Honors and Awards: 2024 NCAA National Champion…2024 AHCA First Team All-American (West)…NCHC Rookie of the Year (2023-24)…NCHC Offensive Defensive Man of the Year (2023-24)…All-NCHC First Team (2023-24)…2023-24 NCHC All-Rookie Team (Unanimous)…2024 NCAA Frozen For All Tournament Team…2024 NCHC Frozen Face Off All Tournament Team…HCA National Player of the Month (November 2023)…HCA National Rookie of the Month (April 2024)…NCHC Player of the Month (November 2023)…2x NCHC Rookie of the Month (December 2023, March 2023)…3x NCHC Defensive Man of the Week (November 27, 2023) Sun, Jan. 22, 2024, March 4, 2024) … NCHC Rookie of the Week (Dec. 4, 2023) … DU’s Barry Sharpe Freshman of the Year Award (2023-24) … Tim Taylor National Rookie of the Year Award nominee and finalist (2023-24) … Hobey Baker Award nominee (2023-24)
2024-25: Attend Minnesota Wild development camp in July 2024… Invited to USA Hockey's National Junior Evaluation Camp and Summer Showcase in July/August in preparation for the 2025 IIHF U.S. Junior World Championship coached by Denver's David Karl.
2023-24: … Became the first Denver freshman to record a 50-point season since 1983-84 (John McMillan, 57; Dwight Mathiasen, 51); led the team with 39 assists and added 11 goals, becoming the second-youngest player in college hockey to do so; … Became the first freshman defenseman to record a 50-point season nationally since at least 2002-03; … Ranking second on Denver's scoring list, his 50 points marked just the sixth time in the program's 75-year history that a defenseman had reached the 50-point mark, good for third-most all-time by a freshman defenseman (10th overall among DU freshman skaters) behind Craig Redmond's 54 points in 1982-83 and Greg Woods' 52 points in 1975-76; … Became the first blueliner since Will Butcher to lead the team in assists; In 2016-17 (30), he recorded 39 assists, the fourth-most in a season by a DU defenseman; Most by a freshman defenseman in school history … He is Denver's first freshman All-American (first team) since 2017 forward Henrik Borgstrom. The first freshman defenseman in program history to win All-American honors. … Ranked fifth among freshmen, 10th overall and first among defensemen in the NCAA in scoring…Ranked third in the nation (third among freshmen) and most assists among defensemen with 39…Led Denver defensemen in points with 11, the most by a rookie blueliner since Joey LaReggia had 11 points in 2011-12…Recorded 12 multi-point games and scored three or more points five times…Tied with brother Shai for the team lead and ranked fourth in the NCAA with a +33 plus-minus rating. This is the most for a Pioneer since the statistic was first recorded in 2005-06…Tied for second on the team in power play points with 14 points (one goal, 13 assists) and had one short-handed assist…Was third on the Pioneers with 41 blocked shots and finished with 20 penalty minutes…Made his collegiate debut on October 7 against Alaska Fairbanks…Recorded his first multi-point goal and assist against UAF on October 8, also beginning a three-game assist/point streak (one goal/3 assists)…Recorded 12 straight games (4 goals/17 assists) from November 3 to December 9 (ending January 12 against St. Cloud State), the longest points streak of the season for a Denver player.This is the longest points streak by a defenseman in NCHC history (since 2013-14) and the longest by a Pioneer since Bobby Brink recorded 14 straight games from December 31, 2021 to February 24, 2022. November 19, 2022 (7 goals/21 assists)…According to College Hockey News, this is the longest points streak by an NCAA freshman defenseman in over 21 years (the online database currently only goes back to 2002), breaking the previous record of 11 straight games played (3 goals/16 assists) set by Boston College's Lane Hutson from December 11, 2022 to February 6, 2023…He also recorded a career-best five-game assist streak from November 25 to December 6, totaling 10 assists. 9 … On November 11, he recorded his first multi-assist game, including two assists, against Arizona State, and on November 17, he recorded a then career-high three points (one goal/two assists) against Omaha … After leading all players in the conference and tying for first in the nation with 14 points (three goals/11 assists) in November, he became the second NCHC rookie and first rookie defenseman to be named NCHC Player of the Month (North Dakota forward Brock Boeser, March/April 2016) … After recording seven points (one goal/six assists) in four games, he was named NCHC Rookie of the Month in December, and also earned the honor in March with 11 points (two goals/nine assists) in 10 games (joint winner) … Named Hockey Commissioners Association Player of the Month (joint winner) for November and Rookie of the Month for April … Earned a team season-high plus-minus rating of +5 and recorded a career-high in points with four assists against Yale on Nov. 25, tying him for most assists in a single game this season and DU's all-time assists record. Freshman Defenseman Since 2002… This is just the third time by an NCAA freshman defenseman since 2016 (Boston College's Lane Hutson, Feb. 3, 2023 vs. Maine; Minnesota's Brock Faber, 5, March 27, 2021 vs. Omaha). Courtesy of College Hockey News… Overall, his four assists are the most since defenseman Kyle Mayhew against Miami on March 11, 2023 