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Chase Foley

Position:
Defenseman
Height:
5-10
Weight:
167
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Mendota Heights, Minn.
High School:
Saint Thomas Acadmey

Pronunciation

Awards and Achievements
2024-25 Second Team All-CCHA
November CCHA Defenseman of the Month (2024)
2024-25 AHCA All-American Scholar
2024-25 CSC Academic All-District
2024-25 CCHA Scholar Athlete
2024-25 CCHA All-Academic

2024-25
Skated in 37 games... tallied three goals and 19 assists accumulating 22 points (all career highs)... also had 48 blocked shots which led the team... finished with a career best +13 rating... had the game winning overtime goal against Lindenwood (Jan. 3)... fifth on team in points, led team in points by a defenseman, and third on team in assists... led team in time on ice per game with 24:18 minutes... had three multi point games against Minnesota State (Nov. 8), Ferris State (Jan. 10), and Michigan Tech (Mar. 1)... had a career high three assists against Ferris State (Jan.10) in a 9-6 win... 2024 November Defenseman of the Month... 2024-25 Second Team All-CCHA.

2023-24 (Colorado College): Appeared in 32 games … Notched career-high 16 points and 14 assists … Tied for third on team with 14 assists … Career-high two assists, including Noah Laba’s GWG, in 3-2 OT victory at #1 North Dakota (12-8) … Goal and assist in 4-3 OT victory over Omaha in NCHC playoffs (3-15) … Also scored vs. Omaha (3-16) … Assist in 3-2 OT win at #1 North Dakota (12-9) … Assist in season opener vs. Union College (10-13) … Assist in each home game vs. Minnesota Duluth … Named a Distinguished Scholar-Athlete by the NCHC and a member of the all-academic team for fourth consecutive season.

2022-23 (Colorado College): Appeared in 34 games … Collected a career-high six assists … First point of season with assist at Arizona State (10-21) … Finished fifth on the team with 38 blocked shots … Named a Distinguished Scholar-Athlete by the NCHC and a member of the all-academic team for third consecutive season.

2021-22 (Colorado College): Appeared in 23 games … Scored first career goal vs. St. Lawrence … First goal by a Tiger at Ed Robson Arena … Career-high four shots vs. the Saints … Point in three of first four games … Assist at #10 Omaha, vs. Arizona State and at Miami … Named a Distinguished Scholar-Athlete by the NCHC and a member of the all-academic team for second consecutive season.

2020-21 (Colorado College): Appeared in 15 games … First collegiate point with assist vs. North Dakota … Also posted assist at Omaha … Assisted on Matthew Gleason’s first career goal in 2-1 win at Minnesota Duluth … First collegiate game on New Year’s Day vs. Denver … Season-high three shots vs. Omaha … Named a Distinguished Scholar-Athlete by the NCHC and a member of the all-academic team.

Before Colorado College: Posted 19 points (1g,18a) in 37 games and was named Defensemen of the Year for the Sioux Falls Stampede of the United States Hockey League (USHL) in 2019-20 … Tied for 20^th in the league in scoring among defensemen … Collected 14 points (1g,13a) in 61 games for the Central Illinois Flying Aces of the USHL in 2018-19 … First-round pick (No. 12 overall) by Central Illinois in the 2018 USHL Draft … Finished third on the St. Thomas Academy high school team with 38 points (17g,21a) in 23 games while serving as team captain as a senior in 2017-18 … Tied for the team lead with seven power-play goals and third with three game-winners … Helped team to a 22-2-1 overall record, a perfect 10-0 mark in league play and a quarterfinal berth in the Class AA Minnesota State Tournament … First-team All-Metro selection by the Star Tribune … Compiled 78 points (31g,47a) in three years at St. Thomas … Collected 22 points in 41 games for Team Southeast of the Upper Midwest High School Elite League.

Personal: Parents are Sean and Nikki Foley … His father played hockey at CC from 1988-91 and graduated in 1992 … His mother graduated from CC in 1993 … Has three sisters, Payton, Brooke and Reese … His grandfather, Mike Foley, was an assistant coach for Herb Brooks at the University of Minnesota for 10 seasons … Would like to continue his hockey career following his time at CC … Hobbies include camping and fishing … Favorite food is steak … Favorite book is All-Pro Wisdom by Matt Birk … Favorite movie is National Treasure … Person in history he would most like to meet is Herb Brooks … Greatest moment in sports was playing in the Minnesota High School State Tournament … Favorite sport other than hockey is basketball … Credits his parents with the biggest influence on his athletic career … Started playing hockey at age four … Favorite professional team is the Minnesota Wild and favorite player is Ryan Suter.