Mike Sullivan

Robert Morris

Oct 4 (Sat)

6:07 p.m.

Photo by: BGSU Marketing and Communications

Photo by: Todd Pavlack / BGSUHockey.com

Position:
Defenseman
Height:
6-1
Weight:
187
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Toronto, Ontario
Prev School:
Markham (OJHL)

2014-15 (Senior): WCHA All-Academic Team … Named the Athletic Department’s Senior Scholar-Athlete of the Year … Played in 33 games and was third on the team with a +9 on-ice rating … Had a career-best three goals and added five assists on the season … Ranked second on the team with 59 blocks … Scored the game-winner in a 3-1 victory over Bemidji State … Added an assist in that win for his second multi-point game of the season … Also had a goal and an assist in the team’s previous game, a 3-2 victory at Ohio State … Scored a goal in the team’s 2-1 win over Alabama Huntsville to close the regular season … Twice took five shots in a game, doing so in back-to-back wins at Alabama Huntsville … Was a +3 on-ice in a 3-0 home win over Alaska … Also was a +2 five times, including the series-clinching 4-1 win over Northern Michigan in the first round of the WCHA Tournament … Blocked five shots in a game three times … Earned the team’s Jack Gregory Scholar-Athlete Award.

2013-14 (Junior): Played in 36 games for the Falcons during the season…honored as a 2013-14 WCHA Scholar-Athlete recipient…ranked third among defensemen with 10 assists…added two goals for 12 points for the year…ranked first on the team with 48 blocks on the year…ranked first among defensemen with 56 shots on goal…committed six penalties for 12 penalty minutes, ranking tied first among all defensemen for the year…finished the year with a plus-1 on-ice rating…recorded his first point of the season with an assist against No. 16 Union on the road (10/12/14)…tallied an assist against No. 14 Ferris State on the road in a 3-3 tie (11/15/14)…netted a power-play goal against Minnesota State (11/23/13)…recorded a game-winning goal on the road against Northern Michigan (7/1/14)…tallied two assists in a playoff-clinching 5-3 victory against Bemidji State at the BGSU Ice Arena (3/7/14).

2012-13 (Sophomore): Was one of only six Falcons to play in all 41 games during the season…ranked fourth on the team with 15 assists, finishing with the second most among defenseman…ranked second among defenseman with a career-best 16 points…finished second on the team with a plus-14 on-ice rating…ranked first on the team with 69 blocked shots…honored with the Bill and Helen Lloyd Award as the team’s most improved player…recorded his first point of the year with an assist against Union 10/12/12)...posted assists in back-to-back games against Colgate (10/19/12-10/20/12), blocking five shots over the weekend...blocked four shots in a 1-0 win against MSU (11/2/12)...recorded assists in back-to-back games against Alaska (12/7/12-12/8/12), blocking six shots on the weekend...recorded an assist against Notre Dame (12/15/12)...extended his career-best four-game point streak with two assists (career best) in the Falcons’ 3-0 win against No. 17 Niagara (12/229/12)...recorded an assist in a 3-2 win over No. 10 WMU (1/18)...scored his first goal of the season and added an assist in the Falcons’ 7-3 win over LSSU (2/2/13)...earned an assist against Lake Superior (3/10/13).

2011-12 (Freshman): Played in 42 games…scored one goal and three assists for four points…ranked second on the team with 40 blocked shots…committed seven penalties for 14 PIMs…ended the season with a minus -6 on-ice rating…blocked two shots and finished a plus -2 in a 4-4 tie with Connecticut… was plus -1 with two blocked shots against Notre Dame…earned his first-career point with an assist in the Falcons comeback shootout win against Miami…finished a two-game set against Western Michigan with a plus -2 rating and three blocked shots…blocked four shots against Bemidji State…scored his first-career goal against Northern Michigan in the CCHA Playoffs, added an assist to give him his first multi-point game of his career…collected an assist in the series-clinching game against FSU, finishing with three blocked shots.

Prior to BGSU: Played three seasons in the OJHL splitting time between the Ajax Attack, Georgetown Raiders, and the Markham Waxers…amassed 20 goals and 73 assists (93 pts) in 135 career games…scored two goals and an assist in six career playoff games…led team in defensive scoring (48 pts) during 2009-2010 season.

Personal: Full name—Michael Francis Sullivan…son of Jeff and Josie Sullivan…has a brother named Dan (24) who played hockey for Niagara University…has a sister named Angela (21) who currently plays soccer for Queens University…achieved academic honor roll all four years of high school…lettered in hockey, volleyball, badminton, soccer, curling, and golf while attending Pope John Paul II Catholic Secondary School....Majoring in exercise science.