Matt Kellenberger

Photo by: Beverly Schaefer

Photo by: Shelley M. Szwast

Position:
Defenseman
Height:
6-1
Weight:
185
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Toronto, Ont.
High School:
St. Michael's College School

Honors
ECAC All-Academic Team (2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22)

2021-22: ECAC All-Academic Team ... Skated in 25 games ... Finished with six points on four goals and two assists ... Was sixth on team in goals and tied for most among defensemen ... Had an assist at Brown (11/5) ... Scored at LIU (11/12) ... Had an assist against Clarkson (11/20) ... Had two goals against RIT (11/36) ... Scored at St. Lawrence (2/12).

2020-21: ECAC All-Academic Team ... Season canceled due to COVID-19.

2019-20: ECAC All-Academic Team ... Skated in 22 games ... Had one goal ...Blocked 20 shots ... Scored at Brown (2/7) ... Blocked a season-high four shots against Clarkson (2/15).

2018-19: ECAC All-Academic Team ... Played in 27 games ... Scored one goal and four assists ... Blocked 32 shots and took 29 ... Scored his first career goal in a 2-1 loss at Colgate on Nov. 16 ... Had two assists in a win over Maine on Dec. 29 ... Earned an assist at Rensselaer on Feb. 15.

Before Princeton: Ranked #175 in the latest NHL Central Scouting List in 2018 and #74 in 2017 ... Spent the last two years with the Oakville Blades (OJHL) ... Assistant captain in 2017-18 when he was the top scorer on the team ... Named an OJHL first-team all-star, the OJHL's Best Defenseman, and was tabbed a finalist for the Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL) Top Defenseman ... Named the team's Rookie of the Year and was the runner-up for the OJHL Rookie of the Year ... Named the runner-up for the OJHL Top Prospect Award and earned the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA) Top Prospect Defenseman Award ... Named the MVP of the CJHL Prospects Game in 2017 as a member of Team East ... On the 2017 World Junior A Challenge Team Canada East ... Played for the Toronto Nationals organization from 2008-16 ... Played for his high school St. Michael's College, leading the Double Blues to the 2015 Conference of Independent Schools Athletics Association (CISAA) Jr. Boys DI Championship .... A 2017 graduate of St. Michael's College ... Also played badminton and golf.

Personal: Full name is Matthew Kellenberger ... Born Jan. 11, 1999 ... Parents are John and Mary-Beth Kellenberger ... John (Western Ontario '88) is a management consultant and Mary-Beth (Western Ontario '89) is a consultant ... Has a younger brother Nathan ... Uncle Peter Kellenberger was a CFL Draft Pick and played at Western Ontario ... His aunt Pamela ran track & field at Michigan ... grandfather Emil Kellenberger was on the Swiss National Team in wrestling.