CAREER HIGHS
Goals: 3, 11/9/19
Assists: 3, 3/6/20
Points: 4, 11/9/19
Shots: 8, 2x, 1/1/20
+/-: +3, 3x, 3/6/20
Blocks: 4, 3x, rec. 2/3/20
Penalties: 2, 3x, rec. 2/14/20
AWARDS
• CCM/ACHA First Team All-American (2019-20)
• Two-time Hockey East First Team All-Star (2019-20, 2020-21)
• Top 10 Finalist, 2020 Hobey Baker Award
• 2019-20 All-USCHO First Team
• Two-time semifinalist for Walter Brown Award (2020, 2021)
• 2018 NCAA Northeast Regional All-Tournament Team
• NCAA No. 2 Star of the Week (11/12/19)
• Hockey East Player of the Month (Jan. 2021)
• Hockey East Player of the Week (1/25/21)
• Hockey East Defensive Player of the Week (11/25/19, 1/11/21)
• Hockey East Top Performer (10/15/18, 11/19/18, 10/7/19, 11/11/19, 11/18/19, 1/13/20, 2/10/20, 2/17/20, 3/9/20)
AS A SENIOR IN 2020-21
Honored as a Hockey East First Team All-Star for the second consecutive season … Has 16 points in 10 games, tallying five goals and 11 assists … His 1.60 points-per-game average ranks first nationally among defensemen and fourth overall … Named the Hockey East Player of the Month for January after putting up 14 points (4g, 10a) in just six contests … Had five multi-point efforts in the first six contests … Scored a goal in four straight wins from Jan. 9 to Jan. 22 … Selected as a semifinalist for the Walter Brown Award for the second straight year … Named Hockey East Player of the Week on Jan. 25 and Hockey East Defensive Player of the Week on Jan. 11.
AS A JUNIOR IN 2019-20
CCM/AHCA First Team All-American ... Played in all 34 contests ... Finished sixth in the country in points with 43 and ninth in assists with 29 ... Led all Division I blueliners in points (43), goals (14) and power-play goals (9) ... Had a career-best seven-game point streak from Nov. 2-23 and had 12 points (7g, 5a) during the run ... Added a pair of four-game point streaks ... Recorded 13 multi-point games, including a career-high four points (3g, 1a) on Nov. 9 at Providence … Factored in on seven of BU's 13 game-winning goals (1g, 6a) ... Tallied five goals, including his first collegiate hat trick, in a home-and-home series with Providence on Nov. 8-9, setting a BU record for goals in a weekend by a d-man ... Named Hockey East Defensive Player of the Week on Nov. 25 ... Recorded a goal and two assists in both Beanpot games … Selected as a semifinalist for the Walter Brown Award, given to the top American-born college hockey player in New England … Named a Hockey East Top Performer seven times (Oct. 7, Nov. 11, Nov. 18, Jan. 13, Feb. 10, Feb. 17, March 9).
AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2018-19
Appeared in 37 contests ... Finished tied for fifth on the team in points with 20 on four goals and 16 assists ... Had six multi-point games ... Blocked 37 shots ... Tallied a career-high two goals in 7-2 home win over Merrimack on Jan. 21 ... Scored game-winning goal in 3-2 victory against Maine on Nov. 16 ... Recorded a goal, an assist and a plus-3 rating in 4-3 win at No. 7/8 Providence on Jan. 12 ... Opened season with back-to-back two-assist performances in weekend series at No. 11 Minnesota State ... Also had two assists in 4-1 win over Dartmouth (Dec. 14) and at UConn (Feb. 15) ... Blocked a career-best four shots in Beanpot semifinals versus No. 13 Northeastern on Feb. 4 ... Two-time Hockey East Top Performer (Oct. 15, Nov. 19).
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2017-18
Played in 31 contests, totaling nine points on three goals and six assists ... Named to NCAA Northeast Regional All-Tournament Team after scoring game-winning goal against top-seeded Cornell in his NCAA tournament debut on March 24 ... Scored a goal and assisted on another in 4-3 win over Boston College in Hockey East semifinals ... Scored in 2-0 shutout versus Vermont on Feb. 23 ... Provided an assist in 3-1 victory at Merrimack on Feb. 17 ... Dished an assist in 3-1 win versus Merrimack on Jan. 20 ... Posted an assist in 4-0 shutout against New Hampshire on Nov. 11 ... Recorded an assist in 3-2 win against Quinnipiac on Oct. 8.
BEFORE BOSTON UNIVERSITY
Tallied 37 points (7g, 30a) in 64 games for the 2016-17 U.S. National Under-18 Team, good for second on the squad among defensemen ... Helped Team USA earn gold medal at 2017 IIHF Under-18 World Championship and first-place finishes at 2016 and 2017 Five Nations Tournaments ... Added an 8-15--23 scoring line for the 2015-16 U.S. National Under-17 Team ... Competed at the 2015 World Under 17 Challenge ... All-time leading scorer at Victor High School (55-26--81), where he led team to 2015 state title and 2014 Section 5 Class B championship game ... Two-time New York Division 1 All-State First Team honoree ... Also played for the Syracuse Jr. Stars U16 program, averaging nearly two points per game in 2014-15.
PERSONAL
Born on June 23, 1999 ... Son of Pam and David Farrance ... Selected by the Nashville Predators in the third round (92nd overall) of the 2017 NHL Draft ... Enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences, majoring in psychology.
