2005-06
CHA All-Academic...Played in all 36 games and has seen action in 102 career contests...Led all Niagara defensemen in scoring with 10 points (4-6--10)...Had one shot and two penalty minutes in both games vs. Clarkson (10/7-8)...Racked up six penalty minutes against Canisius (10/14)...Had two penalty minutes vs. Vermont (10/29)...Was +2 with an assist in the second period of a 3-3 tie with Wayne State (11/5)...Picked up an assist with two seconds left in the first period, while posting four penalty minutes at Alabama-Huntsville (11/12)...Earned an assist 1:19 into the game in a 4-3 win over Bemidji State (12/2)...Netted first goal of the season in the third period and was +2 vs. New Hampshire (12/30)...Scored on the power play while earning two penalty minutes at Minnesota (1/6)...Notched two assists vs. Quinnipiac (1/27), one short-handed and the other on the game-winner in the third period...Earned a short-handed assist vs. Air Force (2/11)...Notched first career game-winner while taking six shots in a win over Wayne State (2/17)...Scored the game’s second goal in the CHA semifinals vs. Robert Morris (3/11).
2004-05
CHA All-Academic...Second on the team in defensemen scoring with 11 points (four goals, seven assists)...Posted seven points in first seven games...Tallied first collegiate goal in first game against UMass.-Lowell (10/9)...Scored twice, once on the power play, and had an assist in the series at Vermont (10/22-23)...Notched a power-play goal at Clarkson (10/30)...Earned an assist against UMass.-Lowell (12/30), Wayne State (1/15), Robert Morris (1/28) and Alabama-Huntsville (2/4).
2003-04
Named to CHA All-Rookie Team...Led Purple Eagle rookie defensemen with 37 appearances...Topped the team with a plus/minus rating of +13...Had 14 assists, finishing tied for 10th in the CHA in points by a defenseman...Ranked 12th in CHA in points by a rookie in overall games...Tallied first career points (two assists) vs. Wayne State (10/31)...Had multiple assists vs. Wayne State (10/31), Bowling Green (11/7) and Findlay (1/17)...Took 46 shots on the season...Had 34 penalty minutes.
Before Niagara
Played for New York Apple Core of the Eastern Junior Hockey League (EJHL) in 2002-03 season...Teammate of Purple Eagle Allen Barton...Appeared in 80 games…Scored 12 goals and had 28 assists for 40 points…Won EJHL Triple Crown in 2002-03…Spent the 2001-02 season with the Buffalo Lightning of the Ontario Provincial Junior Hockey League (OPJHL)…Member of back-to-back gold-medal winning teams at the Empire State Games…Graduated from St. Mary’s High School in 2002...Helped team to a 34-1 record and state title as a senior.
Personal
Born June 9, 1984, in Rochester, N.Y....Son of Patrick and Joanne Oliveto...Has one older sister, Courtney...Father played collegiate basketball at St. Bonaventure...Besides hockey, lists golf as his hobby...His favorite team is the New York Yankees...Majoring in accounting...Right shot.
