University of Vermont Athletics

CAREER HONORS:
• Hockey East All-Academic Team (2014-15)

SENIOR SEASON (2016-17): Played in all 38 games, leading the defense in goals (10), assists (11), and points (21) ... Opened up his scoring for the year with a goal at No. 20 Omaha (Oct. 21) ... Added his first assist of the year against No. 20 Omaha (Oct. 22) ... Chipped in a goal at home against No. 13 Michigan (Oct. 28) ... Scored a power-pay goal in a win against Maine (Nov. 18) ... Recorded his first multi-point night with two assists against Massachusetts in the Friendship Four (Nov. 25) ... Posted an assist against No. 12 Union (Dec. 18) ... Netted two goals on the road at No. 11 Boston College (Feb. 17) ... Recorded a goal and an assist in the Hockey East First Round against Maine (Mar. 4) ... Tallied two goals and an assist in the Hockey East Quarterfinals at No. 17 Boston College (Mar. 11) ... Finished the year with 71 shots on goal and a plus-11 rating.

JUNIOR SEASON (2015-16): Saw action in 19 games with one goal and seven assists ... Had a multi-point night with two assists against No. 3 Omaha (Oct. 16) ... Tallied another assist at home against No. 4 UMass Lowell (Nov. 6) ... Registered his first goal of the year at Maine (Nov. 20) ... Added an assist at No. 11 Boston University (Dec. 5) ... Recorded two assists in Game 2 of the Hockey East Quarterfinals at No. 3 Boston College (Mar. 12) ... Added another assist in Game 3 (Mar. 13) to close the series with three points ... Finished the season with 23 shots on goal and a plus-2 rating.

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2014-15): Skated in 24 games with one point ... Collected an assist at Maine (Nov. 29) ... Missed January and half of February due to injury ... Skated in all seven Hockey East playoff games ... Had six shots on goal in the first two games of the Hockey East Quarterfinal at No. 9 Boston College ... Finished the year with 28 shots on goal and a plus-2 rating.

FRESHMAN SEASON (2013-14): Played in all 38 games and finished with 13 points on a goal and 12 assists ... Skated on the top defense pair for most of the season ... Ranked second on the team among defensemen with 59 shots on goal ... Posted a goal and an assist in his collegiate debut at No. 7 North Dakota (Oct. 11) ... Named the Hockey East Rookie of the Week on Oct. 14 after a three-point weekend at UND ... Picked up assists against nationally ranked opponents Providence, Notre Dame, Yale, New Hampshire, Boston College, and UMass Lowell.

BEFORE VERMONT: Hamilton posted 29 points in 58 games from the blueline in 2012-13 for the Okotoks Oilers in the AJHL ... Contributed seven assists in 16 playoff games as the Oilers reached the AJHL's South Division Final ... Spent three years in Okotoks and was a teammate of former Catamount forwards Jonathan Turk (2010-12) and Kyle Reynolds (2010-11).

PERSONAL: Robert Hamilton the son of Don and Gail Hamilton ... Has two younger siblings, Connor and Daly ... Relative Kent Gillings played hockey at Dartmouth ... Attended Holy Trinity Academy ... Lists the Detroit Red Wings as his favorite team ... Born in Calgary, Alberta ... Majoring in community entrepreneurship.