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Colgate University Athletics

2019-20 Men's Ice Hockey Roster

Justin Wolford
Justin Wolford
Justin Wolford
Dave Kibbe
Dave Kibbe
Bob Cornell

17 Ben Sharf

17 Ben Sharf

  • Position:
    Forward
  • Height:
    5-11
  • Weight:
    185
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Williamsville, N.Y.
  • Previous Team:
    Fort McMurray Oil Barons (AJHL)
  • Major:
    Economics

Summary

Biography

Career Highs (End of 2019-20 Season)
Single Game
Goals: 2 vs. Princeton (Nov. 29, 2019)
Assists: 2 at St. Lawrence (Nov. 15, 2019)
Points: 2, five times, last at Cornell (Feb. 9, 2020)

Season
Goals: 10 (2019-20)
Assists: 10 (2019-20)
Points: 20 (2019-20)

Honors
ECAC Player of the Week - Dec. 2, 2019
2019-20 Best Offensive Player 
2019-20 Whit Williams Award
2017 Maccabi USA Hockey Open Team at 20th Maccabiah Games, Silver Medalist
Four-time ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team honoree
Four-time Raider Academic Honor Roll

Senior Year (2019-20)
Stats: Appeared in all 36 games for the Raiders prior to the cancellation of the ECAC Tournament … notched a team-leading 20 points behind 10 goals and 10 assists … scored a team-high of three game-winning goals … notched the second-most shots on goal on the team with 91 … also posted one power play goal, one game-tying goal, and 14 blocked shots on the year … marked five multi-point performances on the year.
Best Games: Scored a pair of goals, including the game-winner in the 3-1 victory over Princeton in the Friendship Four (Nov. 29) … followed it up with a goal against then-No. 12/13 Northeastern in the Friendship Four title game (Nov. 30) … extended to a four-game point streak with three points at Dartmouth, Harvard (Dec. 6-7) … scored two overtime game-winners on the year, first in the 4-3 victory at then-No. 18 UMass Lowell (Oct. 19), and again at then-No. 9/12 Harvard (Dec. 7) … recorded a multi-point night with one goal and one assist at then-No. 2 Cornell (Feb. 9) … produced a season-high of six shots on goal in back-to-back games at Brown, Yale (Feb. 21-22), earning one goal and one assist … recorded the game-tying goal against then-No. 20 Dartmouth (Jan. 25) … finished his career on a two-game point streak, with a goal and an assist in the series sweep of Brown in the First Round of the ECAC Tournament (March 6-7).
Honors: Named ECAC Hockey Player of the Week on Dec. 2, 2019 after his three-goal performance at the Friendship Four tournament in Belfast, Northern Ireland ... voted to the Whit Williams Award as the program's most improved player ... also named Best Offensive Player for being the team's top scorer ... named to the Raider Academic Honor Roll and ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team.
  
Junior Year (2018-19)
Stats: Played in 34 of the Raiders 36 games on the year … recorded one goal and four assists for five points … tallied 44 shots on goal and 20 blocked shots … ranked second on the Colgate squad with his .573 faceoff win percentage … finished with a positive plus/minus rating on three occasions … had five penalties for 10 minutes.
Best Games: Scored against then-No. 9 Clarkson (Feb. 9) … assisted on the game-winner in a 2-0 shutout at Niagara (Dec. 8) … also assisted on the overtime game-winner at then-No. 3 Quinnipiac (Jan. 4) … picked up more assists in the 5-1 win against then-No. 20 Union (Feb. 22) and at RIT (Oct. 20) … posted a career-high of six shots on goal at Niagara (Dec. 7) and in the 4-3 win at Princeton (Jan. 5).
Honors: Named to Raider Academic Honor Roll and the ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team.

Sophomore Year (2017-18)
Stats: Played in 37 of the 40 games for Colgate…Notched career-highs with two goals, six assists, eight points and 44 shots on goal…Recorded four assists in ECAC Hockey play.
Best Games: Tallied his first career point with an assist in the season-opening 5-1 win vs. Niagara on Sept. 30…Scored his first career goal at Western Michigan on Nov. 24 and followed that up with a second goal at Army West Point on Dec. 2…Tallied assists in back-to-back wins vs. Princeton (Jan. 6) and Brown (Jan. 12).
Honors: Named to the Raider Academic Honor Roll and the ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team.

Freshman Year (2016-17)
Stats: Saw time in eight games for the Raiders...Recorded 11 shots on goal and blocked three shots...Won 11 faceoffs.
Best Game: Recorded a season-high four shots on goal against Maine in a 5-3 win (Oct. 29).
Honors: Selected to compete with the Maccabi USA Hockey Open Team at the 20th World Maccabiah Games in Israel...Named to the ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team...Named to the Raider Academic Honor Roll.
 
Before Colgate
Played the majority of the 2015-16 season with the Fort McMurray Oil Barons of the Alberta Junior Hockey League...Attended the Loomis Chaffee School after graduating from Williamsville East High School...Also played lacrosse.
Stats: Notched 17 goals and 61 assists in his 76 career games for Loomis Chaffee...Scored 27 points on 11 goals and 16 assists in 55 games with the Oil Barons.
Honors: Helped Loomis Chaffee become Large School Champions in the 2014 season…Was also a member of Connecticut Wolfpack, whom he helped lead to a 2015 U18 AAA Tier 1 National Championship…2014 Bowman Cup Participant, which recognizes the top prep/Jr. kids raised in Buffalo, N.Y. 

Personal
Born: Full name is Benjamin Seth Sharf…Born in Buffalo, N.Y.
Family: Son of Zvi and Michelle Sharf of Williamsville, N.Y….Has two sisters…Father, Zvi, played professional soccer.
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Historical Player Information

  • 18

    2016-17First Year

    Forward
    5'11" 190 lbs
    18
  • 17

    2017-18Sophomore

    Forward
    5'11" 190 lbs
    17
  • 17

    2018-19Junior

    Forward
    5'11" 190 lbs
    17
  • 17

    2019-20Senior

    Forward
    5'11" 185 lbs
    17