| Height: | 5-11 |
| Weight: | 195 |
| Year: | Senior |
| Hometown: | Montreal, Que. |
| High School: | Salisbury School (Conn.) |
| Position: | Defenseman |
| Draft: | Buffalo Sabres |
| Major: | Sociology |
| Bats/Throws: | Right |
| House Affiliation: | Quincy |
Completed career tied for eighth in Harvard history with 131 career games played ... Did not miss a game during four-year career ... Selected in the fifth round (147th pick overall) of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft by the Buffalo Sabres ... Signed a two-year contract with Buffalo in May 2010.
Senior (2009-10) Stats
The 116th captain of Harvard men's hockey ... Recipient of the John
Tudor Memorial Cup as the Crimson's most valuable player for the
second straight year and the Ralph “Cooney” Weiland
Award for spirited play and devotion to the game of hockey ...
Earned All-Ivy League honorable mention ... Competed for the East
squad in the NCAA Frozen Four Skills Challenge ... A third-team
preseason All-America selection by Inside College Hockey ... Named
to preseason all-league teams by ECAC Hockey coaches and media ...
Spent the latter part of the season paired with classmate Chad
Morin and earlier skated alongside brother Danny
Biega ... Contributed to 9-for-9 penalty-killing effort in
two-game road sweep of Princeton in first round of ECAC Hockey
playoffs (March 5-6) ... Registered a goal and assist in 5-2 win at
Brown (Feb. 5) ... Posted a +6 rating over the course of
Harvard's three-point league weekend at No. 13 Union and Rensselaer
(Jan. 22-23) ... Recorded three points in two games with a
goal and an assist in tie at No. 19 Princeton (Nov. 14) and a
helper against St. Lawrence (Nov. 20) ... Skated in 100th career
game at Colgate (Nov. 6).
Junior (2008-09)
Harvard's first assistant captain since Tom Cavanagh '05 and Ryan
Lannon '05 in 2004-05 ... Awarded the Tudor Cup as
team MVP ... Selected to the New England All-Star team,
All-Ivy League first team, All-ECAC Hockey third team and ECAC
Hockey All-Academic team ... A Hobey Baker Award Fan Balloting
Candidate ... Preseason All-ECAC Hockey selection by the league
coaches and media ... Ranked second in league scoring among ECAC
defensemen (3-13-16) ... Sixth defenseman and first since Don
Sweeney '88 in 1987-88 to lead Harvard in assists ... Ranked second
on team in points ... Part of the league's top power play in
ECAC games (19.2 percent, 24 for 125) ... Led the team with seven
multi-point games and shared the team lead with two game-winning
goals ... Skated much of the season alongside classmate Ian Tallett
and at other times partnered with Brian McCafferty '09
... Recorded two assists each in home wins against No. 6 Cornell
(Feb. 14) and No. 6 Princeton (Feb. 28) ... Registered six assists
in four games (Jan. 10-Feb. 2) ... Was a season-high +2 with two
assists in 3-1 win against Union (Jan. 30) ... Scored the winning
goals in 3-1 win against Rensselaer (Nov. 4) and 2-1 win against
Quinnipiac (Feb. 27) ... Notched a highlight-reel goal against Lake
Superior State in the opening round of the Badger Hockey Showdown
(Dec. 27) ... Had a plus or even rating in 23 of 28 games,
including 13 of the final 14 of the regular season.
Sophomore (2007-08)
Earned ECAC Hockey third-team and all-tournament honors,
as well as All-Ivy League honorable mention ... Led Crimson
defensemen in scoring, while ranking fourth overall on the team ...
Ranked third on squad in plus/minus ... Helped Harvard lead ECAC
Hockey in scoring defense (1.86 goals allowed per game) and penalty
killing (.913, 94 for 103) in league play ... Tied for seventh in
the Ivy League in defenseman scoring in league play (0-5-5) ...
