One of Notre Dame's three alternate captains as a senior ... veteran leader of the Irish defensive corps .... four-time monogram winner at Notre Dame ... played in 128 career games for the Irish with four goals and 13 assists for 17 points from the blue line ... was an impressive +13 for his career ... one of seven finalists for college hockey's Humanitarian Award for his community service work at Notre Dame and in his hometown of Troy, Michigan ... one of three Notre Dame student-athletes (along with baseball's Tom Thornton and women's lacrosse's Meghan Murphy) to win the University's Christopher Zorich Award for community service ... one of 23 Michigan natives to earn a hockey monogram in the history of the Irish hockey program ... a member of Notre Dame's academic honors program.

AS A SENIOR: Saw action in 33 of the 36 games played by the Irish ... served as alternate captain in his final year ... recorded three assists on the season, taking 31 shots on goal ... picked up 13 penalties to the tune of 37 minutes ... led the Irish with a +8 on the season, a career-best +/- mark ... had only two-point game of his career with a pair of assists on Nov. 10 in 9-4 win versus Bowling Green ... final assist came on Dec. 6 in dramatic 3-2 win at Minnesota State ... wrist shot from the point was deflected by Erik Condra for game-winning goal with seven seconds left in the game ... was a finalist for college hockey's Humanitarian Award, the CCHA's Mike and Marian Ilitch Award and won Notre Dame's Christopher Zorich Award for his community service work ... following season played in 15 games for the ECHL's Pensacola Ice Pilots ... had two goals and four assists for six points and 20 penalty minutes.

AS A JUNIOR: Played in 37 of Notre Dame's 38 games ... turned in career bests in goals (3), assists (6), points (9) and shots on goal (53) ... whistled for 16 penalties resulting in 32 minutes in the sin bin ... recorded assists versus Miami, Bowling Green and Michigan State over first 19 games of the season ... scored lone Irish goals in heartbreaking 2-1 overtime loss at Lake Superior State on Jan. 8 ... second goal of the season came in first period (tying game 1-1) of 6-2 loss to Michigan Tech at Green Bay's Resch Center ... added three assists before notching final goal of the season at Michigan State on March 4 ... goal gave Notre Dame a 1-0 lead early in the second period.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Played in 32 of 39 games on the season, collecting one goal with two assists for three points ... lone goal came short-handed and was a game winner ... had six penalties for 12 minutes ... took 20 shots on goal ... had four games with two shots on goal in each ... was second among Irish defensmen with a +3 plus-minus for the year (Wes O'Neill was tops with a +7) ... was usually paired with either Joe Zurenko or Noah Babin ... scored first collegiate goal on Nov. 28, the game winner in a 5-1 win over Northern Michigan ... with the Irish killing a 5-on-3 power play, a Wildcat centering pass went between the two points as Trick burst out of the penalty box ... he gathered it in at center and raced in on Northern goaltender Craig Kowalski ... Trick went to the backhand and flipped it over the senior goaltender to give the Irish a 2-0 lead ... he would get his second point of the season via an assist on an Aaron Gill goal in the 4-3 overtime loss at Northern Michigan ... his final assist of the year came on Tim Wallace's first of two goals in the 5-4 overtime win in game three of the first round of the CCHA playoffs on March 14 ... played in all five postseason games with one assist.

AS A FRESHMAN: Played in 26 of Notre Dame's 40 games in his first year with the Irish ... recorded two assists for two points and took 21 shots on goal ... whistled for five penalties totaling 10 minutes ... was +2 for the season ... did not play in the first eight games of the season ... saw first collegiate action on Nov. 9 in 2-1 win versus Miami at the Joyce Center ... saw limited playing time through Jan. 1 (played in just four games) ... played in the remaining 22 games of the season, usually paired with senior captain Evan Nielsen ... recorded first career point on Jan. 10 at Ferris State ... helped set up John Wroblewski's second goal of the game that tied score 2-2 in eventual 6-3 loss to the Bulldogs ... second assist came on first-period goal by Globke in 4-2 loss at Western Michigan on Feb. 28.

PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated from St. Charles East High School in Geneva, Ill., where he was a National Honor Society member ... also attended Notre Dame Prep in Pontiac, Mich., where he played baseball as a freshman ... played two seasons in the NAHL with the Chicago Freeze ... served as alternate captain in final season ... scored four goals with 15 assists for 19 points in 45 games before his season ended due to surgery for broken fingers ... received the NAHL Academic Achievement Award for the 2001-02 season ... scored two goals with four assists for six points to go along with 77 minutes in penalties in his first season with the Freeze ... was a fifth-round pick of the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds in the 2000 OHL Draft but opted for the NAHL to keep his collegiate eligibility ... played two seasons with the 1984 HoneyBaked Bantam AAA team ... helped team win 1999 Michigan Hockey Cup state title and the 1999 AAA national championship ... following season served as alternate captain on HoneyBaked team that won the league championship and the annual worldwide bantam title in Kamloops, British Columbia ... scored 20 goals with 35 assists and 87 penalty minutes in 73 games for the `99-'00 team ... was named Michigan Hockey Magazine's Scholar-Athlete of the Year following the `99-'00 season ... member of Michigan Select 16 and 17 teams in 2000 and 2001 ... full name is Christopher Thomas Trick ... son of Al and Charlene Trick ... has one sister ... born Aug. 12, 1984, in Rochester, N.Y. ... finance major in the Mendoza College of Business.

Trick's Career Statistics

Trick's Career Bests

2 Points
vs. Bowling Green (0g-2a; 11/10/05)

1 Goal
Four times

2 Assists
vs. Bowling Green (11/10/05)

4 Shots on Goal
vs. Bowling Green (2/17/06)
vs. Western Michigan (12/3/05)
vs. Bowling Green (1/29/05)
vs. Michigan State (12/10/04)
vs. Northern Michigan (10/29/04)