Oliver Chau

Position:
Forward
Height:
5-9
Weight:
164
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Oakville, Ontario
Prev School:
Brooks (AJHL)

CAREER HONORS
2017-18 Hockey East All-Academic Team
Hockey East Rookie of the Week (10/30/17)

AS A SENIOR IN 2020-21: One of eight players to see action in all 29 games … Finished second on the squad in points (27) and second in assists (22) … Finished tied for seventh nationally in assists … Logged two power-play goals, one shorthanded goal, one game winner and was +9 on the year … Had seven points (1g, 6a) in seven postseason contests … Registered an assist on the power play in the National Championship game vs. St. Cloud State (4/10) … Logged an assist in a 3-2 OT victory vs. #9/5 Minnesota Duluth (4/8) in the NCAA National Semifinal ... Scored an empty net goal and chipped in an assist vs. #14/15 Bemidji State (3/27) in the NCAA East Regional Final ... Dished two assists, with one coming on the power play, in the Minutemen's 5-1 NCAA First round win over #13 Lake Superior State (3/26) ... Assisted the game-winning goal in the Hockey East Championship game vs. UMass Lowell (3/20) ... Logged two assists vs. Maine (3/5) ... Assisted the game-tying goal at #1/2 Boston College (2/26) ... Tied a career best with three points, logging a power-play goal and two assists at #14 Providence (2/23) and was named the game's No. 2 star ... Posted a pair of assists at Boston University (1/18) ... Registered an assist on the power play vs. Boston University (1/17) ... Collected two assists on the power play vs. New Hampshire (1/6) ... Scored the game winner and logged an assist on the power play at #10/13 Northeastern (1/1), earning the game's No. 1 star ... Picked up an assist on the power play vs. UConn (12/23) ... Scored first career shorthanded goal vs. Vermont (12/19) and was tabbed the game's No. 2 star ... Picked up an assist at Merrimack (12/6) ... Registered an assist against #2 Boston College (11/28) ... Logged an assist at UConn (11/21) ... Scored a power-play goal and added an assist against UConn (11/20) ... Named Hockey East Player of the Week (11/23) following a three-point weekend against the Huskies.

AS A JUNIOR IN 2019-20: Game-by-Game Statistics

Saw action in 32 games and registered five goals and 14 assists for 19 points and was +5 … Logged one game-winner … Appeared in 22 Hockey East games and chipped in 12 points (three goals, nine assists) during league action … Had five multi-point games … Scored fifth goal of the season at #10 Providence (2/8) ... Collected an assist at Vermont (1/18) ... Logged a pair of assists at Vermont (1/17) ... Pushed point streak to five with an assist at RPI (12/29) ... Scored twice at Brown (12/10) to extend point streak to four games ... Was named Hockey East Player of the Week (12/16) following that performance ... Dished an assist vs. Maine (12/7) … Logged a goal and an assist and was tabbed the No. 3 star vs. Maine (12/6) … Picked up an assist vs. Quinnipiac (11/30) ... Registered an assist vs. Merrimack (11/22) to cap a three-game point streak ... Logged an assist vs. Boston University (11/16) ... Scored first goal of the season at Boston University (11/15) ... Dished two assists at #10 Northeastern (11/1) and was named the game's No. 3 Star ... Picked up an assist vs. AIC (10/25) ... Registered two assists vs. Union (10/19) for first two points of the season.

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2018-19: Appeared in 35 games after missing first four games of the season due to illness … Had 14 points on nine goals and five assists and was +4 … Four of those tallies came on the power play … Tied for team lead in game-winning goals with four, which ranked tied for 12^th nationally and tied for fourth in Hockey East … Picked up the primary assist on Marc Del Gaizo's overtime winner in the NCAA Semifinal vs. Denver (4/11) ... Matched freshman year total in goals scored with nine with an empty net tally vs. Notre Dame in the NCAA Northeast Regional Final (3/30) ... Recorded second career two-goal game and second career three point game with two goals and an assist vs. Maine and was named the game's No. 1 star (3/2) ... Scored a power-play goal at Boston College (2/16) ... Netted fifth goal of the season and scored in third straight game vs. #8 Northeastern (1/18) ... Scored power-play goals in back-to-back games vs. Vermont (1/11-12), both game winners ... Was tabbed the No. 2 star following game two against the Catamounts ... Registered first multi-point game of the season with a power-play goal and an assist vs. #18 Yale (12/11) ... Scored the overtime game winner vs. #18 Princeton (11/24) for first goal of the season ... Was named Hockey East Player of the Week (11/26) the following Monday ... Logged an assist vs. #4/3 Providence (11/8) ... Picked up first point of the season with an assist at New Hampshire (11/3) ... Made season debut vs. Merrimack, skating on a line with Mitchell Chaffee and Jake Gaudet (10/26).

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2017-18:
One of five skaters to play in all 39 games ... Tied for second on the squad in scoring with 24 points on nine goals and 15 assists ... Contributed 11 points (2g, 9a) in Hockey East play ... Had three power-play tallies on the year ... Led the team in power play points with 11( 3g, 8a) ... Logged five multi-point games ... Netted a goal in Game 3 of the Hockey East Opening Round vs. Vermont (3/4) ... Registered an assist in Game 1 of the Hockey East Opening Round vs. Vermont (3/1) ... Collected an assist vs. No. 19 Boston College (2/15) ... Registered an assist at New Hampshire (2/3) ... Notched an assist vs. Maine (1/27) ... Recorded an assist vs. #8/9 Northeastern (1/19) on the power play ... Picked up 10th assist of the year at UMass Lowell (1/6) ... Logged a power-play goal and an assist at Yale (1/5) for fifth multi-point game of the season ... Scored second power-play goal of the season in a 2-1 win at #19 Union (12/10) ... Registered an assist vs. UConn (12/1) ... Scored twice vs. Quinnipiac (11/25) for first career multi goal game ... Picked up an assist at Quinnipiac (11/24) ... Tallied fourth goal of the season vs. #8/7 Providence (11/09) ... Registered a goal and two assists in first career three-point game at Merrimack (10/28) ... Tallied an assist against Merrimack (10/27) ... Named Hockey East Rookie of the Week following those performances (10/30) ... Posted second straight multi-point game with a goal and an assist vs. AIC (10/14) ... Recorded first career multi-point game at Union with a goal and an assist (10/13) ... Registered first collegiate point with an assist at Arizona State (10/7) … Made collegiate debut at Arizona State (10/6) skating with Jake Gaudet and Mitchell Chaffee.

BEFORE UMASS: Played 60 games for the Brooks Bandits of the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL) scoring 35 goals and 52 assists for 87 points … Added another two goals and 14 assists over 16 playoff games en route to an AJHL league title … Named 2017 AJHL Rookie of the Year … Spent two years (2014-16) at Northfield Mount Hermon School under former Minuteman, Kevin Czepiel, logging 25 goals and 23 assists for 48 points in 45 games.

PERSONAL: Born Oliver Sweatman Chau on August 21, 1997 in Toronto, Ontario … Son of Wayland Chau and Jasmine Sweatman … Has three siblings, Matthew, Emma and Calum … Graduated from Northfield Mount Hermon (Northfield, Mass.) in 2016 … Majoring in Finance.

CAREER HIGHS
Goals: 2 - 3x - Last at Brown (12/10/19)
Assists: 2 - 9x - Last vs. Lake Superior State (3/26/21)
Points: 3 - 3x - Last at Providence (2/23/21)

MISCELLANEOUS
Multi-Goal Games: 3; Last at Brown (12/10/19)
Multi-Point Games: 11; Last vs. Bemidji State (3/27/21)