Cornell University Athletics

CCM/AHCA Hockey All-America First Team, East Region (2018)
Hobey Baker Memorial Award finalist (2018)
Mike Richter Award finalist (2018, 2020)
Ivy League Player of the Year (2018, 2020)
Ivy League Rookie of the Year (2018)
All-Ivy League First Team (2018, 2020)
ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Year (2018)
ECAC Hockey All-Rookie Team (2018)
All-ECAC Hockey First Team (2018)
All-ECAC Hockey Third Team (2019, 2020)

As a junior (2019-20)

• Ivy League Co-Player of the Year honors (shared with Dartmouth's Drew O'Connor).
• All-Ivy League First Team pick.
• All-ECAC Hockey Third Team selection.
• Finalist for Mike Richter Award, which is presented annually to the most outstanding goaltender in the nation.
• Ranked second in the nation with a 1.56 goals against average.
• ECAC Hockey Goaltender of the Month for November.
• Two-time ECAC Hockey Goaltender of the Week (Dec. 2 and Jan. 27).
• Yielded just 24 even-strength goals in 29 games and had season-long .956 save percentage at even strength.
• Recorded five shutouts to move career total to 19, which ties Ben Scrivens '10 for the program's career record.
• Backstopped Cornell to a 9-0 record in February, during which he had a 1.34 GAA and three consecutive shutouts.
• Posted a shutout streak of 202 minutes, 50 seconds from Feb. 15 to Feb. 29, which was the second-longest of his career and the sixth-longest in program history.

As a sophomore (2018-19)

• All-ECAC Hockey Third Team selection.
• Posted 16-8-3 record with a .921 save percentage and 1.85 goals against average that ranked fifth in the nation.
• Also ranked fifth in the nation with five shutouts, all of which came in his final 17 starts before injury ended his season in the ECAC Hockey championship game.

As a freshman (2017-18)

• Exploded onto the scene and immediately established himself as one of the top goaltenders in the nation.
• Led the nation with a 1.51 goals against average — the lowest in Division I since UMass-Lowell’s Connor Hellebuyck mark of 1.37 for the 2012-13 season.
• Posted a 21-5-2 record to lead the nation in victories by a freshman, and a .939 save percentage ranked third-lowest in the country.
• Also led the nation with nine shutouts, just one shy of matching Cornell’s single-season record of 10 posted by David McKee in 2004-05.
• Posted consecutive shutouts three times, including a shutout streak from Jan. 13-27 of 227 minutes, 11 seconds — second-longest in program history and 13th-longest in NCAA Division I history.
• Selected to CCM/AHCA Hockey All-America first team for East Region, as selected by the American Hockey Coaches Association.
• Ivy League Player of the Year.
• Ivy League Rookie of the Year.
• ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Year.
• ECAC Hockey All-Rookie Team.
• All-ECAC Hockey First Team.
• All-Ivy League First Team (unanimous).
• Finalist for Mike Richter Award, which is presented annually to the most outstanding goaltender in the nation.
• First freshman to ever be named among 10 finalists for Hobey Baker Memorial Award, given annually to the best player in all of college hockey.
• Named winner of team's Nicky Bawlf Award, presented to honor the most valuable player, as determined by a vote of his teammates.
• Was 6-0-1 with a 0.71 goals against average, .973 save percentage and four shutouts in seven January games, leading to the Hockey Commissioners' Association Goaltender of the Month, ECAC Hockey Goaltender of the Month and ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Month honors.
• Three-time ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Week (Jan. 29, Feb. 13 and Feb. 20).
• Three-time ECAC Hockey Goaltender of the Week (Nov. 14, Jan. 23, Feb. 13).

Prior to Cornell

• Primary goalie with the Victoria Grizzlies in the British Columbia Hockey League for 2015-16 and 2016-17 seasons.
• Named team's rookie of the year after 2015-16 season, then most valuable player of both the team and the BCHL Island Division after 2016-17 season.
• Posted 2.33 goals against average and .926 save percentage through 40 regular-season games in 2016-17.
• BCHL All-Star second team selection.
• Competed with Team Canada West at the World Junior 'A' Challenge.
• Before time in Victoria, attended hometown St. Andrew's College in Ontario.
• Named team's most valuable player after a 2014-15 season that produced a provincial title (CISAA). 

Personal

• Matthew David Galajda is the son of David and Veronica Galajda, and he is has an older sister.
• Enrolled in the School of Hotel Administration.