and are tied for the third-most in a game by a DU defenseman in school history (12th)… It was the 14th time a DU defenseman has recorded at least four assists in a game and the fifth time in the past 20 years since 2004-05… Tied his season/career high in points with one goal and three assists against Omaha on Jan. 20… Scored three points against North Dakota on Jan. 27… Named NCHC Defenseman of the Week three times and Rookie of the Week on Dec. 4 (one goal/two assists), when his brother Shai was named Defenseman of the Week. For the first time in conference history, two brothers were awarded weekly awards on the same day. Had an assist and blocked a career-high seven shots against Western Michigan on Feb. 2. It was the most blocks in a single game since Justin Lee recorded seven against Miami on January 14, 2023. He recorded three points in a game against Western Michigan (0 goals/3 assists) on December 9 and against St. Cloud State (2 goals/1 assist) in the NCHC Frozen Faceoff semifinals on March 22. He recorded his first career multi-goal record and scored his first game-winning goal and the game-winning goal in overtime against SCSU in the conference tournament semifinals. Recorded an assist in the first game of the NCHC quarterfinals vs. Minnesota Duluth on March 15 and the Frozen Faceoff championship game vs. Omaha on March 23, and finished the conference tournament with five points (2 goals/3 assists) and was named to the All-Tournament Team… Made his NCAA Tournament debut in the NCAA Northeast Regional semifinal against Massachusetts on March 28… Recorded an assist on both the game-winning goal in the NCAA Northeast Regional final against Cornell on March 30 and an extra goal in the NCAA championship game vs. Boston College on April 13, earning him 50 career points… Finished the season with 16 points (4 goals/12 assists) in his final 15 games… Appeared in 42 of 44 games during the season, missing only two games, in January and February (5-6 vs. Niagara) in Sweden in the 2024 season It was while playing for the U.S. Junior National Team at the IIHF World Junior Championship… and participating in USA Hockey’s World Junior Summer Showcase prior to the July/August 2023 season.
International: Winning a gold medal for the U.S. at the 2024 IIHF World Junior Championship with five points (three goals/two assists) in seven games, including a goal in the third period of the gold medal game against host nation Sweden on Jan. 5… The youngest player on Team USA’s roster for the 2024 World Juniors and was the first DU player to win a gold medal in a U-20 event since Bobby Brink in 2021… Helped Team USA win a gold medal at the 2023 IIHF U-18 World Championship with six points (one goal/five assists) in seven games… Helped the U.S. win gold medals at the 2021 Under-17 Four Nations Tournament in Finland and the 2022 Under-18 Five Nations Tournament in Michigan… Won two silver medals at the 2021 Four Nations Tournament in Slovakia and the 2023 Four Nations Tournament in Finland.
Before Denver: After spending his first two years of high school at Shattock St. Mary's High School in Faribault, Minnesota, he played two seasons with the U.S. National Team Development Program. … In the 2022-23 season, he played a total of 63 games for the U.S. NTDP Under-18 team, recording a team-high 40 points (5 goals/35 assists), and he also played in 23 USHL games with the NTDP that year, recording 12 points (2 goals/10 assists). … He participated in the 2023 Biosteel All-American Game. … He played in 49 games for the U.S. Under-17 team during the 2021-22 NTDP campaign, recording 13 points (4 goals/9 assists), and he also recorded five points (2 goals/3 assists) in 32 USHL games. … In 99 career games with Shattock St. Mary's High School, he recorded a total of 49 points (8 goals/41 assists). Mary's from 2019-2021 and recorded 33 points (6 goals/27 assists) in 43 games in 2020-2021. He played for the Los Angeles Jr. Kings from 2018-2019 and the Anaheim Jr. Ducks from 2017-2018, participating in the Quebec International Pee Wee Tournament.
Personal: The name is pronounced ““Boo-yyam, gee-vu”… Son of Sorin and Miriam…Has two older brothers, Ben and Shai…Played at Denver with his older brother, Shai, as a freshman in 2023-24…Will be the second-youngest player in NCAA Division I men's hockey as a freshman in 2023-24 and will turn 18 on December 7, 2023 (Boston University's Macklin Celebrini turns 18 on June 13, 2024)…Rated as the top American-born player in the 2024 NHL Draft by NHL Central Scouting and ranked fourth among North American skaters…Recorded the most pull-ups (16) at the 2024 NHL Scouting Combine in June 2024…Mother, Miriam, was a professional women's basketball player in Israel…First attended Shattuck-St. Louis High School. I will be attending Mary’s Preparatory School in Faribault, Minnesota and plan to graduate from Michigan International Preparatory School in 2023…My career goals are to win an NCAA National Championship, have a successful career in the NHL and win a Stanley Cup…In my free time I like to spend time with friends, play basketball and golf.
Why choose DU: “I chose the University of Denver because of the culture that's there. I believe this is a place where I can grow as a student-athlete and as a person. Also, this is the place to come when you want to win a national championship.”
