Cornell University Athletics

Ottawa Senators 2005 NHL Draft 7th Round • 204th Overall

Senior Season - 2009-10
Greening earned the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award as the top senior scholar-athlete in college hockey, also picking up the ECAC Hockey Scholar-Athlete of the Year award. Greening finished his career with 118 points, ranking him tied for 33rd all-time at Cornell. He had a career-best 35 points as a senior, tallying 15 goals and 20 assists. Six of his goals came on the power play, while another three were game-winners. He opened the year strong, scoring at least one point in each of the first six games and nine of the first 10, recording 16 points over that span. He had 10 multi-point games on the season, including two three-point games on Nov. 6 against Dartmouth (1g, 2a) and Nov. 14 (0g, 3a). He scored the game-winning goals on Nov. 6 against Dartmouth, on Dec. 4 against RPI and on Feb. 12 against Brown. Greening was also named first-team All-Ivy League and second-team All-ECAC Hockey for his play during the season. He also excelled in the classroom, earning ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA First-Team Academic All-America honors.

Junior Season - 2008-09
Greening took yet another step toward becoming one of college hockey's premier power forwards as a junior, finishing second on the team in scoring with his second straight 30-plus point season. He earned second team All-ECAC Hockey honors and was the only unanimous selection to the All-Ivy League first team. He appeared in all 36 games on the year, tallying a career-best 15 goals and adding in 16 assists for 31 points. Greening proved to be a key member of the power play unit, scoring eight of his goals on the man advantage, while four of his markers were game-winners. He finished the season tied for 19th in the nation with the four game-winning goals, and was tied for 39th in the country in power play goals. Greening also ranked 56th in the country in goals per game (0.42) and was tied for 87th in the nation in points per game (0.86). He scored the game-winning goal against Princeton in double overtime in the ECAC Hockey semifinals and had nine multi-point games on the year, including tallying a goal and an assist in the NCAA Midwest Regional Semifinal against Northeastern. Greening, who served as a team co-captain along with Michael Kennedy, added a goal in both games of the trip to North Dakota, including the game-winning goal on Nov. 29. He had four points in the two games against rival Harvard, scoring two goals in Cambridge on Feb. 14 and picking up a pair of assists at Lynah Rink on Nov. 14. Greening capped off his season by becoming just the third Cornell player to ever earn ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-America honors, being named to the second team.

Career Highs

Goals	3	vs. Dartmouth, 2/29/08
Assists	3	vs. Quinnipiac, 11/3/07
Points	3 (four times)	last vs. Dartmouth, 2/29/08
Shots	12	at Harvard, 2/14/09
Penalties	2 (nine times)	last vs. Princeton, 3/20/09
Penalty Minutes	15	at RIT, 10/27/07

Sophomore Season - 2007-08
Greening became the first sophomore during the tenure of head coach Mike Schafer to be named either a captain or assistant captain, and he showed his value by earning a spot on both the ECAC Hockey and Ivy League Second Teams. Greening led the Big Red in scoring as a sophomore, tallying a team-best 33 points and 14 goals. He had eight multi-point games as a sophomore, including tallying Cornell's first hat-trick in a 6-0 win over Dartmouth on Feb. 29, 2008, since Matt Moulson scored three goals on Feb. 19, 2005. Greening also had a three-assist game on Nov. 3 against Quinnipiac in the Big Red's 5-3 victory at Lynah Rink. He led the Ivy League with nine goals in 10 league games and was tied for sixth in the league in scoring with 11 points. Greening has appeared in every Cornell game since his arrival on campus, running his streak to 67 games through two seasons and was a nominee for the ECAC Hockey Student-Athlete of the Year award.

Freshman Season - 2006-07
Greening came on strong in the second half of his freshman season, establishing himself as the next in a long line of Cornell power forwards. He recorded 11 goals to lead the team, the first freshman to do so since Denis Ladouceur in 1999. He had three two-goal games, first tallying twice in the loss to Wayne State on Nov. 25, then recording another pair of goals in the 5-1 win over Clarkson on Feb. 2. Greening then recorded the first of two three-point games on Feb. 10 at Rensselaer, scoring two goals and adding an assist. He posted another three-point game a week later in the 8-4 win over Princeton, scoring once and adding a pair of assists. Greening was one of four players to appear in all 31 contests for the Big Red, and his 19 points ranked him in a tie with Tony Romano for fifth on the team.

Before Cornell
Greening, a physical player with a well-rounded game, was an alternate captain as a rookie for the Nanaimo Clippers of the British Columbia Hockey League. He was named the rookie of the year and received the coach's award following a season in which he ranked second on the team in scoring with 30 goals and 35 assists for 65 points. He was also selected to the BCHL All-Star game and was named the Coastal Conference Player of the Game. During his prep career, he was team captain at Upper Canada College, named the team MVP and to the Ontario All-High School hockey team. Greening also lettered in soccer and earned the team's Golden Boot Award and was given the Alexander Logie Award as the school's athlete of the year. Greening was a seventh round draft pick for the Ottawa Senators in 2005.

Personal
Colin Peter Greening is the son of Fred and Joanne Greening and has an older brother. He is enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Greening's Career Statistics

Year	Games	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
2006-07	31	11	8	19	26	+9	5	0	2
2007-08	36	14	19	33	41	+7	5	0	4
2008-09	36	15	16	31	28	+5	8	0	4
2009-10	34	15	20	35	31	+14	6	0	3
Totals	137	55	63	118	126	+35	24	0	13