Nick D'Agostino is a Canadian ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 defenseman currently playing for Cornell University

Cornell University

Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...

. D'Agostino is a Junior at Cornell and is a native of Bolton, Ontario

Bolton, Ontario

Bolton is the most populated community in the town of Caledon, located in the Region of Peel, approximately 50 kilometres northwest of Toronto, in Ontario, Canada. In regional documents, it is referred to as a 'Rural Service Centre'. It has 26,478 residents in 8,721 households...

. He has a younger sister and is the son of Paul D'Agostino, who played professional soccer in the North American Soccer League

North American Soccer League

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 from 1978-82, and Anna D'Agostino. Nick D'Agostino was drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins

The Pittsburgh Penguins are a professional ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The franchise was founded in 1967 as one of the first expansion teams during the league's original...

 of the NHL 211th overall in the 7th Round of the 2008 NHL Draft.

OJHL and World Junior A Challenge

D’Agostino spent two seasons with the St. Michael's Buzzers

St. Michael's Buzzers

The St. Michael's Buzzers are a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are a part of Central Canadian Hockey League.-History:...

 of the OJHL. Serving as an assistant captain, he played in 43 games in 2008-09 with the Buzzers, scoring nine goals and 24 assists for 33 points to rank first among all defensemen. He was also named the Buzzers’ Rookie of the Year after the 2007-08 season that saw him tally 23 points on five goals and 18 assists. D’Agostino was selected to represent Team Canada East at the World Junior A Challenge

World Junior A Challenge

The World Junior A Challenge is an annual under-20 international ice hockey tournament sponsored by Hockey Canada, the Canadian Junior Hockey League , and the International Ice Hockey Federation . The tournament showcases Junior A level players and is modeled after the IIHF World U20...

 in 2008-09, helping that squad to a third-place finish.

Freshman Year (2009-2010)

As a freshman at Cornell, D'Agostino made an immediate impact as an offensive-minded defenseman for the Big Red. He scored four goals and added another 14 assists for 18 points, ranking second on the team in scoring among defensemen. D'Agostino earned a spot on the ECAC Hockey All-Rookie team for his play on the season. He made his collegiate debut on Oct. 30 in the season opener against Niagara

Niagara University

Niagara University is a Catholic university in the Vincentian tradition, located in the Town of Lewiston in Niagara County, New York. Originally founded by the Congregation of the Mission in 1856 as Our Lady of Angels Seminary, it became Niagara University in 1883. The University is still run by...

, picking up an assist in the game. He scored one point in each of the first three games he appeared in, culminating with a goal in the loss to Yale

YALE

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 on Nov. 13. D'Agostino had his best game of his career against Harvard in the ECAC Hockey quarterfinals, scoring two goals and adding an assist in the 5-1 victory in game one, finishing the night with a +4 rating. D'Agostino scored a pair of game-winners, first on Nov. 20 against Princeton

Princeton University

Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....

, then in the March 12 victory against Harvard in the ECAC Hockey quarterfinals. He finished the season with a +13 rating and six minutes in penalties.

Sophmore Year (2010-2011)

D'Agostino had a strong sophomore season, contributing on both ends of the ice. He posted 17 points on seven goals and 10 assists while helping to anchor one of the two power play units. D'Agostino appeared in 32 games, matching his total from his first season, and posted a pair of multi-point efforts on the year. He picked up a goal and an assist in the season opener against New Hampshire

University of New Hampshire

The University of New Hampshire is a public university in the University System of New Hampshire , United States. The main campus is in Durham, New Hampshire. An additional campus is located in Manchester. With over 15,000 students, UNH is the largest university in New Hampshire. The university is...

 on Oct. 29, then tallied the same against Colgate

Colgate University

Colgate University is a private liberal arts college in Hamilton, New York, USA. The school was founded in 1819 as a Baptist seminary and later became non-denominational. It is named for the Colgate family who greatly contributed to the university's endowment in the 19th century.Colgate has 52...

 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey

Newark, New Jersey

Newark is the largest city in the American state of New Jersey, and the seat of Essex County. As of the 2010 United States Census, Newark had a population of 277,140, maintaining its status as the largest municipality in New Jersey. It is the 68th largest city in the U.S...

, on Nov. 27. He added in a pair of game-winning tallies on the season, scoring the winner on Nov. 12 against Quinnipiac

Quinnipiac University

Quinnipiac University is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational university located in Hamden, Connecticut, United States at the foot of Sleeping Giant State Park...

and again on Jan. 7 at Princeton.