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2020-21 Men's Ice Hockey Roster

Dave Kibbe
Nina Lindberg

11 Nick Austin

11 Nick Austin

  • Position:
    Defenseman
  • Height:
    5-11
  • Weight:
    185
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    St. Louis Park, Minn.
  • Previous Team:
    Madison Capitols (USHL)
  • Major:
    Computer Science

Summary

Biography

Career Highs (End of 2020-21 Season)
Single Game
Goals: 2 vs. Merrimack (Oct. 7, 2017)
Assists: 2, two times, last vs. St. Lawrence (Jan. 23, 2021)
Points: 2, seven times, last vs. St. Lawrence (Jan. 23, 2021)
Blocked Shots: 6 vs. Quinnipiac (Nov. 23, 2019)

Season
Goals: 6 (2017-18)
Assists: 12 (2017-18)
Points: 18 (2017-18)
Blocks: 37 (2017-18)

Honors
2017-18 ECAC Hockey Rookie Team
ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Month - October, 2017
ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Week - Oct. 10, 2017 and Jan. 9, 2018
Raider Academic Honor Roll - 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
Four-time ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team honoree

Senior Year (2020-21)
Stats: Appeared in 17 of the season’s 22 games for the Raiders … recorded six points off of one goal and five assists … tallied 28 shots on goal, 16 blocked shots, and one power play goal.
Best Games: Scored a power play goal at Clarkson (Feb. 26) … had a multi-point night behind a pair of assists against St. Lawrence (Jan. 23) … tallied a season-high of three blocked shots with an assist in the 4-3 win at Quinnipiac (March 6).
Honors: Named to the Raider Academic Honor Roll and ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team.
 
Junior Year (2019-20)
Stats: Appeared in 22 games for the Raiders prior to sustaining a season-ending injury … recorded the second-most assists on the team with 10 … finished with a plus-4 rating on the ice … tallied 51 shots on goal along with 29 blocked shots.
Best Games: Earned a multi-point night with a pair of apples in the 4-3 overtime win at then-No. 18 UMass Lowell (Oct. 18) … went on a three-game point streak with assists from Nov. 30 against then-No. 12/13 Northeastern at the Friendship Four through Dec. 7 at then-No. 9/12 Harvard … finished with a season-high plus-3 rating on the ice on two occasions, including the 4-1 win at St. Lawrence (Nov. 15) and against Quinnipiac (Nov. 23) … recorded a season-high of six blocked shots against Quinnipiac as well … tallied a season-high of six shots on goal in the opener against RIT (Oct. 5).
Honors: Named to the Raider Academic Honor Roll and ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team.
 
Sophomore Year (2018-19)
Stats: Played in 32 of the Raiders 36 games on the season … recorded two goals and 10 assists for 12 points … finished with the third-most points on the Colgate roster and led all defensemen in the category … tallied 35 blocked shots and 64 shots on goal … both goals on the year were scored on the power play … went on three two-game point streaks.
Best Games: Had a multi-point night in the 5-4 overtime win at then-No. 3 Quinnipiac (Jan. 4) behind one goal and one assist … earned a three-point weekend after following it up with an assist in the 4-3 win at Princeton (Jan. 5) … scored on the power play at Yale (Nov. 3) … led the team with a season-best plus-4 rating on the ice in the 5-1 win over then-No. 20 Union (Feb. 22) … tallied a season-high of five shots on goal at then-No. 18 Union (Feb. 2) … earned a career-high of five blocked shots in Game One of the ECAC First Round at Union (March 8).
Honors: Named to Raider Academic Honor Roll ... named to ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team.

Freshman Year (2017-18)
Stats: Played in 38 of Colgate’s 40 games…Led all Colgate freshman with six goals, 12 assists and 18 points…Two of his six goals came on the power play…Also blocked 37 shots, good for fifth on the team…Second among ECAC Hockey Freshman defensemen in goals, assists, points and tied for seventh in blocked shots…Had one multi-goal game and four multi-point games.
Best Games: Tallied first two career goals in a 2-2 tie vs. Merrimack on Oct. 7…Recorded a goal and an assist for two points at New Hampshire on Oct. 14…Had two points in back-to-back games with a goal and an assist vs. Quinnipiac (Jan. 5) and in a 4-0 win vs. Princeton (Jan. 6)…Had four assists in four straight games from Feb. 16 to March 2…Blocked three shots vs. Merrimack (Oct. 6) and Rensselaer (Feb. 2).
Honors: Named to ECAC Hockey All-Rookie Team…Two-time ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Week (Oct. 10 and Jan. 9)…ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Month in October…Named to Raider Academic Honor Roll and the ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team.

Before Colgate
Played for the Madison Capitols of the USHL in 2016-17...Graduated from Benilde-St. Margaret's School in 2016…Played four years for Benilde-St. Margaret's School and served as captain his senior year.
Stats: Appeared in 44 games for the Capitols, scoring two goals with 11 assists for 13 points…Saw action in 99 games for Benilde-St. Margaret's over four years with 14 goals and 44 assists for 58 points…Had a stellar senior season in 2015-16 with 11 goals and 25 assists for 36 points.
Honors: Named All-Conference during his senior season…Named to the Star Tribune All-Metro First Team…Earned the team's best defenseman award for Benilde-St. Margaret's…Named All-Conference Academic Award.
 
Personal
Born: Nicholas Austin was born in Charleston, South Carolina.
Family: Son of Mark and Susan Austin…Has one brother and one sister…Brother, Johnny, played four years for the UConn men's hockey team.
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Historical Player Information

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    2017-18First Year

    Defenseman
    5'11" 185 lbs
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    2018-19Sophomore

    Defenseman
    5'11" 185 lbs
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    2019-20Junior

    Defenseman
    5'11" 185 lbs
    11
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    2020-21Senior

    Defenseman
    5'11" 185 lbs
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