Career: Eleventh all-time in RIT’s Division I era with 104 points on 38 goals and 66 assists … tied for eighth with 66 assists … added 14 power-play goals and eight game-winning tallies.
2018-19: Battled late-season injury to play in 28 games … recorded 20 points on eight goals and 12 assists … led the team and was tied for 12th nationally with four game-winning goals … second on the team with five power-play goals … led RIT by winning 324 face-offs … also led the team and was in the top-25 nationally with a 56.7 winning percentage on draws … became the 12th player in RIT’s Division I era to reach 100 career points with a third period goal, his second of the game, in a 6-3 win at 2019 Atlantic Hockey Association Champion American International … scored the overtime game-winner and added an assist in a 2-1 win at Robert Morris … tallied the game-winner in a 2-0 victory over Canisius … tied a career-high with three points on a goal and two assists, including the game-winner in an 8-4 win over Niagara … recorded a goal and two assists, while firing a season-high five shots on goal in a 4-2 win over Army West Point … scored the game-winning power-play marker and added an assist in a 6-1 win over Colgate during Brick City Homecoming & Family Weekend … Tigers were 8-3-1 when he recorded a point … had 17 points on six goals and 11 assists in 20 AHA regular season contests.
STATS
2017-18: Appeared in all 37 games … recorded a career-high 35 points on 11 goals and 24 assists … second on the team with a career-best 24 assists … third on the team with four power-play goals … fired 74 shots on goal … earned Atlantic Hockey Player of the Month honors for November, 2017 … had 11 points (4-7-11) in seven November games, including five consecutive multiple-point games (Nov. 3 to Nov. 17) to start the month … tallied a career-high three points on a goal and two assists at Air Force … equaled that with two goals and an assist in a 6-2 win over Robert Morris … scored a power-play goal and added two assists, including a helper on Abbott Girduckis’ overtime winner in game one of the Atlantic Hockey First Round series, a 5-4 victory over Sacred Heart … scored both RIT goals in a 3-2 overtime loss against American International … scored the game-winning goal in a 5-4 victory over Army West Point … was plus-nine over a nine-game stretch, Oct. 27 to Nov. 25 … was a career-high plus-3 in a 5-0 win over Sacred Heart … tallied eight points (3-5-8) in four wins over Robert Morris … named RIT Male Athlete of the Week, Feb. 12 … garnered AHA Offensive Player of the Week honors a day later … had four points (1-3-4) in three postseason games … second on the team with 365 face-off wins … won 53.6 percent of his draws taken … among the team leaders with 41 penalty minutes … blocked 17 shots … had a point in 23 different games … recorded nine multiple-point efforts … recorded 27 points on 10 goals and 17 assists in 28 AHA contests … ninth in the league with 27 points during league play and tied for ninth with 17 assists.
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2016-17: Played in 31 games … among the team leaders with 21 points on six goals and 15 assists … tied for second on the team in assists … opened the season with a career-high three points on a goal and two assists and was plus-3 in a 6-3 win over Robert Morris … had six points (1-5-6) over a three-game stretch, Nov. 23 to Dec. 3 … had four points on a goal and three assists in a weekend sweep at Niagara … recorded 14 points (5-9-14) over his first 16 contests … scored the game-winning goal and was plus-2 in a 6-3 win over Bentley … had a goal and an assist and was plus-2 in a 4-1 win the night before … second on the team with 322 face-off wins … second among all Tigers with a 55.3 winning percentage on his face-offs taken … fired 72 shots on goal … had season-high six shots on goal twice … Tigers were 8-6-0 when he recorded at least one point … recorded 19 points on five goals and 14 assists in 25 Atlantic Hockey regular season contests.
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2015-16: Played in all 39 games … garnered Atlantic Hockey All-Rookie Team honors … won the Craig Lauzon Award as the RIT Rookie of the Year … earned Atlantic Hockey Rookie of the Week honors, Jan. 5 and Jan. 26 … his 13 goals, 15 assists, and 28 points were all third most on the squad … tied for the Atlantic Hockey Conference lead with teammate Liam Kerins, scoring 13 times … third among all league rookies with 28 points … made his collegiate debut in the season-opener against Clarkson … scored his first collegiate goal, a power-play marker and added an assist at Colgate … scored the game-winning goal and was plus-2 in a 4-0 win at Army West Point … recorded a season-high three points on two goals and one assist in a 5-2 win over Niagara … added a power-play and game-winning goal in that contest … scored a power-play goal and dished out an assist in the Atlantic Hockey Championship win over Robert Morris … scored two goals in a 5-3 win at Sacred Heart … had a five-game point-scoring streak, Oct. 23 to Nov. 6 … led RIT with 100 shots on goal, including a season-high seven in a 3-1 win over Sacred Heart … had 20 points (9-11-20) over his final 23 games … recorded six points (3-3-6) over a three-game stretch, Feb. 20 to Feb. 27 … tied for second on the team with four power-play goals, second with 11 power-play points … second on the team with 386 face-off wins … won 55.1 percent of his face-offs taken … won a season-high 18 face-offs in game two of the Atlantic Hockey Quarterfinal series against Mercyhurst … blocked 13 shots … had 22 points on 11 goals and 11 assists in 28 Atlantic Hockey regular season contests … Tigers were 13-6-1 when he recorded a point.
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Before RIT: Played the 2013-14 and 2014-15 seasons with the North York Rangers of the Ontario Junior Hockey League … team captain … finished fifth in league scoring during the 2014-15 season with 76 points on 34 goals and 42 assists … had five power-play, five game-winning, and three shorthanded goals … added nine points in six playoff games … won the 2014-15 OJHL Most Improved Player of the Year award … earned Second Team OJHL All-Star honors … named OJHL Player of the Month in October, 2014 … had 34 points (18-16-34) over an 18-game point-scoring streak … played the 2013-14 season in North York with current Tiger Liam Kerins, recording 34 points on 10 goals and 24 assists
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Personal: Accounting major … attended St. Thomas Aquinas Secondary School … son of Victor and Betty Valenzuela … has two brothers, Danny and Claudio, and one sister, Claudia ... would want Tom Hardy to play him in a movie ... favorite thing to do during the offseason is fish … favorite movie is "Warrior" … favorite hockey movie is "The Mighty Ducks" … last show he binge watched was "How I Met Your Mother" … favorite actress is Allison Brie … favorite music group is Blink-182 … favorite NHL team is the Toronto Maple Leafs … favorite NHL player is Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins … favorite opposing rink to play in is Cadet Ice Arena at Air Force … most prized possession is his Atlantic Hockey Championship ring … vacation spot he would most like to visit is Chile … favorite holiday is Christmas … a super power he would like to have is the ability to teleport so that he could travel around the world … dream job is to be a professional golfer.
Career Highs
Goals: 2, five times, last Jan. 11, 2019 at AIC
Assists: 2, 15 times, last Jan. 26, 2019 vs. Army
Points: 3, seven times, last Jan. 26, 2019 vs. Army
+/-: +3, twice, last Feb. 17, 2018 at Sacred Heart
Shots: 7, Jan. 22, 2016 at Sacred Heart
PIM: 15, Feb. 2, 2018 vs. Bentley
