Bulldog Best: Goal and three points in winsover Sacred Heart on 11/24/09 and Holy Cross on 1/2/11.

2012-13 (National Championship Season): Playedin every game as Yale''s top defensive forward and a keypenalty-killer... His three goals were significant: two wereovertime winners and one tied the game in the third period of theNCAA West Regional Final... Scored at Colorado College, at homeagainst Colgate and in the 4-1 win over North Dakota at GrandRapids, Mich... Goal vs. UND came with a broken hand he hadsuffered weeks earlier.

2011-12:Played in all but one game... Two goalsand four points... Goals at Brown and at RPI.

2010-11: Notched seven points in 11 games...Three goals... Three points in win over Holy Cross 1/2.

2009-10: Earned valuable experience rotatinginto the lineup as part of a strong rookie class... Appeared in 22games.

Before Yale: Played two seasons in the USHL forthe Des Moines Buccaneers  and the Chicago Steel... Playednine seasons with AAA Chicago Young Americans... Had jersey retiredand amassed over 1,600 points... Earned gold medal on Team USA atthe 2008 World Junior A Challenge... Leading scorer in the MWEHL in2007-08... National Honor Society member... Played two years ofhigh school lacrosse and one year of golf at New Trier HighSchool...

Personal: Joshua Balch is the son of Michaeland Helen Balch... Three younger brothers all play hockey... Yaleteammates voted him "fastest skater" on the team...PoliticalScience major.