Kevin Westgarth

Position:
Forward
Height:
6-4
Weight:
235
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Amherstburg, Ont.

At Princeton:
2005-06 - played in 29 games, scoring 10 goals and adding 13 assists for 23 points … got off to a strong start with assists on Princeton’s first three goals in its season-opening win at Notre Dame … scored his first of the season at Union … had points in consecutive games against Quinnipiac … assisted on both of Brett Wilson’s goals against Alabama-Huntsville … scored Princeton’s first goal and assisted on the game winner at Denver … had a goal and two assists, his second three-point game of the season, in a win against Colgate … scored the game winner against Clarkson … had an assist at Harvard … had seven points over the final four games of the regular season … had two points in an overtime loss to Union … scored two goals in a tie at Brown … had a goal and an assist in a win at Yale.

2004-05 - skated in 29 games … posted four goals and three assists for seven points, one more than his total from his freshman season … scored a goal in Princeton’s season-opener against St. Cloud State … assisted on goals in back-to-back early season wins over Rensselaer and Yale … scored in Princeton’s win over American International … had a goal in a home loss to St. Lawrence … notched Princeton’s first goal and assisted on its second in a win over Bentley.

2003-04 – appeared in 25 games … posted three goals and three assists for six points … sparked Princeton’s comeback at Harvard with his first goal of the season as Princeton rallied from a 2-0 deficit in the third period to win 4-2 … assisted on Chris Owen’s game-tying goal against St. Lawrence … scored on the power play at Colgate … assisted on both Princeton goals in a 2-2 tie at Dartmouth … scored at home against Rensselaer.

Before Princeton:
attended General Amherst High School ... played hockey for the Chatham Jr. Maroons of the Western Ontario Junior Hockey League ... had 13 goals and eight assists in 19 games ... was the team’s academic player of the year in 2001-02 and awarded the Barry Wiseman Memorial Award for excellence in scholastics and on-ice performance ... also played soccer, tennis and golf in high school.

Personal:
full name is Kevin Reginald Westgarth ... birthday is Feb. 7, 1984 … son of Reg and Gilda Westgarth ... parents are veterinarians who attended the University of Guelph and the Ontario Veterinary College ... has an older brother Brett also on the team … majoring in psychology.