Senior Season: Earned the George McCarthyPerformance Award for Scholastic and Athletic Achievement ...Earned WCHA All-Academic Team and WCHA Scholar Athlete accolades... Tallied eight points (four goals, four assists) in 26 games ...Tallied two points in each of the first three games of the season... Scored two goals, including the game-winner, in 4-3 win atNorthern Michigan on Oct. 8th ... Also scored two goals, both onthe power play, against Northern Michigan on Oct. 12th.
Junior Season: Named to the All-WCHA AcademicTeam ... Played in 26 games ... Scored a career-high four goals andadded six assists for a career-high 10 points on the season ...Recorded 10 points over 12 games ... Scored one goal and addedthree assists during a career-high four game point streak from Jan.16 to Feb. 5 ... Scored a power play goal in 3-1 win over Minn.Duluth on Feb. 5.
Sophomore Season: Named to the All-WCHAAcademic Team and was a WCHA Scholar-Athlete ... Played in 36 ofthe team’s 38 games, recording one goal and six assists forseven points ... Scored first goal in team’s 2-1 victory overrival Northern Michigan on Dec. 19 and followed up with an assiston Peter Rohn’s game-winning goal the following night ...Assisted on both of the team’s goals in a 2-2 tie againstColorado College during Winter Carnival for his first multi-pointgame of his career ... Earned the George McCarthy Memorial Awardfor athletic and scholastic achievement.
Freshman Season: Played in 36 games ... Tallied firstcareer point on an assist against Minnesota State on Oct. 20 ...Recorded his first career goal on the powerplay the following gamein a 3-0 win over No. 1 North Dakota on Oct. 27 ... Recorded anassist in both games against Colorado College on Jan. 25 and 26 ...Scored game-tying goal against No. 11 Wisconsin during WinterCarnival on Feb. 8.
Prior to Michigan Tech: Spent the two seasons beforearriving at Michigan Tech with the Calgary Canucks of the AlbertaJunior Hockey League … A two-time AJHL South DivisionAll-Star Team selection … Ranked fifth among AJHL scorers in2006-07 with 32-44--76 points in 56 games, including 18 power-playgoals and two shorthanded markers …Played for Team West atthe Canadian Junior A Hockey League Top Prospects Game …Registered a team-high 26-35--61 points, along with 14 power-playgoals in 67 games for the Canucks during 2005-06 campaign …Selected AJHL Rookie of the Year … One of 22 players fromthe AJHL South Division All-Star Team that competed at the VikingCup in Camrose, Alberta … Netted two assists in helping TeamCanada earn a berth in the championship game of thetournament.
Personal: Enjoys playing hockey, boating and golf… Has one older brother, one younger, and a younger sister… Cousin of Holy Cross forward Everett Sheen … Son ofGreg and Cindy Royer of Calgary, Alberta … Born BennettGregory Royer on Jan. 31, 1988, in Calgary, Alberta … Shootsleft … Owns a 3.48 GPA in business administration.
