Finished his career as the program's all-time leader in goals (45), assists (57), points (102) and games played (107). Also was tied for third all-time in program history in power-play goals (15).
Through the end of his career, among program single-season records, ranked first in goals (18, 2019-20), assists (22, 2019-20) and points (40, 2019-20); tied for third in power-play goals (7, 2019-20); tied for fourth in assists (19, 2019-20); seventh in points (29, 2018-19); and tied for eighth in goals (12, 2017-18).
As a Senior in 2019-20: Played in all 32 games for the Ravens...Northeast-10 Conference Player of the Year...All-Northeast-10 Conference First Team selection...All-USCHO Honorable Mention...AHCA Sid Watson Award finalist...New England Hockey Writers Association Division II/III All-Star Team selection...Joe Concannon Award semifinalist...Spring Northeast-10 Conference Academic Honor roll selection...Led the NE10 in points (40), goals (18) and assists (22)...Finished tied for third in the NE10 in power-play goals (7) and tied for fourth in power-play points (15)...Led the team in goals (18), assists (22) and points (40)...Finished tied for second on the team in power-play goals (7)...Tallied 18-22-40, with seven power-play goals, one game-winner and a pair of game-tying goals...Recorded 125 shots on goal and nine penalties for 18 minutes...Finished even in plus/minus on the season...Dished out an assist against in the season opener against Suffolk on 11/1...Scored a goal against Southern New Hampshire on 11/8...Netted a pair of goals against Stonehill on 11/9...Named to the NE10 Weekly Honor Roll for the week ending on 11/10...Tallied a goal and an assist at Massachusetts Dartmouth on 11/16...Notched an assist at Westfield State on 11/19...Tallied a goal and an assist aginst Saint Michael's on 11/22...Chipped in an assist at Framingham State o 11/26...Contributed an assist at Becker, in the semifinal of the Steve Hoar Invitational, on 11/30...Added an assist in the Steve Hoar Invitational title game as well, against Wilkes on 12/1...Scored three times, for his first career hat trick, including the game-winner on the power play, and added an assist for a four-point outing at Saint Anselm on 12/7...Put together a seven-game point streak (5-7-12) from 11/16 through 12/7...Named NE10 Player of the Week for the week ending on 12/8...Scored a power-play goal against Johnson & Wales on 1/5...Notched a goal and an assist against Western New England on 1/10...Named to the NE10 Weekly Honor Roll for the week ending on 1/12...Dished out an assist against Post on 1/14...Chipped in a pair of assists at Saint Michael's on 1/17...Made it a three-point weekend by scoring the game-tying goal on the power play at Saint Michael's on 1/18...Scored twice, including a power-play tally, at Assumption on 1/21...Notched an assist at Southern New Hampshire on 1/24...Tallied an assist against Stouerhn New Hampshire on 1/25...Named to the NE10 Weekly Honor Roll for the week ending on 1/26...Scored the game-tying goal on the power play and added an assist against Stonehill on 1/31...Notched an assist at Stonehill on 2/1...Netted a goal at Albertus Magnus on 2/4...Tallied an assist at Post on 2/7...Made it a five-point weekend (1-4-5) by going for a goal and three assists at Post on 2/8...Named to the NE10 Weekly Honor Roll for the week ending on 2/9...Contributed a goal and an assist against Saint Anselm on 2/14...Put together a 14-game point streak (9-13-22) from 1/5 through 2/14...Tallied a goal and an assist at Assumption, in the semifinal round of the NE10 Championship, on 2/29.
