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2019-20 Men's Ice Hockey Roster

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6 Alex Green

  • Position Defenseman
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 193
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Chicago, Ill.

Biography

2018 NHL Draft Pick (Tampa Bay Lightning; 4th round, 121st overall)
ECAC Hockey Best Defensive Defenseman (2020)
All-ECAC Hockey third team (2020)

As a junior (2019-20)

• Named ECAC Hockey Best Defensive Defenseman.
• Selected to All-ECAC Hockey third team.
• Contributed 16 points on seven goals and nine assists in resounding bounce-back campaign.
• Plus-20 rating tied for the team lead and tied for ECAC Hockey lead among defensemen.
• Ranked second on team with 35 blocked shots.
• Led team's blueliners in goals, including three during a career-best six-game scoring streak in November.
• Scored three times on the power play, which led team's defensemen.

As a sophomore (2018-19)

• Accumulated four points on one goal and three assists in 20 games around a 16-game absence due to injury.
• ???????Posted plus-5 rating over team's final five games.
• Scored final goal of team's 4-0 victory over Union in Game 2 of an ECAC Hockey Championship quarterfinal series.???????

As a freshman (2017-18)

• After the season, selected by the Tampa Bay Lightning with the 121st overall pick in the fourth round of the 2018 NHL Entry Draft.
• First active, over-aged player from Cornell to be selected in the draft since 2012 (John McCarron and Joakim Ryan).
• Immediately installed onto top four of defensive corps that led the nation with a 1.58 goals against average, the eighth-lowest in NCAA Division I history.
• Most commonly paired with Yanni Kaldis, played significant minutes on power play, penalty kill and at even strength.
• Scored twice and added eight assists for 10 points and a plus-9 rating over 28 games.
• Named ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Week on Nov. 28 after scoring first collegiate goal previous week vs. Niagara.
• Notched two assists in team's 4-3 win over Boston University at the Nov. 25 Red Hot Hockey game at Madison Square Garden.
• Scored final goal in Cornell's 3-3 tie Jan. 12 at Yale.

Prior to Cornell

• Spent two years in top-tier USHL, posting 15 points on one goal and 14 assists in 43 games with the Lincoln Stars during 2016-17 season.
• Won a gold medal with U.S. Select team at 2016 World Junior ‘A’ Challenge.
• Selected to CCM/USA Hockey All American Prospects Game in 2015. 
• Named to USHL All-Academic Team in 2016.
• Drafted to USHL after working his way through different levels in Chicago Mission club program.

Personal

• Alexander Farley Green is the son of Jason Green and Gwen Farley Green, and he has a younger sister.
• Enrolled in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 6

    2017-18Freshman

    Defenseman
    6'2" 178 lbs
    6
  • 6

    2018-19Sophomore

    Defenseman
    6'2" 190 lbs
    6
  • 6

    2019-20Junior

    Defenseman
    6'2" 193 lbs
    6