CAREER NOTES & RECORDS
Career: Ranks just outside the top-10 all-time at Penn State in points (87) and goals (38)…Has a 1.18 points per game average, the highest mark by a Nittany Lion all-time…Holds the Penn State program record with 16 powerplay tallies for his career.
Season: 2024-25: Set Penn State single-season records across the board with 23 goals and 30 assists for 53 points…Tied his own Penn State single-season record with eight powerplay goals.
2024-25 • SOPHOMORE SEASON
Awards: Named a 2025 West CCM/AHCA Second-Team All-American…Became a Hobey Baker Award Top-10 Finalist, the first in program history…Named a finalist for the B1G Player of the Year…Earned unanimous B1G First-Team All-Conference accolades…Earned two Big Ten Star of the Week accolades...Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors.
Season: Ranked in the top-10 nationally in each offensive category; points (4th), goals (T-9th), assists (T-7th), powerplay goals (T-9th), and shorthanded goals (T-8th) while his 1.33 points per game were good for third in the nation and is the second-best mark in a single-season at Penn State. Led the Big Ten in points (53) and assists (30) while his 23 goals were good for third in the conference. Skated in all 40 games registering a team-best 15 multi-point games…Registered career-highs across the board with a Penn State single-season record 53 points and 30 assists while tying the single-season record for goals (23)…Tallied eight powerplay goals to tie his own single-season record while adding a pair of shorthanded goals becoming just the eighth Nittany Lion all-time to score multiple shortys in a season.
at Alaska (10/5-10/6): Registered five points on four assists and one goal in series sweep to open the season. Tied his career-high with four points on one goal and three assists in a 5-0 shutout in game two. All four points came in the second period tying the Penn State record for points in a single period. at Quinnipiac (10/12): Collected a pair of assists in a 3-2. St. Lawrence (10/25-10/26): Had an assist in the opener before notching the game-winning goal in the series finale to complete the sweep. Wisconsin (11/15-11/16): Scored in each game while adding an assist for a three-point weekend. Michigan (11/22-11/23): Had one goal and one assist in the opener before tying his career-high with four points on two goals and two assists in game two for a six-point weekend. Earned Big Ten Third Star of the week accolades the following Tuesday. Colgate (11/26-11/27): Scored the opening goal of the week before adding a pair of assists the following night to complete the series sweep. at Ohio State (12/6): Registered one assist in a 4-2 loss. vs. Army (12/12): Had the primary assist on a shorthanded goal during a 4-1 victory. vs. Notre Dame (1/3): Tallied one goal and one assist in a 3-3 tie in the Frozen Confines: Big Ten Hockey Series at Wrigley Field. at Notre Dame (1/5): Dazzled with a no-look tape-to-tape up ice pass for the primary assist on Charlie Cerrato’s second goal of the game in a 3-0 win. Michigan State (1/10-1/11): Scored a goal in each game in a loss and shootout win against No. 1 Michigan State. Canisus (1/17): Secured his second career hat trick in a 4-0 win, becoming the first Nittany lion with multiple hat tricks in a career. Ohio State (1/24): Scored twice while adding one assist in a 6-6 tie. at Michigan (1/31-2/1): Registered a pair of goals in a 5-4 win in game one before tallying a shorthanded goal in game two. Named Big Ten Second Star of the Week the following Tuesday. at Wisconsin (2/7-2/8): Collected one goal and one assist in back-to-back games during a series sweep. Notre Dame (2/14-2/15): Had an assist on night one before netting the game-winning goal to go along with an additional helper to complete a series sweep. at Michigan State (2/22): Potted the game-winning goal in a 3-2 victory over the No. 1 team in the nation. Minnesota (2/28): Registered a pair of primary assists, including one on the overtime game-winner, in a 4-3 win against the No. 2 team in the nation. at Michigan (3/7): Collected a career-high four assists, including one on the overtime game-winner, in a 6-5 win. Tied the Penn State single-game record for assists. at Ohio State (3/15): Tallied one assist in a 4-3 loss. vs. Maine (3/28): Had the primary assist on the game’s first goal in a 5-1 victory over the third-overall seeded Black Bears.
2023-24 • FRESHMAN SEASON
Awards: Named a Big-Ten Freshman of the Year Finalist…Named a unanimous selection to the B1G Hockey All-Freshman Team…Named an All-Big Ten Honorable Mention…A 2024 Hobey Baker Award nominee and National Freshman of the Year nominee.
Season: Led the team with 34 points in 34 games…Scored a team-best 15 goals while adding 19 assists…His 34 points were the third most in a single-season by a Nittany Lion rookie while his 15 goals and 19 assists were good for fifth and tied second, respectively.
at LIU (10/7): Collected an assist in a 3-2 win. at St. Lawrence (10/14): Recorded his first multi-point game with two assists in a 4-1 victory. AIC (10/20-21): Tallied his first career goal in a 3-2 win and added an assist in a 6-4 loss. UAA (10/27): Collected a pair of assists in a 6-5 loss. Notre Dame (11/5): Scored a goal in a 2-2 tie. at Michigan State (11/11): Tallied one goal in a 5-3 loss. at Michigan (11/17): Added a goal and an assist in a 6-4 loss. at Michigan (11/18): Had a career-high four points including the 11th hat trick in program history, only the second on the road, in a 5-3 victory. Lindenwood (11/24-25): Had one goal and a pair of assists in each game during a series sweep. Minnesota (12/2): Registered an assist in a 6-3 victory. at Wisconsin (12/9): Tallied an assist on the lone goal in a 4-1 loss. Army (1/6): Scored two goals, including the game-winner, and added an assist in a 7-6 come-from-behind victory. Michigan State (1/13): Tallied a goal in a 7-3 loss. at Notre Dame (1/20): Added an assist in a loss. Ohio State (1/26-27): Scored twice in the series opener while adding one goal and one assist in the finale during a series sweep. Michigan (2/17): Notched an assist in a 4-2 win. at Minnesota (3/9): Collected an assist in a Big Ten Quarterfinal contest.
BEFORE PENN STATE
Drafted in the seventh round, 218th overall, by the Nashville Predators in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft…Spent the past two seasons with the Brooks Bandits of the Alberta Junior Hockey League…Served as an alternate captain during the 2022-23 season…Named the 2022-23 top forward as well as the Most Valuable Player of both the AJHL and the CJHL (Canadian Junior Hockey League) following a league-best 97 points in just 54 games…Scored 41 goals with 56 assists during the regular season to rank second and fourth in the AJHL, respectively, before adding eight goals and five assists for 13 points in 15 playoff games…Led the Bandits to the 2023 AJHL Championship and is a two-time Centennial Cup champion…Led all players with six goals and seven assists for 13 points in six Centennial Cup games in 2023…Served as an alternate captain for Canada West in the 2022-23 World Junior A challenge where he led the tournament in scoring with 12 points on five goals and seven assists in six games.
PERSONAL
Son of Liane Reid and Derek Fink...Is the middle child of three boys with an older brother, Kyle, and younger brother, Brodie…Father, Derek, played collegiate football in Canada at the University of Regina…Intending to major in recreation park and tourism management.