Brett Westgarth

Position:
Defenseman
Height:
6-2
Weight:
225
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Amherstburg, Ont.

At Princeton:
2005-06 - Played in all 31 games in his return to the Tiger lineup … scored three goals and added eight assists for 11 points … notched his first point of the season, an assist, against Harvard … assisted on his brother Kevin’s goal at Union … scored his first goal of the season on the power play at St. Lawrence … had an assist in a win at Quinnipiac … assisted on Kyle Hagel’s goal at Colgate … had two assists in Princeton’s win aagainst Colgate … scored the first goal in a win against St. Lawrence … opened the scoring at Harvard … assisted on Princeton’s goal at Dartmouth … assisted on Patrick Neundorfer’s game winner at Yale … named to the ECACHL All-Academic team.

2004-05 - Took the year off from school.

2003-04 - played in 23 games … notched an assist at Colgate.

2002-03 – appeared in 27 games as a freshman ... one of five Princeton defensemen to score a goal ... was a +2 in Princeton’s first win of the season, a 4-3 victory over Rensselaer at home ... tallied his first career goal and point in the final game of the regular season to complete a third period comeback and force a 2-2 tie with Colgate.
Before Princeton:
played two seasons for the Chatham Maroons of the Western Ontario Junior Hockey League … recorded 11 goals and 16 assists for 27 points in 50 games … totaled 68 penalty minutes …was named to the 2001-02 Western Jr. B All-Star team … won Jim Torrie Memorial Award for dedication, leadership and scholarship for 2001-02 season …earned the Maroons academic award in the 2000-01 season.

Personal:
full name is Brett Adam Westgarth ... birthday is Feb. 4, 1982 … son of Reg and Gilda Westgarth ... parents are veterinarians who attended the University of Guelph and the Ontario Veterinary College ... has a younger brother Kevin also on the team … majoring in mechanical and aerospace engineering.