2018-19: Recorded a career-best .917 save percentage and 2.53 goals against average… Made 43 saves against No. 15 Harvard on Feb. 23… Had SHOs vs. Union and RPI, both at Ingalls Rink
Bulldog Best: 44 Saves vs. Dartmouth in 2017 ECAC Hockey first-round playoff series OT Yale victory
2017-18: Stymied No. 3 ranked Harvard with a 32-save performance at Boston on Nov. 3... Recorded a 33-save effort in a tie against No. 4 Cornell on Jan. 12... Registered a total of 8 victories... Stopped 30 or more shots in 7 contests... Academic All-ECAC Hockey
2016-17: Stopped 68 of 71 shots, including eight in OT, in ECAC Playoff sweep of Dartmouth at Ingalls and was conference goalie of the week... Notched first collegiate win against UConn (13 saves) on Jan. 7 and first shutout against Dartmouth (26) on Feb. 18... Made collegiate debut in third period of Cornell home game and stopped all five shots he faced... Made first career start at St. Lawrence on 11/18/16... Earned first victory in 4-2 game at UConn on 1/7/17... Got starts in all four post-season games.
2015-16: Dressed in 17 games.
Choate Rosemary Hall: Four-year varsity goalie who co-captained team his senior year… Led prep school goalies with .952 save percentage in 2014-15… Had 1.50 GAA that season… Career .930 save percentage… New England Prep All-Star West… First-team All-Founders League… Team made playoffs all four years… Richie Stewart ''85 MVP at Lawrenceville School Tournament (team won that tourney twice)… Selected for 2012 USA Hockey Warren Strelow National Team Goalie Camp… Selected for 2013 USA Hockey National Development Camp (Team New England)… Earned three varsity letters as a lacrosse midfielder and helped team to 2013 Founders League co-championship… Six-time Dean''s List honoree.
Midget Major: Played for Mid-Fairfield from 2011-14 in fall season… Participated in 2013 USA Hockey U-18 National Championships at Pittsburgh, Pa… In net for CT Wolfpack during 2014-15… Won 2015 USA Hockey U-18 National Championship at Amherst, N.Y.
Personal: Samuel Kirk Tucker is the son of Veronica and Kirk Tucker… Mom is VP of marketing for NYC Marathon… Coached for Steve Valiquette Goaltending School.
