Niagara University Athletics

2004-05

Assistant captain...CHA All-Academic...Played in all but two games...Ranked 10th in the CHA and first for Niagara in overall defensemen scoring with 12 points (2 goals, 10 assists)...Had a huge weekend at Vermont (Oct. 22-23), scoring a power-play goal and adding an assist in the first game and picking up two more helpers in the second game to guide the Purple Eagles to the sweep...Over a six-game span (Jan. 8-28), earned an assist in four contests, including securing a +2 rating against Wayne State (Jan. 15)...Hit the back of the net on a power play vs. Massachusetts (Feb. 26).

Named second team All-College Hockey America and to CHA All-Tournament Team...Academic All-CHA selection...Given Niagara "Unsung Hero" award following season...Appeared in 38 games...Led all Niagara defensemen with 15 points on two goals and 13 assists...Finished ninth in the CHA in points for defensemen...Had goals against Alabama-Huntsville (Dec. 6) and Wayne State (Feb. 6)...Tallied a career-high three assists against Alabama-Huntsville (Feb. 12)...Finished with a +6 plus/minus rating...Led all Niagara defensemen with 67 shots...Named CHA Defensive Player of the Week (Feb. 16).

Only Niagara first-year player to appear in all 37 games…Scored two goals and added four assists for six points…Finished in the top 20 in the CHA in both points for a rookie and points for a defenseman in overall games...Registered first collegiate point against Michigan State (Nov. 9)…Scored first goal vs. Bemidji State (Dec. 14)…Recorded two assists against Findlay (Jan. 17).

Member of the Elmira Sugar Kings of the Midwestern Ontario Junior Hockey League (MOJHL)…Junior teammate of former Purple Eagle Barret Ehgoetz and current Purple Eagle Jeff Van Nynatten...Led team to 2001 Sutherland Cup championship…Elmira was a finalist in 2002 Sutherland Cup…Graduated from Elmira High School in 2002.

Born May 16, 1983, in Kitchener, Ont....Son of Dennis and Marilyn Lackner...Has an older brother, Jeremy, and an older sister, Melanie...Lists golf and baseball as his hobbies...Winning the Sutherland Cup is his greatest career highlight...Lists Bryan McCabe as his favorite athlete...Majoring in marketing...Left shot.