Bulldog Best: 1-1-2 twice his senior year.

2011-12: Saved his best for the last year with nine goals... Played all but one game... 2-1-3 in playoff series at Harvard... Academic All-ECAC Hockey.

2010-11: NCAA East Regional All-Tournament Team… Scored winner in OT against Air Force in NCAA regional semifinal… Career-high eight goals and 15 points… Played in all 36 games.

2009-10: Tallied first collegiate goal and first two-point outing vs. Princeton (Dec. 5)... Scored game-winning goal vs. Ferris State on Jan 2. 

2008-09: Played in 15 games at forward... Had two assists.

Before Yale: Notched 27 goals and 52 points in 52 games in 2007-08 playing for a combination of teams, Drayton Valley and Nanaimo Clippers... Had 20-19-39 in 2006-07 for Drayton Valley and was team rookie of the year... Also named team's top playoff performer... Career stats in AJHL were 88 games played with 39-33-72... Participated in the AJHL Top Prospects Game in Canmore... Earned 2007 gold medal at World Junior A Championships... Earned Alexander Rutherford Scholarship... Attended Spruce Grove Composite High School...

Personal: Chad Nikolaus Ziegler is the son of Lon Ziegler and Valarie Goodman... Political Science major.