Canisius University Athletics

2007: Played in all 14 games... Moved into more of a scoring role and had first five goals of his career... Ranked second on the team with 37 groundballs... Tallied two man-up goals, which ranked fourth on the team... Scored first collegiate goals against Wagner March 24, when he had two... Had at least one groundball in all 14 games with a season-high of five coming three times... Has a groundball in 34 consecutive games... Named to MAAC All-Academic Team

2006: Appeared in 15 games and made 14 starts... Led team with .490 faceoff percentage and 47 groundballs... Won season-high 15 faceoffs in win over Providence April 1... Won season-best 66.7 percent of his faceoffs in victory against Robert Morris... Named to MAAC All-Academic Team

2005: Appeared in all 12 games, making 10 starts... tallied first collegiate assist at Siena April 20 in 7-5 win... Ranked second on the team with 28 groundballs... Led team with 51.9 faceoff win percentage

Before Canisius: Played one season of lacrosse at Holy Cross and one season at Denis Morris... Named team captain during senior season at Holy Cross... Also played football at Denis Morris

Personal: An accounting major at Canisius, Matt is the son of Dana and Peter Hajek... Has two brothers, Thomas, who played hockey and lacrosse at Vermont, and Martin, who played lacrosse and basketball at Brock

Born: March 11, 1984