Canisius University Athletics

2012-13 • Senior Year
• Team captain.
• One of five players to appear in all 43 games during the season.
• Ranked second on the team and set career highs with 29 points and 16 goals.
• Led Canisius with four game-winning goals.
• Also a key member of the Griffs’ penalty kill unit, which set a school record at 90.1 percent and ranked third nationally (11th-best mark in NCAA history).
• One of nine players in the country to score at least three short-handed goals during the season, tied for the most in the program’s history.
• Ranked fifth nationally with nine goals in the third period.
• Netted the program’s 13th Division I hat trick in a 6-3 win at Sacred Heart, scoring two power-play goals and one short-handed tally (Jan. 12).
• Also scored two goals against Army (Dec. 29), Robert Morris (Feb. 22) and versus Bentley in the Atlantic Hockey Tournament (March 8).
• Registered a season-best two assists in the Atlantic Hockey Championship victory against Mercyhurst (March 23).
• Also added an assist on the team’s first-ever NCAA Tournament goal versus No. 1 Quinnipiac (March 30).
• Named to the Atlantic Hockey All-Academic Team.

2011-12 • Junior Year
• Team captain.
• Appeared in 30 games, registering eight points, two goals and six assists.
• Netted power-play goals in victories over RIT (Oct. 20) and Bentley (Nov. 6).
• Registered assists on two extra-attacker goals in a 3-3 draw at Air Force (Oct. 29).
• Also posted a pair of assists on two power-play goals against No. 12 Colgate (Dec. 30).
• Named to the Atlantic Hockey All-Academic Team.

2010-11 • Sophomore Year
• Played in 32 games, recording 24 points, 10 goals and 14 assists.
• Finished tied for third on the team with his 10 goals.
• Also netted five power-play goals, third-most on the team.
• Matched a career high with three points (1g, 2a) in an Atlantic Hockey First Round victory at Niagara (March 5).
• Recorded multiple points in three-straight games from Jan. 23 to Jan. 28.
• Matched a career high with three assists versus AIC (Jan. 23).
• Posted the second multi-goal game of his career with two tallies at Air Force (Jan. 28).
• Returned from an illness to register two assists in game three of the Atlantic Hockey Quarterfinals versus Holy Cross (March 13).
• Also recorded multiple points in victories against Sacred Heart (Oct. 22), AIC (Jan. 24) and Niagara (Feb. 19).
• Named to the Atlantic Hockey All-Academic Team.

2009-10 • Freshman Year
• One of five players to appear in all 37 games.
• Led all freshmen on the team with 25 points, 10 goals and 15 assists.
• Ranked 21st nationally among rookies with 0.68 points per game.
• Tied for fourth among Atlantic Hockey freshmen with 25 points.
• Recorded a point in a season-best seven-straight games from Dec. 5 to Jan. 16.
• Tallied his first career point in his third collegiate game at Lake Superior State (Oct. 16).
• Netted his first collegiate goal at AIC and added an assist for two points (Nov. 20).
• Registered a personal-best three assists in a 9-3 victory against Bentley (Dec. 5).
• Scored a season-high two goals at Bentley (Jan. 8).
• Added a pair of assists the following night against the Falcons (Jan. 9).
• Netted a goal in three-straight games from Feb. 27 to March 13, including each of the Griffs' Atlantic Hockey quarterfinal games against Mercyhurst.
• Named to the Atlantic Hockey All-Academic Team.

Before Canisius
• Played three seasons with the Weyburn Red Wings of the SJHL.
• Team captain during the 2008-09 season.
• Linemate with classmate Torrey Lindsay while with the Red Wings.
• Two-time SJHL All-Star.
• Earned the SJHL Graham Christie Award, which is presented to the player who provides inspirational leadership and dedication to teammates both on and off the ice.
• During the 2008-09 season, ranked fourth in the league with 80 points, second with 37 goals and fifth with 43 assists.
• Named the team's MVP, Top Forward, Best Defensive Forward and Most Popular Player (teammates and fans) following the 2009 season.
• Accumulated 164 points, 73 goals and 91 assists during his three-year career with the Red Wings.

Personal
• Son of Jesse and Jackie Shupe.
• Two siblings, Parker and Sasha.
• Majoring in finance.