2006-07
Ranked fifth on the team and in the conference with 38 points…Scored a career-high 14 goals, including two game winners...Had 12 multi-point games, including two three-point efforts…Recorded a pair of two-goal games…Tallied 21 points in CHA games…Scored fourth career short-hander in 5-3 win at RIT (1/6)…Tallied two goals, including the game winner, against Canisius (12/30)…Scored a pair of power-play goals in a 4-4 tie at Wayne State (2/17)…Had a pair of helpers in the CHA semifinal vs. Twice scored a goal and had two assists in Purple Eagle victories, 1/6 at RIT and 2/23 against Robert Morris.
2005-06
Ranked tied for fourth in the CHA and at Niagara with a career-high 36 points (12-24--36), while tying for second in assists with 24...Tied for first in the CHA with two short-handed goals...Played in all 36 games for the second-straight season...Began the year by collecting two assists vs. Clarkson (10/7)...Had an assist and notched a power-play goal in the third period at Canisius (10/14)...Went on a 10-game scoring streak (10/28-12/2), posting three goals and nine assists in that stretch...Recorded a goal and an assist for a two-point affair against Vermont (10/29)...Tallied a short-handed goal in the second period of a 5-4 win over Wayne State (11/4)...Hit the back of the net in the first period and earned on assist on the power play against Cornell (11/26)...Tallied a goal and an assist for a two-point evening against Robert Morris (12/10)...Assisted on Niagara’s first and last goals in a 6-2 victory at New Hampshire (12/30)...Netted a power-play goal at Air Force (1/14)...Scored twice on the power play vs. Alabama-Huntsville (1/21)...Posted a short-handed goal and was +2 at Quinnipiac (1/27)...Scored a goal in each game vs. Air Force (2/10-11), with the second coming on the power play...Was +4 with two assists vs. Bemidji State (2/24)...Had three assists in the series vs. Robert Morris (3/3-4)...Scored the game-winner in the CHA semifinals vs. Robert Morris (3/11).
2004-05
Tied for 29th in CHA-only games with 10 points (six goals, four assists), and 35th overall with 16 points (eight goals, eight assists)...Placed sixth among CHA freshmen in total points...Only Niagara freshman to play in all 36 games...Earned first point, an assist, at Vermont (10/22)...Notched a power-play goal at Western Michigan (11/5)...Recorded a short-handed goal and an assist at Bemidji State (12/10), then completed the two-game set with an assist the following day...Connected for a goal in back-to-back games against Canisius (1/8) and Wayne State (1/14)...Secured first game-winner vs. Air Force (1/22) on the power play...Took a season-high 13 shots at Robert Morris (1/28)...Posted four points over a three-game stretch (2/13, 18-19), including the game-winning goal in the first game against Air Force (2/18) and two assists in the series finale.
Before Niagara
Played for the Bowmanville Eagles of the Ontario Provincial Junior Hockey League (OPJHL)...Led team for second consecutive season in 2003-04 with 61 points on 29 goals and 32 goals...Helped lead team to 2003-04 OPJHL East Division Championship...Finished with a plus/minus rating of +29 and 37 penalty minutes...Given 2003 award for “Most Gentlemanly” in East Division...Played in OPJHL All-Star game in 2003 and 2004...Voted Team MVP final two seasons...Eagles’ Rookie of the Year and playoff MVP in 2001-02 season...Ranked No. 224 on Central Scouting’s 2004 Midseason Prospect Rankings...Graduated from Clarke High School in 2004.
Personal
Born June 7, 1985, in Oshawa, Ont....Son of Dennis and Sharon Caruana...Has one older brother, Brandon...Majoring in tourism and sports marketing...Left shot.
