Matt Arhontas

Position:
Forward
Height:
5-7
Weight:
160
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Naperville, Ill.

At Princeton:

2010-11 - Skated in 30 games as a senior, missing two early in the season with an injury … scored eight goals and added 11 assists for a career-high 19 points … scored four goals on the power play and netted one game winner… opened the season with goals in four-straight games … scored Princeton's lone goals in 2-1 losses to Dartmouth and Brown … added a goal in a loss at Yale … scored twice in a 4-3 win at Brown … added a goal and an assist in a 5-1 win over St. Lawrence … scored the tying goal as Princeton came from behind to defeat UMass Lowell 5-2 … notched an assist in Princeton's win at Connecticut … added a helper in a win over Colgate … notched a pair of assists in a win over Sacred Heart … added two assists in a win at St. Lawrence … notched an assist in a loss to Union … had two assists in a win over Brown … added an assist in a loss to Yale … scored Princeton's second goal, the game winner in Game 1 of the ECAC First-Round Playoffs against St. Lawrence.

2009-10 - appeared in all 31 games … scored seven goals and added 11 assists for 18 points … was a career best +4 … scored three goals on the power play and had a game winner … scored two goals and added an assist in Princeton's win over Clarkson … added an assist in the team's 2-1 win over Dartmouth … scored the game-tying goal as Princeton rallied for a 6-6 tie with Maine at the Florida College Classic … had an assist on Princeton's first goal in a win over Quinnipiac … added an assist in a loss to Rensselaer … notched a pair of assists in a win over Connecticut … scored on the power play in a win at Dartmouth … added a pair of assists in a win over Cornell at home … scored on the power play in a tie at St. Lawrence … netted the game winner and added an assist in a win at Rensselaer … tied a career-high with three points, a goal and two assists, in a win over Brown.

2008-09 - played in all 35 games ... scored four goals and added nine assists for 13 points ... scored the game-winning goal on the power play at Rensselaer ... added a shorthanded empty-net goal in a win at Union ... had an assist on Mike Kramer's goal in a win at St. Lawrence ... added two helpers on the Tigers' first two goals in a win at Clarkson ... scored goal and added an assist in Princeton's non-league win over Quinnipiac ... scored the game winner and had an assist against Nebraska-Omaha ... added a pair of assists against Brown ... had an assist in a loss at Brown ... added an assist in the first game of the ECAC Quarterfinal series aainst Union.

2007-08 - appeared in 31 games ... scored nine goals and added six assists for 15 points ... ranks eighth overall and second among freshmen in points ... ranked fourth on the team and led all freshmen in goals with nine ... scored three power-play goals, one shorthander and a game winner ... made his collegiate debut at Yale on Oct. 26, 2007 ... notched his first career point, an assist, in a loss to St. Lawrence ... added assists in wins at Quinnipiac amd against Union ... scored his first collegiate goal in a win over Harvard ... had a goal, an assist and was +3 in a win at Robert Morris ... added an assist at Rensselaer ... scored a season-high two goals in Princeton’s Ivy Championship clinching win at Dartmouth ... had a team-high five-game goal scoring streak late in the season ... scored in a loss at Clarkson ... posted a goal in each of Princeton three games in its quarterfinal series against Yale ... netted the game winner in the ECAC Semfinal win over Colgate ... recorded five points in five ECAC postseason contests.

Before Princeton:
attended Naperville Central High School ... played junior hockey for the Waterloo Black Hawks of the USHL ... served as a team captain his final season while scoring 18 goals and adding 27 assists for 45 points ... was a 2007 USHL All-Star ... scored 12 goals and added 21 assists for 33 points the previous season and represented the United States on the National Junior Select Team that competed at the Viking Cup.

Personal:
full name is Matthew James Arhontas ... birthday is March 10 ... son of Jim and Cathy Arhontas ... father is a heavy equipment operator ... mother attended Northern Illinois and is a book keeper ... has a sister Amanda who graduated from Indiana ... enjoys fishing and disc golf.

Career Stats:

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/-	P-Min	PPG	SHG	GWG
2004-05	Waterloo (USHL)	57	5	9	14	-	14-28	-	-	-
2005-06	Waterloo (USHL)	55	12	21	33	-	22-47	-	-	-
2006-07	Waterloo (USHL)	60	18	27	45	-	14-28	-	-	-
2007-08	Princeton	31	9	6	15	+2	2-4	3	1	1
2008-09	Princeton	35	4	9	13	E	4-8	2	1	2
2009-10	Princeton	31	7	11	18	+4	3-6	3	0	1
2010-11	Princeton	30	8	11	19	+9	5-10	4	0	1
	Princeton Totals	127	28	37	65	+15	14-28	12	2	5

Career Highs:

Goals: 2 (3x), Most Recent-Nov. 6, 2010 at Brown
Assists: 2 (7x), Most Recent-Feb. 18, 2011 vs. Brown
Points: 3 (2x), Most Recent-Feb. 27, 2010 vs. Brown (1G-2A)

Multiple-Goal Games: 3 (2-3x)
Multiple-Assist Games: 8 (2-8x)
Multiple-Point Games: 16 (2-14x, 3-2x)

Game-Winning Goals: 5 (3/21/08 vs. Colgate, 11/14/08 at Rensselaer, 12/30/08 vs. Nebraska-Omaha, 2/20/10 at Rensselaer, 3/4/11 vs. St. Lawrence)

Career Firsts

Goal: vs. Harvard (1/5/08)
Assist: vs. St. Lawrence (11/9/07)
Point: Assist vs. St. Lawrence (11/9/07)