Steven Whitney 21 Class: Junior Hometown: Reading, MA Height / Weight: 5-7 / 162 Position: Forward Previous Team: Lawrence Academy

STEVEN JAMES WHITNEY; born February 18, 1991 ... shoots right ... participated in the U.S. National Junior Team Evaluation Camp; traveled to Lake Placid, N.Y. in August of 2010.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2010-11): Played in 36 games; missed two games in late October because of injury ... registered 16 points - six goals and 10 assists; recorded 11 points - four goals and 11 assists - in 24 conference contests ... scored one power-play goal and two game-winning goals ... enjoyed two multiple-point games, including one multiple-goal performance ... earned Hockey East Co-Player of the Week honors after combining for four points and a plus-three rating in consecutive victories over Boston University; tallied two assists in a 9-5 win over the Terriers (12/3) at Agganis Arena then notched two goals, including the game's decisive tally in the team's 5-2 home win the next night ... snapped a scoreless tie with a power-play goal with 7:19 remaining in the third period in the team's 2-0 season-opening win at Northeastern (10/9).

AS A FRESHMAN (2009-10): Played in all 42 games ... registered 28 points - seven goals and 21 assists; recorded 16 points - five goals and 11 assists - in conference contests ... scored four power-play goals and two game-winning goals ... finished the season with a plus-seven rating ... enjoyed six multiple-point performances, including three three-point efforts ... earned Hockey East Rookie of the Week honors after stellar efforts in consecutive victories over Massachusetts (3/12 & 13) in the Hockey East quarterfinals; scored one goal - the gamewinner - and assisted on each of two power-play goals scored by Cam Atkinson in a 6-5 win over the Minutemen and then notched the primary assist on Paul Carey's third-period goal in a 5-2 series-clinching victory the next night ... earned Hockey East Rookie of the Week honors after assisting on three (of the team's six) goals in road wins over Harvard (12/9) and Providence (12/12); assisted on Jimmy Hayes' decisive score in a 3-2 win against the Crimson and tallied two assists in a 3-1 win against the Friars ... tallied three points - one goal and two assists - in a 7-1 win at Massachusetts (2/5) ... notched his first collegiate goal and point at 2:45 of the first period in a 7-1 home win over Vermont (11/14); finished the contest with three points - two goals and one assist ... assisted on classmate Chris Kreider's game-winning goal at 2:02 of the overtime period in a 2-1 home win over Massachusetts (2/26) ... assisted on each of the team's opening scores - both by Ben Smith - against Miami (4/8) and Wisconsin (4/10) in the NCAA Tournament's Frozen Four in Detroit, Mich.; notched the primary assist on Smith's decisive score in the team's 5-0 win over the Badgers in the national championship game.

BEFORE BC: Registered 163 points - 67 goals and 96 assists - during his four-year schoolboy career ... Earned All-ISL honors as a junior and senior forward for the Spartans... gained team MVP honors in 2008-09 after totaling 55 points - 21 goals and 34 assists; led Lawrence to the ISL championship ... served as team captain ... registered 37 points - 15 goals and 22 assists - as a junior in 2007-08 ... finished his sophomore campaign with a team-high 53 points - 23 goals and 30 assists ... played for Lawrence Academy head coach Kevin Potter ... joined the Omaha Lancers of the United States Hockey League at the conclusion of his senior prep school hockey season; recorded 15 points - four goals and 11 assists - in 12 games ... led the U.S. Under-17 Select Team to the 2006 Three Nations Cup championship in Rochester, N.Y.; netted a team-high seven points - two goals and five assists ... played for the U.S. Under-17 Select Team that finished second at the 2007 Under-17 Five Nations Cup in the Czech Republic; led the team in scoring with seven points - four goals and three assists ... was a member of the U.S. Under-18 Select Team that competed in the 2008 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament in the Czech Republic and Slovakia; led the team in scoring with six points - two goals and four assists ... also excelled on the baseball diamond; earned All-ISL honorable mention honors as a senior.

PERSONAL: Enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences ... is the 2011-12 recipient of the John P. Cunniff '66 Memorial Hockey Scholarship and the Morrissey Brothers Memorial Hockey Fund ... Steven is the second of Cherylann and John Whitney's three sons; his older brother Joe earned four varsity letters and served as team captain of the 2010-11 BC hockey team.

WHITNEY'S CAREER STATISTICS
YEAR	CL	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PEN	PPG	SHG	HT	GW
2009-10	Fr.	42	7	21	28	+7	14/28	4	0	0	2
2010-11	So.	36	6 	10	16	0	25/61	1	0	0	2
CAREER		78	13	31	44	+7	39/89	5	0	0	4