Bulldog Best: Tallied 2-1-3 in 5-4 OT winat Colgate (1/24/09) that included Yale scoring the last fivegoals.

2009-10: Top offensive blueliner on team with6-21-27... Named second-team All-America by collegehockey247.com...Second-team All-ECAC... First-team All-Ivy and All-New England...Ranked among top five defensemen in Division I for points pergame.

2008-09: Played 22 games before sufferingseason-ending injury against Quinnipiac... Was among top scoring(5-12-17)blueliners in conference and nation when his seasonended...Second-team All-ECAC... Honorable mention All-Ivy... ECACHockey Student-Athlete of Year Finalist... ECAC Hockey All-AcademicTeam

2007-08: Participated in all 34contests... Had 4-14-18... Tied for first on the team in assists...18 points good for fifth on the team and first among defensemen...One goal and two assists in a post-season victory at Princeton(3/15)... Just two penalty minutes all season... Three power-playgoals and one game-winning goal... Had two assists in a 2-1 winover Brown on 12/8... Tied for first on the team with a +12rating... John Poinier Award for best defensive player on theteam.

2006-07: Skated in all 31 games andfinished fifth on the team in scoring... 14 points were secondhighest among the defensemen... Managed a goal and an assist at No.8 New Hampshire (10/28)... Notched a PPG at Cornell (1/19) to tiethe game with 1:22 left in the third period... Academic All-ECAC...Won the Edward M. Wright, MD award as the team''sscholar-athlete.

At Phillips Andover Academy: Played threeyears varsity baseball and four years varsity hockey at Andover...Skated with current teammate Chris Cahill... All-league forbaseball in 2005 and 2006 and was the team''s captain in 2006... Wonthe 2006 Sumner Smith Phillips Academy Hockey Award... Finishedfirst among defensemen in points (7-10-17) senior year... EarnedCum Laude and Honor Roll and received the 2006 Ray Tippet MemorialAward.

Personal: Thomas Michael Dignard is theson of Michael and Ann Dignard... He is an economics andmathematics major and a member of Branford College.