Brandan Kushniruk

Position:
Forward
Height:
6-0
Weight:
190
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Hudson Bay, Sask.

At Princeton:

2008-09 - appeared in all 35 games ... set career highs with seven goals, six assists and 13 points ... served as team captain ... won team's Vaughan Cup for perseverance and dedication to Princeton hockey ... one of 11 players named to the ECAC All-Academic Team ... scored three game-winning goals ... had an assist on Kevin Lohry's overtime game winner against Colgate ... posted an assist in a win at Union ... scored back-to-back game-winning goals in wins at St. Lawrence and Clarkson ... added a power-play goal in a win over then fourth-ranked Northeastern ... notched an assist against Mercyhurst ... added a helper in a win over Quinnipiac ... had a helper against Minnesota State ... netted the game winner on the power play against Robert Morris ... potted a pair of goals in a home win over Clarkson ... scored a shorthanded goal against Minnesota Duluth in the NCAA first round.

2007-08 - played in 32 games ... scored three goals and five assists for eight points ... served as an assistant captain ... one of 13 Tigers named to the ECAC All-Academic Team ... scored in Princeton’s season-opening win at Yale ... added a goal against St. Lawrence at home ... added assists against Rensselaer and Brown ... notched helpers in wins at Yale and Dartmouth ... scored against Yale in the third game of the ECAC Quarterfinal series ... assisted on Mike Moore’s goal in the ECAC Championship game against Harvard.

2006-07 - skated in 26 games ... scored four goals and added four assists for eight points ... was one of 13 Tigers named to the ECAC’s All-Academic Team ... began the season with points in his first three games ... assisted on Landis Stankievech’s goal against Bentley ... had a pair of assists at Rensselaer and added one the following night at Union ... scored in a tie at Dartmouth ... scored the game-winning goal at Alabama-Huntsville ... netted the overtime game winner at home against Union ... scored on the power play against Harvard.

2005-06 - appeared in all 31 games ... scored two goals and added seven assists for nine points ... notched his first collegiate point, an assist, in his sixth game, at Rensselaer ... had four points in two games against Quinnipiac, an assist at home, and two goals and an assist on the road ... was named the ECACHL Rookie of the Week after the Quinnipiac series ... assisted on Brett Wilson’s goal in a tie against Brown ... had an assist in Princeton’s win against St. Lawrence ... assisted on Patrick Neundorfer’s goal in a tie with Rensselaer.

Before Princeton:
Graduated from Tisdale Secondary School ... played in high school and for the Nanaimo Clippers in the British Columbia Hockey League ... scored 21 goals and chipped in 27 assists for 48 points in 60 games for Nanaimo in 2004-05 ... had 50 points in 58 games the previous season in Nanaimo ... won the hardest worker award on his high school team in 2002 and 2003 ... won his school’s Governor’s General Award for his class’ top average.

Personal:
full name is Brandan Stephen Kushniruk ... birthday is Oct. 25, 1985 ... son of Fred and Bev Kushniruk ... father is a mill worker and mother is a teacher’s aid ... has an older brother Tyler who attended the University of Saskatchewan ... has three sisters, Lorissa, a senior at Saskatchewan, Sharisse a sophomore at Saskatchewan, and Vanessa in high school ... enjoys baseball, golf and tennis ... majoring in mechanical and aerospace engineering.

Career Stats: (as of Dec. 9)

Season	GP	G	A	P	+/-	P-Min	PPG	SHG	GWG
2005-06	31	2	7	9	-9	8-27	1	0	0
2006-07	26	4	4	8	+3	9-18	2	0	2
2007-08	32	3	5	8	-6	7-14	1	0	0
2008-09	35	7	6	13	-3	8-16	2	1	3
Total	124	16	22	38	-15	32-75	6	1	5