Taylor Makar

Position:
Forward
Height:
6-3
Weight:
190
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Calgary, Alberta
Prev School:
Brooks (AJHL)

Selected in the seventh round, 220th overall, by the Colorado Avalanche in the 2021 NHL Entry Draft

AS A JUNIOR IN 2023-24: Saw action in 36 games, putting up nine points on four goals and five assists with one game-winner… Was +2 and blocked 14 shots … Logged an assist at #13/14 Providence in Hockey East Quarterfinals (3/16) ... Collected an assist at Maine (3/9) ... Posted an assist vs. Clarkson (12/30) ... Scored three goals over two games against Alaska Anchorage (12/8-9) ... Netted first goal of the season at #9 Boston University (10/27) ... Registered assist vs. #6 Michigan (10/14) ... Logged an assist for first point of the season vs. AIC (10/7).

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2022-23: Led the team in goals with 10 on the year and added two assists for 10 points … Registered one game winner … Posted two multi-point games and one multi-goal game … Had seven points (5g, 2a) in 21 Hockey East contests … Netted 10^th goal of the season at Boston College (3/8) in the first round of the Hockey East Tournament … Scored twice at Maine (3/3) and was named the game's No. 1 star ... Netted seventh goal of the season vs. Lake Superior State (12/29) ... Capped three-game scoring streak with a goal vs. Merrimack (12/7) ... Scored fifth goal of the season vs. #16 UMass Lowell (12/3) ... Opened the scoring for the Minutemen vs. #4 Quinnipiac (11/26) ... Set up the game-winning goal vs. #14/13 UMass Lowell (11/25) ... Netted overtime game winner vs. Merrimack (10/28) and dished first career assist, earning the game's No. 1 star ... Scored in back-to-back games vs. Union (10/21-10/22).

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2021-22: Appeared in 19 games, 12 coming in league play and scored one goal … Scored first collegiate goal at #14 UMass Lowell (1/30).

BEFORE UMASS: Played 104 games over four seasons with the Brooks Bandits of the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL) … Totaled 61 career points on 17 goals and 44 assists … Served as captain for the Bandits in 2020-21 … Logged 19 points (5g, 14a) in 16 contests and had 63 penalty minutes in 2020-21.

PERSONAL: Born Taylor David Makar on March 13, 2001 in Calgary, Alberta … Son of Gary Makar and Laura MacGregor ... Has one brother, Cale, who also played at UMass and is currently playing in the NHL for the Colorado Avalanche … Graduated from Springbank Community High School in Calgary, Alberta in 2019 … Majoring in sport management and psychology.