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  Billy Ryan

Billy Ryan

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Milton, Mass.

Height / Weight:
6-1 / 178

Position:
Forward

Birthdate:
10/23/1985

Last Team:
Cushing Academy

2006-07: Played in all 40 games with 33 points on 13 goals and 20 assists ... Fourth on the team in scoring and 16th in Hockey East in points ... Had five multi-point games ... Scored a shorthanded goal and added two assists against Northeastern (12/9) ... Had two goals, including one on the power play, at Boston College (2/16) .. In the Florida College Classic, had a goal and an assist against Western Michigan (12/29) ... Added an assist against Cornell (12/30) to earn Florida College Classic All-Tournament Team honors ... Had two assists against Bemidji State (10/14) ... Scored the game-winning power play goal against Bemidji State (10/13) ... Notched the Black Bears' lone goal against Mercyhurst (12/16) on the power play ... Scored a power play goal against Northeastern (1/27) ... Had goals in three straight games against Massachusetts at the end of the regular season and in the Hockey East quarterfinals ... Named to the Hockey East All-Academic Team.

2005-06: Played in 36 games with ten goals and 18 assists for 28 points ... Had seven power play goals on the season ... Scored a power play goal and added an assist against Alabama-Huntsville (10/22) ... At UMass Lowell (11/11) had a goal and added two assists for three points ... Scored the game-winning goal at Boston College (10/28) ... Tallied the game-winning power play goal at Merrimack (2/24) and also added an assist in the game ... Scored a goal and added an assist at Providence (12/2) ... Also had a goal and an assist against New Hampshire (2/4) and Boston College (2/17) ... Had two assists at Massachusetts (10/29) and against Merrimack (11/4) ... In the NCAA Regionals against St. Cloud State (3/23) scored the game-winning goal ... Against Massachusetts (3/24) in the NCAA Regionals, had assists on both Maine power play goals.

2004-05: Played in 34 games a freshman ... Recorded six goals and nine assists for 15 points ... In first career game at Vermont (10/3) scored his first goal ... At Merrimack (10/29) notched the game-winning goal ... Scored the game-tying goal against St. Cloud State in the Florida College Classic (12/28) ... Had two goals, including the game-winner, at New Hampshire (2/4) ... Scored against UMass-Lowell (3/12) in the Hockey East Quarterfinals ... Recorded two assists at Northeastern (11/12) ... Named a Maine Scholar-Athlete "Rising Star."

BEFORE MAINE: During the 2003-04 season at Cushing Academy, scored 35 goals and 55 assists for 90 points for head coach Steve Jacobs ... Earned Most Valuable Offensive Player Award and was named to All-League as Cushing's team point leader ... Also played for the Junior Bruins, winning the national championship ... As a sophomore at Cushing, scored 15 goals and 35 assists for 50 points ... Cushing Academy also produced former Maine Black Bear Ben Murphy ... Selected by the New York Rangers 80th overall in the 2004 NHL Draft.

PERSONAL: Born October 23, 1985 ... Son of Elizabeth and John Ryan ... A public management major .. Brother Mike played at Northeastern and was team captain in 2003-04 ... Mike was drafted by the Dallas Stars and played last season with the Buffalo Sabres, where he scored three goals and added two assists in 19 games ... His father, John, played hockey at Massachusetts in the 1973-74 season.