Bulldog Best: Scored game-winning goal vs. Colgate in a 2-1 contest (11/3/06).

2007-08: Injury limited the junior to 15 games... Still managed to score two goals and record three assists for five points... Only one penalty for a total of two minutes... Doubled career assists total (six) with three on the year... Named team captain at postseason banquet.

2006-07: Missed only one game and recorded two goals and three assists... All of his points came during conference play... Scored goals on consecutive nights vs. Colgate (11/3) and Cornell (11/4)... Goal vs. Colgate was game-winner in the third period... Academic All-ECAC... Won Yale's David C. Noyes III award for inspiration.

2005-06: Played in 25 games as a freshman... Tallied his first Yale point on a goal vs. Mercyhurst (11/22)... Had game-winning-goals vs. Rensselaer (1/21) and Connecticut (2/5)... Scored two goals vs. Connecticut (2/5).

At Noble & Greenough School: Played soccer, hockey and lacrosse... Tallied 19 goals and 38 points in his last winter on the ice while earning league MVP honors and making first-team All-New England status... Boston Globe All-Scholastic 2005... Made two all-tournament teams in 2005... Three-time all-league selection in hockey.

Personal: Matt Nelson is the son of Kathy and Frank Nelson... Father played hockey at Middlebury... Pierson College resident.

Year 	GP 	G 	A	P	PP 	SH 	GW 	PIM

2005-06 	25 	5 	0 	5 	0 	0 	2 	14

2006-07 	30 	2 	3 	5 	0 	0 	1 	22

2007-08 	15 	2 	3 	5 	0 	0 	0 	2

Totals 	70 	9 	6 	15 	0 	0 	3 	38