CAREER NOTES & RECORDS
Career: Ranks No. 4 all-time on the Penn State career points list with 116…Tied for eighth all-time with 41 career goals…Ranks No. 3 on the career assists list with 75.
Season: 2018-19: Became the seventh player in program history to hit the 40-point mark in a season cracking the top-10 in each offensive category with career-highs of 16 goals, 24 assists and 40 points.
2019-20 • SENIOR SEASON
Awards: Named an Academic All-Big Ten selection.
Season: Served as the seventh captain in program history...Skated in 25 games scoring 10 goals while adding 15 assists for 25 points...2020 Big Ten Tournament and NCAA Tournament cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Sacred Heart (10/11): Collected three assists in an 8-2 opening night victory. Sacred Heart (10/12): Scored his first two goals of the season and tallied an assist to secure the opening weekend sweep.
Alaska (10/17): Notched a goal and an assist in Thursday night's 7-0 shutout. Robert Morris (10/25): Scored the eventual game winning goal, also his 100th career point, in a 2-1 victory.
Wisconsin (10/31-11/1): Added two assists on Thursday and scored a goal on Friday to help secure the series sweep. Ohio State (11/22-23): Registered a goal in each game during a weekend split. at Notre Dame (12/13): Tallied a pair of assists in a 4-2 victory. Niagara (1/3): Recorded an assist in a 3-2 victory. Notre Dame (2/1): Added an assist in the White Rush game. at Ohio State (2/8): Scored a pair of goals and added an assist in a 6-3 victory. Minnesota (2/21): Registered a goal and two assists in a 3-3 tie.
2018-19 • JUNIOR SEASON
Awards: Named an All-Big Ten honorable mention…Academic All-Big Ten honoree.
Season: Skated in 37 games registering career-highs in goals, assists and points with 16, 24 and 40, respectively.
Rankings: Seventh in the Big Ten with 40 points good for T-24th nationally…Tied for seventh in the Big Ten with 16 goals and 24 assists.
No. 17 Clarkson (10/11-10/12): Tallied two points with one assist and the game winning goal in game one and another goal and assist in game two during a weekend sweep. Niagara (10/19): Collected two assists in game one of a weekend sweep. No. 13 Princeton (10/26): Registered the game-winning goal. Arizona State (11/2): Recorded one assist in a 6-5 victory. No. 16 Michigan (11/16-11/17): Tallied an assist in each game along with one goal in game two of a weekend split. at No. 5 Ohio State (11/23-11/24): Recorded three points with one goal and one assist in game one and one assist in game two of a weekend split. at Wisconsin (12/1): Tallied one assist during an 8-5 loss. No. 5 Notre Dame (12/7-12/8): Collected one assist in game one and tied a career high with three assists in game two of a weekend split. at Princeton (12/15): Registered one goal during a 4-4 draw at Wells Fargo Center. at Minnesota (1/4-1/5): Scored one goal in game one while adding an assist in game two of a weekend split…Earned the top spot on SportsCenter's Top 10 plays (1/4/19). Michigan State (1/11-1/12): Secured a pair of assists during both game one and game two of a weekend split. Minnesota (2/8-2/9): Totaled three points with one goal and two assists in game one, along with the game-winning goal and one assist in game two of a weekend sweep. at Michigan State (2/16): Scored a goal during a 5-3 win. Wisconsin (2/22): Marked his first career multi-goal game with two goals during an 8-2 victory. Wisconsin (2/23): Notched one goal during a 7-3 loss. At Notre Dame (3/1): Scored one goal during a 5-4 overtime loss. Wisconsin (3/9): Scored the game-winning goal and notched one assist during a 6-2 victory in game two of the Big Ten Tournament Quarterfinals. at Ohio State (3/17): Scored once during a 5-1 victory in the Big Ten semifinals. At Notre Dame (3/23): Tallied one assist during the Big Ten Tournament Championship.
2017-18 • SOPHOMORE SEASON
Awards: Academic All-Big Ten member.
Season: Skated in 37 games scoring nine goals while adding 22 assists for 31 points.
