Niagara University Athletics

2024-25 • Freshman
Played in 16 games during his first season with Niagara... recorded 2 goals and 2 assists for 4 points... maintained a +6 rating... scored his first collegiate goal at RIT (Jan. 25)... added another against Sacred Heart (Feb. 1)... registered a season-high 2 points (0g, 2a) in a 7-0 win at RIT (Jan. 24)... blocked 11 shots... took 1 penalty for 2 minutes... recorded a .167 shooting percentage with 2 goals on 12 shots.

Prior to Niagara: Spent three seasons playing for the Lone Star Brahmas of the NAHL…played in 137 career games while scoring 15 goals and adding 44 assists from the blueline…in 2023-24 he served as captain and helped lead Lone Star to a Robertson Cup Championship as the best team in the NAHL…across three seasons he suited up in 25 playoff games while scoring twice and adding five assists…prior to Lone Star he played for RINK Hockey Academy from 2019-21…in the 2019-20 season he suited up for Team Japan at the U20 level for the U20 World Championships at the Division 2 level, he tallied two assists in five games in the tournament

Personal: Son of Taichi Murakami…has two siblings, Aran and Issa…born in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan