Western New England University

Entering the Season: One of the top forwards in the Eastern College Athletic Conference Northeast who has a nose for the goal...postseason awards candidate...three-year letterman...two-time top-returning scorer for the Golden Bears...WNE's active leading scorer in goals, assists and total points, averaging over a point for his career coming into 2014-15...serving as the team captain...

2013-14 (Junior Year): Continued to be one of the team's offensive leaders in total points (second with 18), goals (third with eight) and assists (third with 10) in 24 games played...assistant team captain...had seven points in ECAC Northeast action...scored three power-play goals and credited with two game-winners.

2012-13 (Sophomore Year): Set career highs with WNE-leading totals of 15 goals, 17 assists and 32 points en route to All-ECAC Northeast First Team and Golden Bears Offensive Player of the Year accolades...ranked third in the league in scoring...selected ECAC Northeast Player of the Week on Nov. 19 and Feb. 11 missed just one of the Golden Bears’ 26 games led the team with four game-winning goals, which also tied for first in the conference.

2011-12 (Freshman Year): Selected to the ECAC Northeast All-Rookie Team and all-conference honorable mention...led the team with 12 goals, 16 assists and 28 points...averaged 1.08 points to rank 13th in the ECAC Northeast; fourth among freshmen...five special-teams goals, including four on the power-play, also led the club...led WNE with 11 power-play points...named the ECAC Northeast Co-Rookie of the Week (Jan. 23) after compiling five points (4 goals, 1 assist) in a 1-1 week....Dec. 5 ECAC Northeast weekly honor roll recipient.

What I Like Best about WNE: "The small class sizes and the close-knit campus community that WNE represents."

Before Western New England: Last junior team played for was the New Jersey Hitmen of the Eastern Junior Hockey League...earned 2010 EJHL All-Star Game MVP honors...won back-to-back U-18 AAA Tier I Hockey League titles with the Cleveland Barons...graduated from Strongsville (Ohio) High School in 2008.

Personal:  Born Brandon Phillip Stroud on May 11, 1990 in Clarksville, Ind....enjoys golfing, bowling, watching movies and hanging out with friends in spare time...nickname is Strouder...son of Gary Stroud and Kathy Rueve...aspires to be an NCAA Division I or professional hockey coach...Favorites: movie--Tropic Thunder; TV show--Entourage; actor--Vince Vaughn; pro team--NHL's Colorado Avalanche; athlete--Pavel Bure; food--chicken parmesan; music group--OAR; city--Lake Placid, N.Y....works during the summer at Can-Am youth hockey camps in Lake Placid, N.Y....majoring in communication - media theory and production...

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