University of North Dakota Athletics

Signed a free agency deal with the Florida Panthers at the end of the 2020-21 season. 

2020-21 (Senior): Named an assistant captain for a second season ... Earned All-NCHC First Team honors ... Appeared in all 29 games ... Fifth on the team with 22 points ... Third on the squad with 19 assists ... Notched a trio of goals ... Finished a +15 on the blue line ... Scored in UND's first game of the season against Miami (Dec. 2) ... Added an assist one game later in the win over Denver (Dec. 4) ... Embarked on a six-game point streak from Dec. 8-19 ... Tallied two assists and five shots on goal to start the streak against the Pioneers (Dec. 8) ... Assisted on a power play goal vs. Minnesota Duluth (Dec. 10) ... Scored his second goal of the season vs. St. Cloud State (Dec. 12) ... Tallied a helper in four straight games, with the Hawks claiming four wins in those contests ... Notched a pair of assists in the first game back at Ralph Engelstad Arena vs. Colorado College (Jan. 10) ... Made it a three-point weekend with another helper vs. the Tigers (Jan. 11) ... Struck for a goal and an assist in the road win at Denver (Jan. 18) ... Had another multi-assist game at Colorado College (Jan. 24) ... Began Feburary with points in back-to-back games in a sweep over Denver (Feb. 12-13) ... Assisted on the game-tying goal with 1:27 remaining in the NCHC Semifinal win over Denver (Mar. 15) ... Notched a helper on the game-winning tally in the NCHC Frozen Faceoff title game vs. St. Cloud State just a day later (Mar. 16) ... Recorded an assist on the game-tying goal with 57 seconds remaining in the NCAA Tournament game vs. Minnesota Duluth (Mar. 27).

2019-20 (Junior): Assistant captain ... Second Team All-NCHC performer on the blueline ... NCHC offensive Defenseman of the Year finalist ... Co-winner of the UND Coaches' Unsung Hero Award (Mark Senden) ... Tallied six goals and 23 assists for 29 points, second-most on the team ... His 29 points ranked third in the NCHC among defensemen, 11th in the country ... Recorded 15 of those points on the power play (2-13--15) ... Played in 33 games ... UND was 15-1-3 when he scored a point ... Finished +22 on the year, second-best in the conference and tied for ninth in the NCAA ... Racked up eight game-winning points, including the GWG in a 3-1 victory over Western Michigan (Feb. 28) ... Added the game-winning assist in the NCHC Penrose clinching overtime win the following night ... Piled up three assists in a 7-1 win over Miami (Nov. 8), part of a four-game point streak (1-5--6) ... Later had a seven-game point streak and had a point in nine of 10 games near the end of the season .... Recorded five goals and 17 assists in that 10-games stretch (Jan. 17 - Feb. 29) ... Co-recipient of the UND Coaches Unsung Hero Award ... Third on the team in blocked shots with 33 ... Missed the Colorado College series (Jan. 31- Feb. 1) due to injury ... Three-time NCHC Defenseman of the Week (Nov. 11, Jan. 20, Jan. 27) ... Earned third letter. 

2018-19 (Sophomore): Led all UND blue-liners with 18 points in 36 games, scoring seven times and adding 11 assists ... UND was 6-1 when he scored a goal, including each of the last six occurrences ... Tallied three power-play markers and netted a game-winner while carrying a +2 plus/minus rating for the season ... Blocked 28 shots on the year ... Credited with four blocks in the win over Omaha (Mar. 8) ... Had four blocks in a 1-1 tie at Denver (Feb. 2) ... Earned second letter. 

2017-18 (Freshman): Named to NCHC Academic All-Conference Team … Ranked third among NCHC rookie defensemen with four goals and ranked eighth with eight points ... Also ranked sixth in shots on goal (40) ... Opened the scoring in UND’s 4-3 overtime win over No. 13 Omaha in Game 1 of the NCHC Quarterfinals (March 9) ... Scored his first collegiate power-play goal in a 6-3 loss at Omaha (Feb. 16) ... Made his collegiate debut in the season opener at Alaska Anchorage (Oct. 6) and scored his first career goal the following night in a 3-2 overtime win ... Was a plus or even in 15 of his last 19 games … Earned first letter.

Before UND: Spent the past two full seasons and parts of a third with USHL's Chicago Steel … Appeared in 23 games for the 2016-17 Clark Cup Champions in a season that was interrupted by injury … Had two goals and 14 points with a plus-10 rating in those 23 games … Had four goals and 19 assists in 57 games in 2015-16 … Represented the United States at the 2016 World Junior A Challenge ... A 2016 graduate of Elk River High School ... Earned all-conference honors as a prep in 2013-14 and 2014-15 ... Was also an all-metro honoree in 2014-15.

Personal: Majoring in marketing ... Son of Bob Kiersted and Candace Hartwig.