Kyle De Laurell

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Class: Junior Hometown: Mission Viejo, Calif. Height / Weight: 6-1 / 200

Position: F Last Team: Wichita Falls Wildcats (NAHL)

2010-11 (Sophomore)

Played in 31 games and tied for fourth on the team with 10 goals ... Third on the team with career-best 33 points (10-23-33) ... Second on the team and fifth in AHA with six power play goals ... Tied career best with three points (1-2-3) vs. AIC, Oct. 23 ... First-career hat trick in the win over Holy Cross, Dec. 4 ... Tied career high with three points (1-2-3) vs. RIT, Feb. 5 ... Tied career high three points (2-1-3) vs. Niagara, Feb. 12 ... Tied career high with two assists vs. Robert Morris series, Feb. 26 ... Four points (1-3-4) in SHU series, March 11-12 ... Two assists in the win over Holy Cross in AHA semifinals ... Scored at least one point in 18 of his 30 games, third best on the team ... Six-game point streak, Feb. 19-March 18, [2-9-11]

2009-10 (Freshman)

Played in 36 of the 37 games ... Earned the John Matchefts Award as the team's top freshman ... Fourth on the team with six goals and fifth on the team with 12 points ... Three of his six goals were game-winners ... Also scored a game-tying goal ... Career-best three assists in the 5-4 win over RIT in his fourth collegiate game ... First career goal came in the 4-1 win at Canisius, Nov. 1 ... Goal was the eventual game-winner ... One goal and one assist in the 3-3 overtime tie with Bentley, Nov. 6 ... Scored the game-tying goal early in the third period ... Scored the game-winner in the 6-3 win at Bentley, Jan. 15 ... Career-best four-game point streak in January.

Before Air Force

Played for coach John Bowkus and led the Wichita Falls Wildcats in points per game at 1.19 ... Third on the team with 37 points (10-27-37) in 31 games, despite missing the second half of the season with a shoulder injury ... Helped lead the team to the NAHL playoffs ... NAHL South Player of the Week, Sept. 23, when he led all scorers at the NAHL Showcase with three goals and six assists as the Wildcats tallied a perfect 4-0 record ... Named to the Showcase all-tournament team ... Scored one game-winner and assisted on the other three at the Showcase ... Played 16 games with the Wildcats in 2007-08 ... Graduated from Pine Creek High School in Colorado Springs ... Honor Roll student.

Personal

Member of Cadet Squadron 29 ... Parents are Jeffrey and Patrice De Laurell ... Has three siblings, Alysha, Leah and Elizabeth ... Major is operations research ... Favorite class is math ... Listens to Rise Against before games ... This past summer, worked Combat Survival Training and travelled to Fairchild AFB, Wash., on Operation Air Force ... During the summer of 2010, learned to fly UAV's in the Unmanned Aerial Systems program ... On the athletic's list every semester ... Lived in five different states during the two years prior to coming to the Academy ... Would like to work in the contracting or acquisitions field after graduation ... If he could be on any reality TV show it would be Wipeout ... Famous person he would most like to meet is Wayne Gretzky ... Favorite sport other than hockey is golf ... Greatest moment in sports was winning the AHA championship last year ... Started playing roller hockey when he was four and transitioned to ice at age seven ... Hobby is video games ... Favorite NHL team is the Anaheim Ducks ... Favorite player is Washington Capitals forward Alexander Ovechkin.ÂÂÂ�@