2019-20 Statistics
As a Junior in 2018-19: Played in 25 games for the Ravens...Northeast-10 Conference Player of the Year...All-Northeast-10 Conference First Team selection...Led the NE10 in points (29)...Tied for the NE10 lead in assists (19)...Finished tied for third in the NE10 in power-play points (10) and tied for ninth in goals (10)...Led the team in assists (19) and points (29)...Tied fo the team lead in game-winning goals (2)...Finished second on the team in goals (2), penalty minutes (54) and power-play goals (4)...Tallied 10-19-29 with 77 shots on goal...Recorded four power-play goals and two game-winning goals...Finished -6 and recorded 12 penalties for 54 minutes...Dished out four assists against Anna Maria on 10/30...Named to the NE10 Weekly Honor Roll for the week ending on 11/4...Scored the game-winning goal against Framingham State on 11/20...Notched a goal and an assist against Stonehill at the Steve Hoar Invitational at Becker on 11/24...Made it a three-point weekend at the Steve Hoar Invitational with an assist against Fitchburg State in the championship game on 11/25...Named NE10 Player of the Week for the week ending on 11/25...Scored a power-play goal at Southern New Hampshire on 12/1...Tallied a goal and an assist against UMass Dartmouth on 12/5...Tallied seven points (4-3-7) over a five-game point streak from 11/20 through 12/5...Scored a power-play goal against Post on 1/11...Made it a three-goal weekend with two more goals, including another power-play tally, against Post on 1/12...Named to the NE10 Weekly Honor Roll for the week ending on 1/13...Dished out a pair of assists at Assumption on 1/15...Netted a power-play goal at Southern New Hampshire on 1/18...Scored the game-winning goal and added an assist on 1/19 against Southern New Hampshire, to make it a three-point weekend (2-1-3)...Named NE10 Player of the Week for the week ending on 1/20...Tallied an assist against Assumption on 1/25...Added three more assists against Assumption on 1/26 to make it a four-helper weekend...Named to the NE10 Weekly Honor Roll for the week ending on 1/27...Tallied an assist at Post on 1/29...Scored a goal at Saint Anselm on 2/8...Put together a nine-game point streak (6-8-14) from 1/11 through 2/8...Dished out three assists against Stonehill on 2/12.
2018-19 Statistics
As a Sophomore in 2017-18: Played in 25 games for the Ravens...Fall Northeast-10 Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll selection...Finished tied for fifth in the NE10 in goals (12) and tied for ninth in points (22)...Led the team in goals (12) and points (22)...Finished third on the team in assists (10) and penalty minutes (43, on 16 infractions)...Tallied 12-10-22 with 82 shots on goal and finished +1...Scored two power-play goals and one game-winning goal...Scored a goal in the season opener at Framingham State on 11/2...Netted a goal against Worceseter State on 11/4...Collected three points on a goal and two assists at Fitchburg State on 11/7...PUt home a goal against Stonehill on 11/18...Named to the NE10 Weekly Honor Roll for the week ending on 11/19...Had his first career multiple-goal game with a pair of power-play markers at Westfield State on 11/21...Named to the NE10 Weekly Honor Roll for the week ending on 11/26...Dished out an assist against Southern New Hampshire on 12/5...Scored twice and added an assist at Massachusetts Dartmouth on 12/7...Named to the NE10 Weekly Honor Roll for the week ending on 12/10...Scored the game-winning goal in overtime at Suffolk on 1/6...Dished out a pair of assists at Post on 1/13...Scored a goal at Southern New Hampshire on 1/19...Contributed an assist against Post on 1/30...Had a goal and an assist at Saint Michael's on 2/16...Capped the season with a three-point weekend (2-1-3) by scoring a goal at Saint Michael's on 2/17...Named to the NE10 Weekly Honor Roll for the week ending on 2/18.
2017-18 Statistics
As a Freshman in 2016-17: Played in all 25 games for the Ravens...Fall/Spring Northeast-10 Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll selection...Finished sixth in the NE10 in freshman scoring (11 points)...Finished tied for the team lead in game-winning goals (2)...Tallied 5-6-11 with 37 shots on goal and finished +6...Scored two power-play goals...Recorded three penalties for six minutes...Made his collegiate debut and recorded one shot in the season opener against Post on 10/30...Dished out an assist for his first career point at Southern New Hampshire on 11/4...Scored his first collegiate goal, the game-winning goal on the power play, at Worcester State on 11/5...Contributed an assist against Assumption on 11/12...Scored the game-winning goal at Daniel Webster on 11/13...Put home an empty-net goal at Stonehill on 11/19...Recorded a five-game point streak (3-2-5) from 11/4 through 11/19...Dished out an assist at Trinity (Conn.) on 11/26...Scored a goal against Hamilton on 1/21...Tallied three points on a power-play goal and two assists at Post on 2/1...Dished out an assist at Southern New Hampshire on 2/4...Named NE10 Rookie of the Week for the week ending on 2/5.
2016-17 Statistics
Before Franklin Pierce: Three-time All-League selection at Central Catholic High School (Mass.)...Team captured league titles in each of his four years...Eagle Tribune All-State selection as a senior...Team captain as a senior...Also a member of the lacrosse team at Central Catholic...Two-time team captain and two-time All-League selection in lacrosse...Lacrosse team captured a conference title in his senior year.
