| Height: | 5-11 |
| Weight: | 180 |
| Year: | Junior |
| Hometown: | Breakeyville, Quebec |
| Position: | Forward |
| Junior Team: | Pembroke (CCHL) |
| Shoots/Catches: | Left |
Sophomore (2016-17): Tied for fourth among LSSU leaders and ranked tied for 33rd place in the WCHA with 22 points ... Registered a squad fifth-place tying 13 assists and his nine goals was sixth most on the team ... Compiled a plus three efficiency rating and compiled 10 blocked shots while skating in 33 of the team's 36 games ... Produced 12 points (6-6=12) in 16 home contests and 10 points (3-7=10) in 17 away encounters ... Garnered 17 points (8-9=17) in 27 WCHA outings and five (1-4=5) in six non-league matchups ... Registered six multiple-point games, which included a season-high three points (0-3=3) at Northern Michigan (1/7) ... Scored two goals in a game on three occasions - at Alabama-Huntsville (10/22), against Northern Michigan (1/6), and versus Alaska Anchorage (2/10) ... Added a pair of assists in weekend league series opener at Minnesota State (1/27) ... Had five two-point game performances - against Michigan State (10/15), at Alabama-Huntsville (10/22), versus Northern Michigan (1/6), at Minnesota State (1/27), and against Alaska Anchorage (2/10) ... Recorded a season-best five-game point streak (1/21-2/11) with a combined six points (2-4=6) ... Put together a pair of four-game point strings with seven points (2-5=7) midway thru the season (12/30-1/7) and five points (3-2=5) to start the season (10/14-22) ... Turned in a month-best eight points (2-6=8) in eight January games and had five points (3-2=5) in six October contests ... Blocked two shots apiece in a contest twice - at Bemidji State (12/9) and at Northern Michigan (1/7) ... Generated a plus three efficiency rating and the game-tying goal at Alaska (2/17).
Freshman (2015-16): Finished fourth in overall scoring for the team and third amongst freshmen with four goals and 13 assists for 17 points ... Appeared in all 41 games ... Tallied an assist during the Lakers’ 2-2 tie against Northern Michigan (2/27) ... Registered two assists on the weekend in a split with Bemidji State at home (2/12-13) ... Registered an assist on Cuglietta’s overtime game-winning goal during a 1-0 victory over No. 16 Bowling Green (1/9) ... Scored a goal during a 3-0 victory over Brown at the Catamount Cup (12/30) ... Scored a power-play goal in a 4-2 victory at Alaska (12/4), his second consecutive game with a point... Tallied an assist on the power play during a 3-2 victory against Ferris State (11/28) ... Scored the game-winning goal for his first career goal in a 3-2 win at Bemidji State (11/20) ... Tallied a pair of power-play assists during a 3-2 loss to Arizona State (11/13) and followed it up with another power-play assist the next night in a 3-2 overtime loss (11/14). Registered an assist on the power play in a 5-4 overtime loss to Alabama-Huntsville and in a 6-3 loss at Northern Michigan (11/16), his first collegiate point.
High School/Juniors: Skated the 2014-15 season for the Central Canada Hockey League's (CCHL) Pembroke (Ontario) Lumber Kings ... Coached by former NHL player Dale McTavish ... Earned 2014-15 CCHAL All-Star Second-Team recognition ... Named the 2014-15 winner of the team's Gentlemen Award ... Produced 80 points on 32 goals and 48 assists in 58 games for the 2014-15 campaign with Pembroke ... Scored 11 power-play goals, two short-handed markers, and five game-winning tallies in the 2014-15 season ... Placed third among the final 2014-15 CCHL leaders in points (80) and assists (48) while tying for seventh place in goals scored (32) ... Selected as CCHL Playoff Most Valuable Player in 2014-15 after being tops in league playoff scoring with 25 points on eight goals and 17 assists in 16 games ... Played an integral role in leading the Lumber Kings to a second-place finish at the 2014-15 CCHL Bogart Cup Championship series ... Played three seasons (2011-12, 2012-13, and 2013-14) for the Collège Champlain Cougars of the Quebec Junior AAA Hockey League (QJAAAHL) ... Generated 58 points on 24 goals and 34 assists in 52 games during his second season (2012-13) for Collège Champlain followed up by an 85-points output via 33 goals with 52 assists in 50 contests in his third and final season (2013-14) with the program ... Coached by former NHL player Pascal Rhéaume ... A 2014 graduate of Champlain Regional College in Lennoxville, Quebec.
