Liam Grande

Photo by: Shelley M. Szwast

Photo by: Shelley M. Szwast

Photo by: Princeton Athletic Communications

Photo by: Brent Cizek

Photo by: Princeton Athletic Communications

Position:
Forward
Height:
5-10
Weight:
185
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Whitby, Ont.
High School:
Donald A. Wilson

Awards
NCAA #5 Play of the Week (11/21/17)
ECAC All-Academic Team (2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20)

2019-20: ECAC All-Academic selection ... Assistant captain ...Scored eight goals and added seven assists ... Led the team in goals and was fourth in points ... Tied for team lead with five power-play goals ... Had three multi-point games ... Opened season with a goal at St. Cloud State (11/1) ... Had assists in back-to-back games at the Friendship Four in Belfast, tallying helpers against Colgate (11/29) and New Hampshire (11/30) ... Scored a goal against Colorado College (12/6) ... Had a goal and an assist at Quinnipiac (12/29) ... scored at Clarkson (1/10) ... Netted a power-play goal against Cornell (2/1) ... Had a goal and an assist against St. Lawrence (2/14) ... Scored at Union (2/21) ... Had a goal and an assist in series-clinching overtime win at Dartmouth (3/7) in ECAC First Round ... Signed professional contract with Alfta GIF in Sweden after graduation.

2018-19: Played in 28 games ... scored two goals and four assists ... took 31 shots, blocked 18 ... called for three penalties ... had an assist in a win over Maine on Dec. 29 ... collected an assist in a 4-2 win versus Harvard on Jan. 11 ... had a three-game point scoring streak started with an assist at Brown on Feb. 8 ... scored the next night in a 4-1 win at Yale and scored against at Rensselaer on Feb. 15 ... had an assist in the final game of the season a 6-5 3OT loss at Brown on March 9.

2017-18: Skated in all 36 games and scored four goals and five assists ... five of his nine points came in postseason play ... took 40 shots and blocked 12 while picking up six penalties ... scored the game-winning goal versus Yale on Nov. 17, a 5-4 game ... had two assists against Bemidji on Nov. 22 ... added an assist in a 9-2 win over Dartmouth on Dec. 1 ... tallied a goal and an assist in an 8-2 win over Brown in Game 1 of the ECAC first round series ... scored the game-winning goal at No. 16 Union in Game 1 of the ECAC quarterfinals ... net a goal in a 4-1 win over No. 2 Cornell in the ECAC semifinal .. set up the overtime game-winning goal versus No. 10 Clarkson in the ECAC championship.

2016-17: Appeared in 21 games and had three goals and two assists … net his first collegiate point with an assist in a 3-1 win at No. 10 Bemidji on Nov. 26 … scored his first goal in a 4-3 win over UMass on Dec. 13 … scored in the next game against No. 19 Minnesota State and added an assist in a 6-1 victory … scored in a 5-4 win over No. 4 Penn State at Wells Fargo Center … did not dress the final 12 games due to an injury.

Before Princeton: Played three seasons with the Cobourg Cougars (Ontario Junior Hockey League – OJHL) ... tallied 128 points (67-61) in 144 career games ... named the team’s playoff MVP in 2013-14 when he collected seven goals and two assists during 12 games. ... spent two years with the Whitby Wildcats of the Eastern AAA Hockey League (ETAHL) ... a 2014 graduate of Donald A. Wilson School ... played one year of soccer for the Gators.

Personal: Full name is Liam Antony Grande ... parents are Tony and Lynda Grande ... Tony (Queens) is an electrical engineer and Lynda (Queens) is a physiotherapist ... has an older brother Nick (Queens '15) and a younger brother Avery.