Ara Nazarian: UNH Career Highlights

Ara Nazarian
UNH Senior Alternate Captain

This article is the second in a series featuring the seniors on the 2018-19 UNH men's hockey team. Ara Nazarian, Alternate Captain of the Wildcats' squad, verbally committed to the University of New Hampshire in April, 2013 at Age 16 years, 10 months. He had just completed his sophomore season at Malden Catholic High School. The Lancers had won their third straight Super 8 Massachusetts High School Championship.

In an interview included in "UNH Recruit Profile: Ara Nazarian", he explained his reasons for choosing to play hockey and pursue his education at UNH:

"UNH is the best fit for me and how I play, as well as academically. I feel very comfortable being up there and being at the campus."

The 16-year-old Nazarian provided this description of his hockey strengths and areas he was working to improve:

"I'm still continuing to work hard, develop, and learning to be more consistent in all three zones. I've played both center and wing, naturally prefer center, but I'm happy to play either. . "

In his junior and senior seasons at Malden Catholic, Nazarian played in 50 games and scored 59 goals and 48 assists. The year before he enrolled at UNH, Nazarian played 60 games for the Des Moines Buccaneers in the United States Hockey League and tallied 12 goals and 16 assists.

Ara mostly played wing and occasional center during his freshman and sophomore seasons at UNH. In his final two seasons, as a winger, he was a threat to score on every shift. Nazarian possesses all the skills of a goal scorer - quick hands, a creative array of shots, and the ability to skate strong to the net. Ara's 21 goals over the last two seasons ties him with Liam Blackburn for the most goals on the team. Leading up to the 2014 NHL Draft, he was mentioned as a potential draft pick but was not selected. It would not be surprising to see him sign a free agent contract when the UNH season is over.

Ara Nazarian UNH Jersey #22 Forward, 5'9", 185 lbs. Shoots Left Hometown: Boxford, Massachusetts DOB: 6-19-1992 Turns 23 in June

UNH Career Statistics

Player	Season	Games	Goals	Assists	Points	GWGoals	PIM
Ara Nazarian  (F)	2015-16	33	7	6	13	2	8
	Hockey East Playoffs	3	0	1	1	0	2
	2016-17	27	5	7	12	0	8
	Hockey East Playoffs	6	0	3	3	0	2
	2017-18	34	9	13	22	1	22
	Hockey East Playoffs	2	0	0	0	0	0
	2018-19	34	12	11	23	2	20
	Hockey East Playoffs	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Totals	129	33	41	64	5	62

HIGHLIGHTS

First Goal at the Whittemore Center, 12-5-2015, Freshman Year



Penalty Shot Goal vs Notre Dame, 1-22-16



2nd Game-Winning Goal of Freshman Season, 2-6-16



Frozen Fenway Goal, Sophomore Season



1st Goal in 1st Game of Sophomore Season, 10-6-2017



Game-Winning Goal, 11-12-2017



7th Goal of Junior Season, 1-20-2018



Senior Year Highlights, 2018-19