Cale Makar

Position:
Defenseman
Height:
6-0
Weight:
192
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Calgary, Alberta
Prev School:
Brooks (AJHL)

Drafted by the Colorado Avalanche in the first round of the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, 4th overall, the highest draft pick in UMass history.

CAREER HONORS
2018-19 Alternate Captain
Hockey East Player of the Month (Oct. 2018)
Hockey East Player of the Week (10/22/18) (10/15/18)
2018 George C. Carens Co-Rookie of the Year
2018 Hockey East Third Team All-Star
2018 Hockey East All-Rookie Team
Hockey East Rookie of the Week (1/15/18)

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2018-19: Was named Hockey East Player Of The Week (3/18) for the third time this season after posting four points in the Hockey East Quarterfinals ... Logged three points in the series clinching Game 2 against New Hampshire (3/16) and capped a seven-game point streak ... Score the tying goal in the third period that forced overtime in Game 1 of the Hockey East Quarterfinals vs. New Hampshire (3/15) ... Registered two assists at UConn (3/8) to break UMass' single-season record for points by a defenseman ... Selected as Hockey East Defensive Player of the Week for fourth weekly award of the season (3/4) ... Extended point streak to four games with an assist vs. Maine (3/2) ... Registered 10th multi-point game of the season with two goals and an assist at Merrimack and was tabbed the game's No. 1 star (2/28) ... Netted an unassisted goal to open the scoring for UMass at No. 10/11 Providence and was named the game's No. 3 star (2/23) ... Assisted the game-winning goal on the power-play vs. UConn (2/21) ... Scored a goal and picked up two assists vs. Boston College and was tabbed the game's No. 1 star (2/15) ... Logged an assist vs. Boston University (2/8) ... Tallied an assist to reach 30 points on the season at Boston University (2/1), the third defenseman in program history to reach the milestone ... Scored a goal and picked up an assist at Maine (1/25) ... Set a career high for assists in a game with three vs. #8 Northeastern and was named the game's No. 1 Star (1/18) ... Matched a career high with four points on two goals and two assists vs. Vermont (1/12) ... Was named the game's No. 1 star and Hockey East Defensive Player of the Week (1/14) following that performance ... Registered an assist at AIC (1/5) ... Collected an assist vs. #18 Yale (12/11) ... Posted fifth multi-point game of the season with a pair of assists vs. UConn (11/30) ... Notched sixth goal of the season vs. No. 18 Princeton (11/24) ... Registered an assist on the power play vs. New Hampshire (11/18) ... Scored fifth goal of the season at Holy Cross (11/16), matching freshman year season total ... Capped five-game point streak with a goal and an assist at New Hampshire (11/3) and was named the game's No. 2 star ... Was named Hockey East Player of the Month for October after registering three goals and eight assists for 11 points in over six games ... Logged two assists in an overtime win at Merrimack for third multi-point game of the season (10/27) ... Picked up an assist vs. Merrimack (10/26) ... Selected Hockey East Player of the Week (10/22) for a second straight week and was tabbed a UMass Student-Athlete of the Week (10/22) ... Registered an assist on lone goal vs. #1Ohio State (10/20), capping off a four-point weekend ... Had three points in a victory over top-ranked Ohio State, tallying a goal and two assists (10/19) ... Was named Hockey East Player of the Week Put up a career high four points on two goals and two assists in the season opener vs. Rensselaer (10/12) ... Was named Hockey East Player of the Week (10/15) following that performance.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2017-18: Game-by-Game Statistics
Tabbed as the Co-Rookie of the Year as one of two recipients of the 2018 George C. Carens Award from the New England Hockey Writers Association ... Was named a Hockey East Third Team All-Star and to the Hockey East All-Rookie Team after registering 21 points on five goals and 16 assists over 34 games ... Registered two power-play goals, one shorthanded goal and one game winner ... Was +9 and blocked 43 shots ... Had three multi-point games ... Attempted 112 shots on goal ... Ranked second on the team in assists, plus minus and shots ... Had 13 points in 20 Hockey East games on four goals and nine assists ... Ranked eighth nationally in goals and 10th in points by a freshman defenseman ... Finished tied for seventh in both assists per-game (0.47) and points per-game (0.62) by a freshman defenseman ... Logged an assist in Game 2 of the Hockey East Quarterfinals at Northeastern (3/10) ... Recorded third multi-point game of the season with a goal and an assist in Game 1 of the Hockey East Opening Round vs. Vermont (3/1) and was named the No. 2 star of the game ... Scored the game-winning goal at UConn and was named the game's No. 1 Star (2/22) ... Registered an assist vs. No. 19 Boston College (2/15) ... Collected an assist vs. UMass Lowell (2/10) ...Notched an assist at New Hampshire (2/3) ... Tallied an assist vs. Boston University (2/2) ... Picked up an assist and blocked four shots at Maine (1/16) ... Was selected as the Hockey East Rookie of the Week (1/15) following a three-point weekend at Vermont ... Posted second multi-point game of the season with a goal and an assist at Vermont (1/13), both shorthanded, and was tabbed the game's No. 2 star ... Scored first career power-play goal and blocked four shots in a 2-2 tie at Vermont (1/12) ... Picked up an assist vs. UConn (12/1) ... Logged two assists vs. Quinnipiac for first career multi-point game (11/25) ... Registered an assist vs. #8/7 Providence (11/9) ... Notched an assist at Merrimack on the power play (10/28) ... Scored first collegiate goal vs. Merrimack (10/27) ... Recorded an assist vs. AIC (10/14) ... Picked up second assist of the season at Union (10/13) ... Tallied first assist and collegiate point in collegiate debut at Arizona State (10/6) paired with Jake McLaughlin.

