Rich Meloche Class: Senior Hometown: Oakville, Ontario Height / Weight: 5-9½ / 184 Position: Forward Birthdate: 01/17/1985 Experience: 3L Pre College: Milton/OPJHL

2006-07: Assistant Captain

2005-06: Saw action in 36 games • finished the year with 10 points (5g, 5a) • scored a goal in the 4-2 win over Michigan State • also scored goals in wins over UConn and #6 Michigan.

2004-05: Played in 24 games •had a career-high nine goals and tied career-high with 13 points •was tied for second on team with six PPGs • had a career-high three points (2g, 1a) at Wayne State on Nov. 18 •tied career-high with two goals vs. Lake Superior on Oct. 30, at Wayne State on Nov. 18 (PPGs), and vs. Alaska Fairbanks on Jan. 8 • tied a career-high with three-game point streak, twice • first career GWG came Oct. 30 vs. Lake Superior (2-1 win) • had 17 penalties with 34 PIM.

2003-04: Played in 36 games • tied for first among freshmen in goals (6) and tied for second among freshmen in scoring (6-7--13) • garnered an assist March 13 at Ohio State • had a three-game scoring streak, Jan 23 at Alaska Fairbanks to Jan. 31 vs. Ohio State (1-3--4) • posted first multi-goal game of his career Nov. 1 vs. Miami (2-0--2) • recorded the first PPG of his career Oct. 17 at Notre Dame • scored his first career goal Oct. 11 at Northern Michigan • made his collegiate debut at Northern Michigan Oct. 10.

Pre-College: Meloche finished third in the Ontario Provincial Junior 'A' League in scoring with 105 points (49 goals, 56 assists) in 49 games played with 66 penalty minutes • helped Milton Merchants win the West Division title and finish with a record of 41-6-1-1 and third overall in the OPJAHL • finished second in the league in playoff scoring, finishing with 17 goals and 19 assists in 15 games played • was named to the league's All-Star team • played the 2001-02 season for the Merchants also, finishing with 33-36-69 in 48 games, including 41 penalty minutes.

Personal: Full name--Rich Michael Meloche • born January 17, 1985, in Regina Sask., Canada • son of Mike and Brenda Meloche • has one sister (Kylie) • undecided on major • shoots right • graduate of Loyola High School (`03) • named 2003 Ontario JR "A" Northwest Division player of the year.

Longest Point Streak: 3 games (4 times) -- most recently 11/18/04 at WSU to 11/26/04 vs. Miami (3-2--5)
Longest Goal Streak: 2 games (3 times) -- most recently 11/18/04 at WSU to 11/20/04 vs. WSU (3-1--4)
Longest Assist Streak: 3 games -- 1/23/04 at UAF to 1/31/04 at OSU (1-3--4)

Meloche's Career Stats
Year         GP    G    A    PTS    PN/MN     PPG/SHG/GWG
2003-2004    36    6    7     13     20/40         2/0/0
2004-2005    24    9    4     13     17/34         6/0/1
2005-2006    36    5    5     10     15/41         1/0/0
2006-2007    13    2    0      2      5/10          0/0/1
Career      109    22   16    36     57/125        9/0/2