Bulldog Best: 4 points (2G, 2A against RPI 12/9/16).
2016-17: Agreed to terms with NHL Chicago on March 12... Led Yale with a career-high 21 goals... Career-best 34 points... Scored seven goals in first seven games... Points in 10 of his last 14 games... Scored two late goals to tie and then win OT game at RPI... Scored a point in eight straight games from Nov. 5 to Dec. 9... Scored twice against Cornell, RPI and Brown... 7th in nation with .64 goals per game... Second-Team All-ECAC... Hobey Baker candidate... Finalist for Walter Brown Award.
2015-16: Led all skaters with 16 goals... 3rd among all skaters with 23 points... Led all Elis with 136 shots on goal... Scored 10 goals in the team''s final 20 games... Earned All-Ivy League Honorable Mention.
2014-15: Second-team All-Ivy League… Third on team with seven goals and fourth with 18 points… Team-high three game-winning goals… Second on team with three power-play goals… Four-game point streak… Alternate captain for the U.S. National Team at the IIHF World Junior Championships in Canada.
2013-14: Got better as season progressed... Doubled his goal total during the two-game, ECAC Quarterfinal Series at Quinnipiac by leading all Yale scorers with three... Played in all 33 games... Second among rookies with six goals and 16 points... Jan. 17-18 ECAC Player and Rookie of Week awards.
Off the Ice:
- Ambassador of The Big-E Foundation
- Academic Honors at Pioneer High School
- Founding Member of Athletes With A Purpose
Before Yale: Drafted by Chicago Blackhawks in 3rd round (74 overall) of NHL Draft on June 30, 2013... Invited to the 2013 USA Hockey National Junior Evaluation Camp… Attended Pioneer High School in Ann Arbor, Mich., while skating for U.S. National Team Development Program… Served as one of the USA captains… Scored 15 goals and 29 points in 45 games during 2012-13… Hit net against University of Michigan… Won the 4 Nations Tournament with Team USA in Ann Arbor… MVP of 2013 USHL/NHL Top Prospects Game… Game MVP at U17 World Challenge and at U18 World Championship… Team won silver medal at IIHF U-18 World Championships in Sochi, Russia… Collected 59 points over two years (freshman, sophomore) at Brunswick School… Scored 21 goals his sophomore season.
Personal: John Hayden is the son of Diana and Mark Hayden… Interned for Pelican Breeze (apparel company)… Brother, Will, goes to Wake Forest University… Sister, Catherine, is in high school at Sacred Heart… Enjoys golf... Political science major.
Hayden, Big E Foundation Feature
Hayden Interview on This Week in ECAC Hockey
Hayden Feature in hockeythisweek.com
