Brett Bliss

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Class:
Sophomore
Position:
Defenseman
Height:
6-2
Weight:
190
Hometown:
Chelmsford, Mass.
Last Team:
Surrey (BCHL)

2024-25: Assistant captain … Skated in 31 games as a senior defenseman … Tallied a goal and four assists for five points … Finished the season with a +3 rating … Added 40 blocked shots and 51 shots on goal … Tallied the game-winning goal and added an assist in the 6-3 win over Colgate (Feb. 15).

2023-24: Assistant captain … Skated in all 30 games as a junior defenseman and finished the season with two goals and seven assists for nine points … Recorded 41 blocked shots to rank third on the team … Collected two goals in Brown’s 4-1 win at Stonehill (Dec. 3).

2022-23: Skated in all 30 games as a sophomore defenseman … Finished the season with six goals and seven assists for 13 points … His six goals tied for third-most on the team and 13 points were fourth-most … Recorded a goal and assist in Brown’s win over #8 Providence (Nov. 26) … Chipped in a goal and assist in consecutive games against #8 Merrimack (Jan. 7) and Union (Jan. 13) … Recorded a goal and assist against Dartmouth (Jan. 20) … Compiled 26 blocked shots.

2021-22: Skated in 30-of-31 games as a rookie defenseman … Scored two collegiate goals – his first against Princeton (Nov. 5) and second at Yale (Dec. 10) … Tied for fourth on the team with seven assists … Posted three assists in the final two games of the season, including two in Game 3 of the ECAC First Round Series at St. Lawrence (Mar. 6) … Finished fourth on the team with 32 blocked shots. His nine points ranked seventh on the team and third among defensemen.

BEFORE BROWN: Played the last two seasons with the Surrey Eagles (BCHL) and recorded nine goals and 29 assists for 38 points in 66 games played … Voted as an assistant captain for the Eagles … Also competed for the Neponset Valley River Rats (2016-19) … Won a state championship with the River Rats and made it to the National Championship twice (2016 and 2019) … Also played hockey and lacrosse for Belmont Hill School … Recorded nine goals and 21 assists for 30 points in three seasons … Team captain … Named ISL All-League Honorable Mention in 2018-19 … Made the honor roll all four years … Appointed as a member of the Belmont Hill Boarding Leadership Committee … Received Magna Cum Laude status on National Latin Exam (2017-2019).

PERSONAL: Son on Kelly Bliss … Mother, Kelly, played field hockey and lacrosse at Cornell, where she still holds the school record for most shutouts in a single season by a goalie in field hockey … Has two siblings, Ryan and Jack … Ryan played hockey at Cornell (2014-18) and at UMass (2019), and Jack played hockey (2017-20) and baseball (2018) at Bowdoin … Plans to concentrate in Economics or Business, Entrepreneurship and Organizations.