Personal: Son of Dawn and Mark Lester...An accounting-finance major...Has a brother, Eric, and a sister, Lori.
  | Overall | Conf | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Games | 32 | 18 | ||
Points | 40 | 27 | ||
Goals | 18 | 13 | ||
Assists | 22 | 14 | ||
PIM | 18 | 8 | ||
+/- | +1 | +2 | ||
Power-play goals | 7 | 6 | ||
Short-handed goals | 0 | 0 | ||
Empty net goals | 2 | 0 | ||
Games started | 13 | 9 | ||
Game-winning goals | 1 | 1 | ||
Game-tying goals | 2 | 2 | ||
Hat tricks | 1 | 1 | ||
Shots | 125 | 83 |
Date | Opponent | Score | gs | g | a | pts | pim | +/- | ppg | shg | eng | gwg | gtg | s |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oct 26 | Fitchburg State | L, 4-1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Nov 1 | Suffolk | L, 3-2 | - | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Nov 8 | Southern New Hampshire | L, 5-1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Nov 9 | Stonehill | W, 4-3 | - | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Nov 12 | at Anna Maria | T, 1-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Nov 16 | at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth | W, 4-2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Nov 19 | at Westfield State | W, 4-2 | - | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nov 22 | Saint Michael's | W, 8-4 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Nov 26 | at Framingham State | W, 4-1 | - | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Nov 30 | at Becker | W, 7-2 | - | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Dec 1 | vs. Wilkes | W, 4-1 | - | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dec 7 | at Saint Anselm | W, 5-3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Dec 14 | Nichols | L, 4-0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Jan 4 | at Curry College | L, 5-2 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Jan 5 | Johnson & Wales (R.I.) | L, 5-3 | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Jan 10 | Western New England | W, 4-2 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Jan 14 | Post | W, 4-3 | - | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Jan 17 | at Saint Michael's | L, 6-5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Jan 18 | at Saint Michael's | T, 2-2 | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
Jan 21 | at Assumption | L, 5-3 | - | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Jan 24 | at Southern New Hampshire | W, 3-2 | - | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Jan 25 | Southern New Hampshire | L, 4-3 | - | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Jan 31 | Stonehill | T, 3-3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
Feb 1 | at Stonehill | L, 7-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Feb 4 | at Albertus Magnus | W, 4-1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Feb 7 | at Post | T, 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Feb 8 | at Post | W, 5-4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Feb 14 | Saint Anselm | L, 4-3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Feb 15 | Saint Anselm | W, 4-2 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Feb 21 | at Assumption | L, 4-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Feb 22 | Assumption | W, 1-0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Feb 29 | at Assumption | W, 4-3 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Mar 7 | vs. Stonehill | L, 3-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
gp | g | a | pts | pim | +/- | ppg | shg | eng | gwg | gtg | hat | s | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2016-17 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 6 | +6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 37 |
2017-18 | 25 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 43 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 82 |
2018-19 | 25 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 54 | -6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 77 |
2019-20 | 32 | 18 | 22 | 40 | 18 | +1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 125 |
Total | 107 | 45 | 57 | 102 | 121 | +2 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 321 |
gp | g | a | pts | pim | +/- | ppg | shg | eng | gwg | gtg | hat | s | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Event | Total | 32 | 18 | 22 | 40 | 18 | +1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 125 |
Conference | 18 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 8 | +2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 83 | |
Exhibition | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
Location | Home | 13 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 8 | +1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 51 |
Away | 17 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 8 | +0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 68 | |
Neutral | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
Result | Wins | 16 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 6 | +14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 51 |
Losses | 12 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 8 | -12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | |
Ties | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | |
Month | November | 9 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 10 | +4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
December | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
January | 10 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 6 | -4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 44 | |
February | 9 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | |
March | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
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March 6, 2020
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February 29, 2020
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February 15, 2020
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February 14, 2020
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February 8, 2020
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February 7, 2020
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February 4, 2020
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January 31, 2020
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January 24, 2020
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January 21, 2020
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January 18, 2020
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January 17, 2020
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January 14, 2020
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January 10, 2020
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January 5, 2020
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December 14, 2019
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December 7, 2019
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December 1, 2019
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November 30, 2019
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November 26, 2019
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November 22, 2019
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November 19, 2019
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November 9, 2019
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