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Brett Hextall (RW)

Portland Pirates

Biography

2011-12: Netted a goal in back-to-back games, 11/6 @ Manchester & 11/9 @ Manchester… Scored his first AHL/professional goal in his professional debut 10/8 @ Bridgeport. 2010-11: Selected to his second straight WCHA All-Academic team ... Named to Athletics Director’s Fall Honor Roll ... Reached career highs in points (29) and assists (16) despite missing five games due to injury ... Boasts a plus-24 rating that was six times his previous career high ... Reached the scoresheet in 11 of his last 16 games ... Had 10 points (five goals, five assists) and was a plus-7 in his last eight games ... Had multi-point efforts in six of his last 14 games ... Was a plus or even in 34 of 39 games ... Named WCHA co-Offensive Player of the Week on Feb. 22 after scoring three goals in series at St. Cloud State (Feb. 18-19) ... Named to the Kendall Hockey Classic All-Tournament Team after notching a goal and an assist in the first two games of the season ... Put together a 6-game point streak from Jan. 29 to Feb. 26, scoring five goals and four assist during that time ... Had 23 points (11g, 12a) in 23 games after the Christmas break after scoring only six points (2g, 4a) in 16 games prior ... Averaged one point per game after Christmas compared to 0.375 prior ... Signed with the NHL's Phoenix Coyotes following the season… 2009-10: Named to WCHA All-Academic team ... Appeared in 34 games and scored a career-high 14 goals, while matching his career high with 26 points despite missing nine games due to injury ... Tied for second on the team with seven power-play goals ... UND's power-play converted at 24.4% in 34 games with Hextall in the lineup compared to 6.5% in nine games without him ... Scored a power-play goal in four straight games from Dec. 12 to Feb. 12 ... Led the team in shooting percentage (15.1%) ... Had 14 points (6g, 8a) in 15 games after returning Feb. 12 from an eight-game injury absence ... Scored unassisted goal in UND's 3-2 loss to No. 9 Yale in the NCAA Northeast Region semifinal ... Notched a pair of assists in UND's 5-3 win over No. 6 St. Cloud State in the WCHA Final Five championship game (March 20) ... Had three points in UND's WCHA first round playoff series against Minnesota ... Had a goal (empty net) and an assist in decisive Game 3 ... Had a career-high 10 shots on goal in Game 2, the most by a Sioux player all season ... Had a career-high three points (2g, 1a) in 5-2 win over No. 6 Minnesota Duluth (Feb. 19) ... Scored first career shorthanded goal in that game ... Went consecutive games without a point just once since Christmas break ... Ranked third on the team with 88 penalty minutes. 2008-09: Appeared in 42 games and tied for the team lead among freshmen with 12 goals ... Led all Sioux rookies with six power-play goals and tied for the freshman lead with three game-winners ... His three-game winners tied for eighth in UND freshman single-season history ... Tied for third among WCHA freshmen in power-play goals ... Tied for eighth in the WCHA rookie scoring race ... Finished ninth among WCHA freshmen with 19 points during league play ... Twice named WCHA Rookie of the Week ... Was honored on March 3 after a four-point weekend (3g, 1a) against No. 13 Colorado College ... Also honored Dec. 16 after a three-point weekend in a sweep over No. 17 St. Cloud State ... Scored his first career goal in a 3-1 win at No. 1 Colorado College (Nov. 7) ... Had been held without a point in his first six collegiate games prior to that goal ... Added a goal and an assist the next night for the first multi-point game of his career ... Scored the overtime winner against Bemidji State (Jan. 3) ... Also scored game-winners against Alaska Anchorage (Feb. 15) and St. Cloud State (Dec. 13) ... Led the team with 91 penalty minutes .