Clarkson (10/6): Registered his first goal of the season. AIC (10/19): Notched a goal and collected two assists for a career-high of three points in a 7-5 victory. Mercyhurst (11/3-11/4): Tallied an assist in each game of a weekend split. At Arizona State (11/17-11/18): Registered three points with one goal and two assists in game one and a pair of points with one goal and an assist in game two of a weekend sweep. Michigan State (11/24): Tallied an assist in a 7-2 victory. at No. 11 Ohio State (12/1): Added an assist in a 5-5 tie. at No. 11 Ohio State (12/2): Recorded a pair of points with one goal and an assist in a 4-0 victory. Robert Morris (12/8-12/9): Tallied three assists during a weekend sweep. No. 15 Wisconsin (1/5-1/6): Registered an assist in a 5-1 victory and a 3-3 tie against. No. 6 Ohio State (1/12): Recorded a pair of assists in a 5-2 victory at No. 20 Michigan (1/20):. Added an assist in a 3-2 loss. at No. 18 Wisconsin (1/27): Scored the third penalty shot in program history and added an assist during a 4-4 tie. No. 2 Notre Dame (2/3): Assisted a goal in a 2-2 tie. No. 8 Minnesota (2/24): Notched a goal in a 5-2 victory. No. 11 Minnesota (3/2-3/3): Tallied an assist in game one and a goal in game two during a weekend sweep in the Big Ten Tournament Quarterfinals. at No. 3 Notre Dame (3/10): Tallied a goal and an assist in a 3-2 loss during the Big Ten Tournament Semifinals.
2016-17 • FRESHMAN SEASON
Season: Skated in all 39 games scoring six goals and adding 14 assists for 20 points.
No. 16 St. Lawrence (10/6-10/7): Collected his first collegiate point with an assist on opening night during a 4-2 victory while adding another assist the following night. Canisius (10/28): Scored his first collegiate goal during a 4-1 victory. Niagara (11/4): Registered an assist in the 5-1 win. Alaska Anchorage (11/12): Recorded the first goal in a 3-1 victory. No. 20 Michigan (12/2): Registered the final goal in the 5-1 victory. Ohio State (1/21): Recorded one assist in a 6-3 loss. Princeton (1/28): Collected one assist in a 5-4 loss at Wells Fargo Center. Wisconsin (2/10): Registered one goal and one assist in a 6-3 victory. at Michigan State (2/25): Assisted on a goal during a 4-1 victory. Michigan (3/16): Assisted on a goal in the first-round of the Big Ten Tournament. Wisconsin (3/18): Assisted on both goals including the double-overtime winner in the Big Ten Championship. No. 7 Union (3/25): Scored Penn State’s first-ever NCAA Tournament goal and added an assist in a 10-3 victory.
BEFORE PENN STATE
Played two seasons with the Spruce Grove Saints of the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL), registering 111 points on 53 goals and 58 assists in 97 games played...Led the team to an AJHL Championship during the 2014-15 season…Named the team and AJHL Rookie of the Year in 2014-15…Led the team to an AJHL North Division Championship during the 2015-16 campaign…Selected Team Playoff MVP…Participated in the 2016 Edmonton Oilers NHL Prospects Camp.
PERSONAL
Brandon Robert Biro...Son of Dawn and Rob Biro…Has a younger brother Jordan…Both his mother Dawn and father Rob played collegiate soccer in Alberta with his father moving on to play professionally for one year…Majoring in Business Management...Born on March 11, 1998 in Sherwood Park, Alberta.
BIRO ON PENN STATE
“There were a number of factors for why I chose Penn State, but perhaps the biggest was coach Gadowsky. I spoke to several people who either coached with him or previously played for him and all spoke of his character and ability to teach and develop. Another big factor was the facilities; they are without a doubt second to none. Penn offers everything an athlete could ever need or want to develop both on and off the ice. I am extremely excited to start my first season as a Nittany Lion and can hardly wait for the first game.”
GADOWSKY ON BIRO
“Brandon had an extremely successful junior career at a young age. He has elite hockey IQ, and has very quick feet. The fans at Pegula will really enjoy watching his creativity and vision on the ice.”