Christian Sanda

Position:
Forward
Height:
6-0
Weight:
185
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Vadnais Heights, Minn.
Prev School:
Union (ECAC)

2023-24 AS A GRADUATE STUDENT: Played in 15 games and logged two assists, five shots and one block … Registered an assist at Maine (3/9) ... Picked up first assist in a UMass uniform at #5 Providence (11/16).

2022-23 AS A SENIOR (at Union): ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team selection … Skated in 12 games after recovering from season-ending injury as a junior … Finished career at Union with 14 points (7-7-14) in 68 games.

2021-22 AS A JUNIOR (at Union): Saw action in 24 games as a junior before season was cut short due to injury … Tallied six points on three goals and three assists … Registered points in back-to-back games twice … Scored the game-winning goal at Princeton (2/5).

2020-21 AS A SOPHOMORE (at Union): Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

2019-20 AS A FRESHMAN (at Union): ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team honoree … Appeared in 34 games in first collegiate season … Scored four goals with four assists for eight points … potted his first collegiate goal while shorthanded at Army West Point (10/6) … scored a season-high two goals in a comeback win at St. Lawrence (1/3) … added a goal in a victory over Dartmouth (2/1).

BEFORE COLLEGE: Played two seasons with the Coquitlam Express in the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL) … Appeared in 113 games with the Express, recording a total of 27 goals and 38 assists … Had a career-best 41-point season in 2018-19, scoring 18 goals and 23 assists … Spent time with both the Topeka Roadrunners and Fairbanks Ice Dogs of the NAHL during the 2016-17 season … Played four years at St. Paul Johnson High School prior to playing juniors.

PERSONAL: Born Christian Robert Sanda in St. Paul, Minnesota … Son of Wes and Paula … Has two siblings, Rebecca and Madelyn … Sister, Madelyn, currently runs track at Northern Iowa … Graduated from St. Paul Johnson … Also played football, baseball and golf in high school.