12 points in 18 ECAC Hockey contests ... Among conference leaders, seventh in game-winning goals and 11th in freshman scoring (0.66) ... Two goals in 4-1 win over RIT (10/22) ... One goal and an assist in 4-3 victory against Niagara (10/23) ... Assisted twice in 3-2 win over Harvard (1/21) ... One goal and an assist in 5-2 win over No. 1 Yale (1/29) ... Two goals in 4-2 victory over Colgate in ECAC Hockey First Round (3/4) ... ECAC Hockey/MLX Skates Rookie of the Week once (2/8) ... ECAC Hockey All-Academic ... Team Rookie of the Year award ... 

Before Rensselaer: Played for Kingston Voyageurs of Ontario Junior Hockey League (OJHL) … Played 48 regular season games in 2009-10 … Notched 22 goals and 34 assists for 56 points … Assessed 82 penalty minutes … Played 17 playoff games … Six goals and 12 assists for 18 points … Sixteen penalty minutes … Attended Holy Cross Catholic Secondary School, playing hockey in Kingston Athletic Secondary School Association … Captain in 2007-08 … MVP and leading scorer … Two-time league champions … Team set record for wins in season … Rookie of the Year and leading scorer in 2006-07 …

Personal: Undergraduate major in Business and Management ... Graduate major in Management with finance concentration ... Dean's List ... Expects to play professional hockey and work in money management upon graduation ... Son of Linda and Harold Higgs … Father played Junior A hockey with Markham Waxers and Brock University … Uncle, Steve Higgs, played OHL Junior A hockey with Toronto Marlies.

On attending Rensselaer: "The small-town feel of the school, hockey of course and the reputation the school holds so I could have an excellent degree after four years." - January 2014

Benefits of undergraduate community at Rensselaer: "It's a smaller community being a school with only roughly 5,000 students so it's hard to not know what is going on around campus with certain events which makes things a lot easier." - January 2014

What has made your time at Rensselaer special?: "My time at Rensselaer has been special for a number of reasons. When I first came here it was because RPI made me feel like a member of their family, and it was a smaller family that I could be a contributing member of. Since I arrived on campus, I have felt that belonging from students, faculty, and coaches. The transition period was very minimal and it wasn't long before I felt a part of the family. This has since allowed me to further better myself not only on the ice but in the classroom and as a person. I do not feel I would have been able to do this anywhere else at the rate I have here.  RPI has provided me with the opportunity to succeed and better myself both on and off the ice and I will forever be grateful for that. That is what has made my time here so special and why I will always be a Rensselaer Engineer." - February 2014