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PRONUNCIATION
2025-26 | FRESHMAN SEASON
Served as one of 12 skaters to appear in all 34 games … concluded freshman campaign with 26 points (6-20—26), ranking fifth on the team and most by a Big Red defenseman … 26 points were most by a Cornell rookie defenseman in program history and tied for national lead with Penn State's Jackson Smith (11-15—26) ... 20 assists ranked second on team and were most by a Division I freshman blueliner … led team with 13 power-play points (5-8—13) ... five power-play goals were most by a Cornell defenseman since Alec McCrae (five) in 2017-18 ... registered consecutive three-point games at Brown (Jan. 31 — 1-2—3) and at Colgate (Feb. 6 — 0-3—3), becoming first Cornell defenseman with at least three points in successive games since Joe Gallant in 1981-82 … blocked 34 shots, ranking fifth on team and fourth among defensemen … unanimously selected to ECAC Hockey All-Rookie Team, earned Second Team All-ECAC Hockey honors and was named a finalist for ECAC Hockey's Rookie of the Year award … also was unanimously named a First Team All-Ivy selection … tabbed ECAC Hockey's Defender of the Month for January and was a runner-up for Men's Defender of the Month by Hockey Commissioners Association (January) ... received Greg Ratushny Award at team's annual banquet.

PRIOR TO CORNELL
Drafted by N.Y. Islanders in sixth round (179th overall) of 2024 NHL Entry Draft, becoming second Cornell player selected by Islanders, joining Misha Song (2015) ... earned Second Team All-USHL honors in 2024-25 after a 41-point campaign (8-33—41), tied for fourth-most points by USHL blueliners and concluded final month of regular season averaging a point-per-game ... aided Muskegon to its first-ever Clark Cup in 2025, collecting eight points (3-5—8) in 14 playoff games ... amassed 73 points (11-62—73) in 128 career USHL regular-season games across 2022-25 seasons ... named to USHL All-Rookie Team in 2023-24 following a 32-point season (3-29—32) in 62 regular-season games ... honored as Student-Athlete of the Year by Ligue de Développement du Hockey 18AAA du Québec during 2021-22 and was a Second Team All-Star in 2022-23 season after having 33 points (7-26—33) in 36 games with Séminaire St. François Blizzard, where he aided program to a national championship and was named top defenseman in Telus Cup, Canada's national under-18 club championship.

PERSONAL
Xavier Veilleux is the son of Hugo Veilleux and Catherine Boulé, and has two younger siblings ... father, Hugo, spent four seasons playing in QMJHL between 1993-96 with Saint-Hyacinthe Laser (1993-95) and Chicoutimi Saguenéens (1994-96) before spending one season with Étoile Noire de Strasbourg in FFHG Division 2 in 2000-01 ... second Big Red player to hail from Ancienne-Lorette, Québec, joining Vinnie Auger (1993-98) and first skater from Québec since Yanni Kaldis (2016-20) … enrolled in the SC Johnson College of Business.