Personal: Son of Guylaine Bourgault and Normand Nellis ... Born in Lávis, Quebec ... His father (Normand Nellis) played hockey for Trois Riviere University (CIS) ... Has two sisters, both older ... Majoring in finance.
| Recent Games | ||
|---|---|---|
| Feb 2 | at Bemidji State | W, 2-0 |
| Feb 3 | at Bemidji State | W, 2-0 |
| Feb 9 | at Alaska Anchorage | W, 3-2 |
| Feb 10 | at Alaska Anchorage | W, 2-1 |
| Feb 23 | at Ferris State | L, 4-1 |
| Feb 24 | at Ferris State | L, 4-2 |
| Statistics category | Overall | Conf | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Games | 36 | 28 | ||
| Points | 19 | 16 | ||
| Goals | 12 | 11 | ||
| Assists | 7 | 5 | ||
| PIM | 31 | 25 | ||
| +/- | -17 | -10 | ||
| Power-play goals | 1 | 0 | ||
| Short-handed goals | 0 | 0 | ||
| Empty net goals | 0 | 0 | ||
| Games started | 13 | 12 | ||
| Game-winning goals | 2 | 2 | ||
| Game-tying goals | 3 | 3 | ||
| Hat tricks | 0 | 0 | ||
| Shots | 67 | 57 | ||
| Date | Opponent | Score | gs | g | a | pts | pim | +/- | ppg | shg | eng | gwg | gtg | s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1 | Laurentian | W, 3-2 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 6 | Northern Michigan | W, 5-3 | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | +0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 7 | at Northern Michigan | L, 4-1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 13 | Michigan Tech | L, 4-3 | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 14 | Michigan Tech | T, 2-2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Oct 20 | at Denver | T, 3-3 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Oct 21 | at Denver | L, 5-1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 27 | at Michigan State | L, 4-3 | - | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Oct 28 | at Michigan State | L, 6-0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 3 | Alaska Anchorage | W, 3-2 | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Nov 4 | Alaska Anchorage | L, 4-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 10 | at Bowling Green | T, 2-2 | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Nov 11 | at Bowling Green | L, 5-2 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 17 | at Alabama-Huntsville | W, 3-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 18 | at Alabama-Huntsville | L, 5-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Nov 25 | USNTDP U-18 | W, 6-0 | - | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Dec 1 | Alaska | L, 5-3 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Dec 2 | Alaska | W, 4-1 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Dec 8 | Minnesota State | L, 5-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 9 | Minnesota State | L, 7-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dec 15 | at Michigan Tech | L, 3-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Dec 16 | at Michigan Tech | T, 3-3 | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Dec 29 | vs. Robert Morris | L, 5-0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Dec 30 | vs. Arizona St. | W, 4-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jan 5 | Bemidji State | L, 3-0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 6 | Bemidji State | L, 6-3 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 12 | Ferris State | L, 4-0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 13 | Ferris State | W, 5-3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Jan 19 | at Northern Michigan | L, 3-2 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jan 20 | at Northern Michigan | L, 3-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jan 26 | Bowling Green | L, 5-3 | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jan 27 | Bowling Green | L, 3-2 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Feb 2 | at Bemidji State | W, 2-0 | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Feb 3 | at Bemidji State | W, 2-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Feb 9 | at Alaska Anchorage | W, 3-2 | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Feb 10 | at Alaska Anchorage | W, 2-1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Feb 23 | at Ferris State | L, 4-1 | - | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Feb 24 | at Ferris State | L, 4-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| gp | g | a | pts | pim | +/- | ppg | shg | eng | gwg | gtg | hat | s | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 36 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 31 | -17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 67 |
| Conference | 28 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 25 | -10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 57 |
| Exhibition | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
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| Home | 15 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 21 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 |
| Away | 19 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 8 | -13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 40 |
| Neutral | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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| Wins | 10 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 4 | +2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| Losses | 22 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 25 | -21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| Ties | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
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| October | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| November | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| December | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| January | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| February | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