BEFORE UMASS: Amassed 135 career points on 35 goals and 100 assists over 111 regular season contests with the Brooks Bandits over the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL) … Added 37 points (9g, 28a) in 46 career postseason games with AJHL titles with Brooks in 2016 and 2017 … Led all AJHL defensemen in scoring in 2016-17 with 75 points (24g, 51a) in 2016-17 … Was sixth overall in points, fifth in assists in the AJHL … Helped lead Brooks to a second straight league championship with 16 points (5g, 11a) in 13 games, with an additional eight points (3g, 5a) in five games to propel the squad to its first Western Canada Cup … Ranked second in scoring at the 2017 RBC Cup with eight points (2g, 6a) in five games … Selected as AJHL Top Defenceman, AJHL Most Valuable Player and AJHL Playoff MVP, and was named to the AJHL All-League Team in 2016-17 … Was also named Western Canada Cup Top Defenceman and was selected to the All-Tournament Team, in 2016-17 … Was chosen as the RBC Cup Top Defenceman and Most Valuable Player, the first player to ever be named RBC Cup MVP in back-to-back seasons … Received the CJHL Most Valuable Player Award, and won the prestigious RBC National Junior A Player of the Year Award in 2016-17 … With the Bandits in 2015-16, logged 55 points (10g, 45a) in 54 games, en route to AJHL All-League and All-Rookie recognition … Also collected AJHL and CJHL Rookie of the Year Awards, the Western Canada Cup Top Defenceman Award, and the RBC Cup Top Defenceman, Top Scorer and Most Valuable Player awards in 2015-16 … Was selected by Hockey Canada to compete for Team Canada West at the World Junior A Challenge in 2015 and 2016 … Named to the Tournament All-Star Team both years … Helped Canada West to a gold medal in 2015 and followed up by setting a tournament single-game record for points by a defenseman in 2016.

PERSONAL: Born Cale Douglas Makar on October 30, 1998, in Calgary, Alberta ... Son of Gary Makar and Laura MacGregor ... Has one brother, Taylor ... Graduated from Sir Winston Churchill High School in 2016 ... Majoring in sport management.

Career Highs
Goals: 2 - 3x - Last at Merrimack (2/28/19)
Assists: 3 - vs. Northeastern (1/18/19)
Points: 4 - 2x - Last vs. Vermont (1/12/19)

Miscellaneous
Most Recent Goal Scored - GP Since: vs. Notre Dame (3/30/19) - 2
Multi-Goal Games: 3; Last at Merrimack (2/28/19)
Multi-Point Games: 14; Last vs. New Hampshire (3/16/19)