Biography
Career Highs
Goals: 1 (10 times) at Elmira (11/4/17), vs Trine (1/6/18), at Bryn Athyn (2/2/18), vs Chatham (11/9/18), vs Stevenson (11/10/18), vs Anna Maria (11/24/18), at Trine (1/4/19), vs Elmira (1/18/19), vs Manhattanville (2/8/19), and at Nazareth (2/16/19)
Assists: 2 at Elmira (11/2/18)
Points: 2 (3 times) at Bryn Athyn (2/2/18) at Elmira 11/2/18), and vs Chatham (11/9/18)
Awards:
UCHC All-Academic Team (2017-18)
MAC Academic Honor Roll (2017-18, 2018-19)
2018-19: Skated in all 25 games as a sophomore forward … Recorded 16 points on seven goals, including one power play goal and three short-handed goals, and nine assists with 42 shots, a plus-minus of -22, and 15 blocked shots … Won 250 faceoffs and lost 212 faceoffs on 462 attempts for a .541 win percentage … Recorded a season high two points on a season high two assists in King’s 7-3 loss at Elmira (11/2) … Recorded a season high two points on a season high one goal and one assist in King’s 6-5 overtime loss to Chatham (11/9) … Scored a season high one goal, including a season high one power play goal with a season high five shots and blocked a season high two shots in King’s 5-1 loss to Stevenson (11/10) … Scored a season high one goal including a season high one short-handed goal and blocked a season high two shots in King’s 3-2 loss against Anna Maria (11/24) and in King’s 11-1 loss to Elmira (1/18) … Scored a season high one goal including a season high one short-handed goal in King’s 5-1 loss to Manhattanville (2/8) … Scored a season high one goal in King’s 5-1 loss at Trine (1/4) … Scored a season high one goal with a season high five shots in King’s 5-2 loss at Nazareth (2/16) … Blocked a season high two shots in King’s 2-0 loss to Brockport (10/27) … Won a season high 17 faceoffs in King’s 6-2 loss to Bryn Athyn (11/17) … named to MAC Winter Academic Honor Roll ... King’s had a 1-24-0 overall record, a 1-17-0 mark in UCHC play, and a 0-8-0 mark in MAC play
2017-18: Skated in all 25 games as a freshman forward ... Recorded 14 points on three goals and 11 assists with 54 shots, a plus-minus of -23, and 15 blocked shots ... Recorded first career point on first career assist and blocked a season high two shots in King's season-opening 6-2 loss to Brockport (10/27) ... Scored first career goal in King's 7-4 loss at Elmira (11/4) ... Recorded a season high two points on a season high one goal and a season high one assist in King's 6-3 loss at Bryn Athyn (2/2) ... Scored a season high one goal and recorded a season high six shots in King's 5-2 loss to Trine (1/6) ... Recorded a season high one assist in King's 3-2 loss at Castleton (11/24), in King's 9-3 loss against Tufts (11/25), in King's 6-1 loss at #14/RV Utica (12/2), in King's 6-1 loss at SUNY Canton (1/19), in King's 3-1 loss at Stevenson (1/26), in King's 5-1 loss at Neumann (1/27), in 5-4 loss to Lebanon Valley (2/9), in King's 4-2 loss to Chatham (2/10), and in King's 8-3 loss to #10/#10 Utica (2/16) ... Blocked a season high two shots in King's 4-2 loss to Bryn Athyn (11/17) ... named to UCHC All-Academic Team ... named to MAC Winter Academic Honor Roll ... King's had a 0-25-0 overall record, a 0-16-0 mark in UCHC play, and a 0-6-0 mark in MAC play
PRIOR TO KING'S: Played in the National Collegiate Development Conference of the United States Premier Hockey League for the P.A.L. Junior Islanders in Hauppauge, New York ... graduated from H Frank Carey High School in Franklin Square, New York ... was a pitcher and outfield on the Seahawks baseball team
PERSONAL: Son of Marie and Luciano Bucci ... has one older brother, Tommaso ... brother, Tommaso (Class of 2019) is a forward on the Division I Mercyhurst University ice hockey team ... cousin, Alexander Vukota is a defenseman for the University of New England ice hockey team ... an international business and finance double major ... chose King's "for the education and for the ability to play hockey."