Paired with classmate Ian Tallett for much of season ... Had four
assists in quarterfinal series against Quinnipiac (March 14-16),
including three assists to go with a +4 rating in opener ...
Notched assists in ECAC semifinal and final to total six assists in
five playoff games ... Scored in 3-3 tie on final regular-season
weekend at Colgate (Feb. 29), helping Harvard earn a valuable point
as it rallied for a playoff bye ... Selected to the ECAC Hockey
preseason all-league team by the media ... Registered consecutive
two-assist games against No. 7 Boston College in the Beanpot final
(Feb. 11) and at home against No. 17 Princeton (Feb. 15) ... Was +6
in the Beanpot: +3 in final and +3 in semifinal win against No. 14
Northeastern (Feb. 4) ... Assisted on goals by brother, Michael,
against No. 15 Boston College (Dec. 12) and Yale (Nov. 28) ...
Scored Harvard's first goal in 3-2 win at Union (Feb. 8), the
Dutchmen's first home ECAC loss ... Scored the first goal and added
an assist in 3-0 shutout of No. 16 Rensselaer (Nov. 9).
Freshman (2006-07)
Named to ECAC Hockey League All-Rookie team ... Shared with Doug
Rogers the George Percy Award as the Crimson's top rookies ... Led
league freshman defensemen with 18 points, placing him among the
national leaders in freshman defenseman scoring ... Tied for ninth
in the ECACHL in overall defenseman scoring ... Often skated
alongside David MacDonald at even strength ... Was a part of
power-play unit that ranked eighth nationally at 20.5 percent (42
for 205) ... Scored three power-play goals ... One of eight players
and two freshmen to play in all 33 games ... Recorded the
game-winning goal and two assists in win against No. 20 Quinnipiac
(Nov. 24) ... Scored twice in tie at Brown (Feb. 17) ... Notched
points in four straight games (Nov. 17-24) and three straight (Dec.
30-Jan. 6) ... Registered an assist in Harvard debut at No. 17
Dartmouth (Oct. 27) ... Scored first career goal in win against No.
3 Boston College (Nov. 7).
Before Harvard
Captained the Quebec Under-17 Provincial Team in 2005 ... Led
Salisbury to to its first New England championship, serving as
captain and earning team MVP honors ... Put up 27 points (10-17) in
28 games as a defenseman to earn selection as league MVP by the
U.S. Hockey Report ... New England Championship first team all-star
... Two-time All-New England selection (2005 and 2006) ... Twice
named to the all-tournament team at the Flood-Marr Tournament ...
Also a member of varsity crew and varsity soccer team at Salisbury,
where he was named 2006 Athlete of the Year ... Selected in the
first round of the 2004 Quebec Major Junior Hockey League Draft ...
In the classroom, earned first honors both years at Salisbury.
Personal
Along with brothers Michael and Danny, part of the second
set of three brothers to play for the Crimson at the same time. The
last set was Mark '00, Steve '01 and Dominic Moore '03 in 1999-2000
... Co-host of the "Top Shelf" intermission show on WHRB 95.3
FM.
Career Highs
Points - 3 twice, most recently three assists vs.
Quinnipiac, March 14, 2008, ECAC quarterfinal
Goals - 2 at Brown, Feb. 17, 2007
Assists - 3 vs. Quinnipiac, March 14, 2008, ECAC quarterfinal
Point Streak - 4 twice, most recently Jan. 10-Feb. 2, 2009
Career Stats
| Season | GP | G | A | Points | Shots | Shot% | Pen-Min | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-07................ | 33 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 65 | .092 | 18-36 | -4 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007-08................ | 34 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 119 | .025 | 14-28 | +10 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008-09................ | 31 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 96 | .042 | 23-46 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009-10................ | 33 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 61 | .033 | 15-30 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL................... | 131 | 15 | 55 | 70 | 341 | .044 | 70-140 | -1 | 6 | 0 | 4 |

