Derek Whitmore

USA Hockey NTDP

Dec 29 (Mon)

7:07 p.m.

Height:
5-10
Weight:
189
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Rochetser, N.Y.
Prev School:
Lincoln/USHL

2007-08: A Second Team All-CCHA Selection ...Played in 38 games, missing one game all season with an injury...scored 13 power-play goals, recording 18 total points (13g, 5a) with the man-advantage...had one short-handed goal and five game-winners...his nine multiple-point games led the team, along with his seven multiple-goal games...tallied two goals in the Falcons[apos] 5-3 win over RIT (Oct. 18)...lit the lamp twice in a 6-3 win at Ferris State (Nov. 9)...recorded his first-career hat trick in the Falcons[apos] 3-1 win at Ferris State (Nov. 10) to finish his weekend with five total goals...earned his second-career CCHA Offensive Player of the Week honors for the week of Nov. 12...became the first Falcon since Peter Holmes in February of 1990 to tally two back-to-back games with a hat trick, as he recorded the second of his career in as many games against Northern Michigan (Nov. 16), while adding an assist to record a new single-game high four points...received CCHA Offensive Player of the Week honors for the second time with a four-goal weekend in a two-game home-and-home sweep of Western Michigan (Jan. 18-19)...tallied his third hat trick of the season and of his career in a 4-1 game one win against WMU (Jan. 18.)...entered the BGSU top-20 career goals list with his three goals and assist in BG[apos]s weekend split at UNO (Feb. 15-16)...had 21 recorded blocks on the year...also had 11 penalties and 33 penalty minutes...had a season-best four-game goal streak on two different occasions. 2006-07: Was one of just three Falcons to play in all 38 games...set career-bests in points (29), goals (19) and assists (10)...finished second on the team with those 29 points...named CCHA Offensive Player of the Week after recording four points (3g, 1a) in two games versus Michigan State...earned both the Jim Sears Award (Team MVP) and Dr. Ron Zwierlein Award (Leadership)...opened the season with a goal in each of the first five games, including two versus UAH...closed the season with seven goals in his final seven games, including two versus Michigan State in a 5-3 loss...had two game-winners on the year with an overtime lamp-lighter versus UConn (Oct. 13) and a second period goal versus WMU (Jan. 5)...was tied for the team lead with six power-play goals...had seven multiple point games, where the Falcons were 3-3-1 in those contests....had goals in both playoffs games versus UNO. 2005-06: Finished the season third on the team with 13 goals and second on the team with eight power-play goals • had multiple goal games versus St. Lawrence and Michigan...had three points (1g, 2a) and was a plus-2 in an 8-4 win over Northern Michigan (Nov. 19)...had 10 points (7g, 3a) in a 10 game span (Dec. 3-Jan. 14).

2004-05: : Played in 33 games...recorded 11 golas and six assists...scored two goals versus Michigan State (12/04) and Alaska Fairbanks (1/08), including the game-winning goal •registered multiple point games six times...finished tied for second on the team with six power play goals. Pre-College: Played the 2003-04 season with the Lincoln Stars of the United States Hockey League...named USHL [quote]Let[apos]s Play Hockey[quote] magazine Offensive POW on December 8...was second among the Stars in scoring with 42 points (19g, 23a) in 45 games...also had a plus-four rating with six PPGs and three GWGs...in 2002-03, played for the Waterloo Black Hawks of the USHL and tallied 28 points (15g, 13a) in 58 games, as well as 51 PIM, one PPG, two GWGs and a plus-three rating...helped the Black Hawks to a second-place finish in the USHL...played for the Butte Irish in 2001-02, finishing with 21 goals and 21 assists, earning team Rookie of the Year honors...was a teammate of fellow Falcon Mike Nesdill while with the Stars in 2003-04. Personal: Full name--Derek Robert Whitmore...born Dec. 17, 1984, in Rochester, N.Y...son of Ray and Linda Whitmore...has one brother (Wayne) and two sisters (Janette and Lynnae)...majoring in exercise science...shoots left...graduate of West High School ('03).

Whitmore[apos]s Career Stats
Year         GP    G    A    PTS    PN/MN     PPG/SHG/GWG
2004-2005    33    11    6    17     7/14        6/0/1
2005-2006    34    13    7    20     3/17        8/0/2
2006-2007    38    19   10   29      10/20      6/1/5
2007-2008    38    27   10   37      11/33     13/1/5
Career       143    70   33   103    31/84       33/2/13