Notes: Completed collegiate career tied-for-first in career games played (141) ... was second in career assists (57) and points (67) by a defenseman, fourth in goals (10) and second in CHA points (32) ... played one professional game with the East Coast Hockey League's (ECHL) Florida Everblades on March 14, 2006.

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2005-06: Voted to the All-CHA Second Team ... selected team Most Valuable Player and Best Defenseive Player ... named to the College Hockey America All-Academic squad ... served as an assistant captain ... one of four WSU skaters to play in all 35 games ... recorded an assist each game at Clarkson (Oct. 28-29) ... had three assists in overtime loss at Niagara on Nov. 4 and a helper on Nov. 5 ... ended five-game pointless streak with two assists on Dec. 3 ... assisted on WSU's last two goals in 3-2 win over Merrimack on Dec. 9 ... scored a power-play goal and had a power-play assist in Dec. 10 win over Merrimack ... had three consecutive two-point games (Dec. 3-10) ... earned a power-play assist each game at the Badger Showdown to extend assist streak to a career-best five games (Dec. 3-31) ... had a season-high five shots on goal Jan. 13 at Bemidji State ... assisted on WSU's first goal on Jan. 20 vs. Robert Morris ... had an assist in five straight games (Feb. 4-18), tying his career-best ... tied-for-first among all CHA blueliners and led the squad with 19 assists ... tied for the team lead in power-play points with 10 (1-9) ... Game-by-Game stats.

2004-05: Played in every game ... had a power-play assist Oct. 16 vs. Clarkson ... scored the first goal (ppg) of the game Oct. 17 against CU ... had a season-high six shots on goal on Oct. 17 ... had a power-play assist Oct. 22 at Merrimack ... scored game-winner (ppg) Oct. 30 vs. Canisius ... recorded a power-play goal in both games against Bowling Green and a short-handed assist in the win at BG ... had a power-play goal and an assist in Nov. 23 win over Bemidji State ... had an assist Feb. 5 at Bemidji State ... scored the first goal of the game Feb. 12 vs. Niagara (only non-ppg of season) ... tied-for-first among CHA defenseman with five power-play goals ... led the team with 15 power-play points ... WSU's active leader in all-time assists with 38 (third all-time among WSU blueliners) ... was plus or even (plus/minus) in 25 of 35 games ... Game-by-Game Stats.

2003-04: Played in 31 games ... had an assist in each game at St. Lawrence (Oct. 10-11) ... had an assist at Findlay on Nov. 14, and scored a power-play goal versus the Oilers on Nov. 16 ... also had an assist Dec. 12 at AIC, Jan. 10 at Air Force and Feb. 13 vs. Northern Michigan ... recorded his only multiple-point game (0-2--2) of the year Feb. 14 vs. NMU ... had an assist each game at Alabama-Huntsville (Feb. 28-29) and the first game against Air Force (March 5) for a three-game assist streak ... led all WSU blueliners in assists (11) and points (12) ... had a season-high three shots on goal three times (Nov. 16 vs. Findlay, Feb. 21 at Findlay and March 6 vs. Air Force) ... named to the CHA All-Academic team.

2002-03: Played in all 40 games ... selected CHA Rookie of the Week (on Nov. 11) after recording three assists and +1 (plus/minus) rating in WSU's split at 12th-ranked Ferris State ... named CHA Rookie of the Week (on Dec. 16) after recording an assist against Notre Dame ... had two assists including a helper on the game-winning goal at Ferris State on Nov. 9 ... had three two-game assist streaks during the season: Nov. 8-9 (0-3--3), Dec. 14-28 (0-2--2) and March 15-16 (0-2--2) ... first collegiate goal on Feb. 1 vs. Niagara's Rob Bonk was a game-winning goal.

Pre-College: Recorded 18 points on six goals and 12 assists during the 2001-02 season with the Omaha Lancers of the United States Hockey League with 18 penalty minutes ... played the 1999-00 and 2000-01 seasons with the Soo Indians of the North American Hockey League and coach Joe Shawhan ... graduated in 2000 from Soo Area Public High School in Sault Ste. Marie ... attended Gabriel Richard for three years ... helped HoneyBaked to a first-place finish in 1998-99 by recording 50 points ... named to the school's honor roll.

Personal: Full name--Steve Hamilton Kovalchik ... born May 21, 1982, in Wyandotte ... son of Steve and Jackie Kovalchik ... father played football at Bucknell ... has one brother, Nick ... is an elementary education major ... pronounced Ca-vol-check ... named to the Coach's Honor Roll (term gpa 3.0+) for Fall 2002, Fall 2003, Winter 2004, Winter 2005, Fall 2005 and Winter 2006 ... is a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee ... shoots right.

Streaks - Longest Point Streak: 3 games (4 times) -- most recently 2/5/05 at Bemidji State to 2/13/05 vs. Niagara (1-2--3); Longest Goal Streak: 2 games -- 11/18/04 vs. Bowling Green to 11/20/04 at Bowling Green (2-1--3); Longest Assist Streak: 3 games (twice) -- most recently 12/4/04 at Air Force to 12/11/04 vs. Union (0-3--3).

Most Goals Game/Series: 1/2

Most Assists Game/Series: 2/3

Most Points Game/Series: 2/3

First Collegiate Goal: 2/1/03 vs. Niagara

First Collegiate Point: 11/8/02 at Ferris State - assist

Playoff Scoring: 0-3--3/7 games

Kovalchik's Year-By-Year Statistics

Year	GP	G	A	PTS	PN/MN	PPG/SHG	GWG/GWA	HAT	GFG/ENG	MPG/PIG	MGG	+/-
2002-03	40	1	12	13	5/10	0/0	1/2	0	0/0	2/11	0	-4
2003-04	31	1	11	12	8/16	1/0	0/1	0	0/0	1/11	0	-23
2004-05	35	6	15	21	12/24	5/0	1/1	0	2/0	2/19	0	-5
2005-06	35	2	19	21	15/30	1/0	0/1	0	0/0	5/19	0	-8
Career	141	10	57	67	40/80	7/0	2/5	0	2/0	9/54	0	-40