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Langley, British Columbia
BCHL - Langley

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2006-07 Honors:
• Academic All-CHA

Clutch player for BSU in 2006-07 as three of his five goals were game-winners... Returns as the team’s fifth-leading scorer from a year ago (5-8=13)... Saw time in each of the Beavers’ 33 games... Enters 2007-08 with 19-29=48 points owning more carer points than anyone else on the BSU roster. Scored four points in the first six games of the season... Posted one assist in back-to-back contests at Maine to break the seal on 2006-07 (10/12-13)... Two weeks later again notched an assist in consecutive victories over Minnesota State (11/3-4). Recorded first career multiple goal game and the ninth multi-point game of his career with a pair of second-period goals leading the Beavers to a 3-0 CHA win over Robert Morris (11/11). Scored 2-0=2 points in a series with Wayne Sate (Mich.) to begin December... Netted the only goal in a 1-0 BSU game one victory and found the back of the net again the following evening as the Beavers cruised to a 4-2 win... Extended scoring run to three games adding an assist the series opener against Minnesota Duluth (12/8). Posted assists versus Ala.-Huntsville (2/2) and Wayne State (Mich.) (1/5) and in the regular season finale (2/24)... Finished season series versus WSU scoring 2-2=4 with +4. Collected final goal of the season in the game 2 of the series at Michigan Tech (1/13).

2005-06 Honors:
• Academic All-CHA

Tied career high with two assists at Minn.-Duluth (10/8); first multi-point game since 1/28/2005 at North Dakota; first multi-assist game since 1/8/2005 vs Air Force... First career power-play goal at Air Force (10/28/2005).
Game-winning goal vs Niagara (12/3)... Assist vs Wayne State (1/13) kicked off career-long five-game scoring streak; 3-3=6 points during streak... 1-1=2 points vs Wayne State (1/14), first multi-point game since Oct. 8 vs Minn.-Duluth... One power-play goal in each game of Air Force series (1/20-21)... Assist at Ala.-Huntsville (2/3)... Scoring streak snapped at Ala.-Huntsville (2/4).
1-1=2 points at Western Michigan (2/11)... Three assists in Robert Morris series (2/17-18); assist, 30th career point in Game 1, two assists in Game 2... 20th career assist vs Ala.-Huntsville (3/4)... Assist vs Ala.-Huntsville in CHA Tournament semifinals.

Only Bemidji State freshman to appear in all 37 games this year.

Goal, assist in BSU’s season opener vs Ferris State (10/22); one of just four true freshmen in BSU’s Division I era to score two or more points in a season opener (Blaine Jarvis ‘04, Jeff McGill ‘99, Mike Perpich ‘99)... Goal, assist vs Bentley (11/12); second career multi-point game... Goal at Lake Superior State (12/4)... Four shots on goal vs Niagara (12/10)... First goal vs Western Michigan (12/17)... Career-high two assists against Air Force (1/8); first career multi-assist game, third multi-point game this season... Assist vs Robert Morris (1/15)... Goal, assist at North Dakota (1/28); fourth multi-point game... Scored goals in both games of Robert Morris series (2/11-12); first goal in 2-1 overtime Game 1 win, empty-net goal to ice 3-0 shutout in Game 2... Assist at Air Force (3/5).

Joined Bemidji State after a high-scoring season with the Langley Hornets of the British Columbia Hockey League... Finished second on the team in scoring with 27-44=71 points in 60 games played, one of just two players on the team to score more than 59 points on the year... 27 goals tied for third on the team, led the squad with 44 assists; no other Hornet player had more than 32.

Was a fixture on Langley’s first line throughout the season... Hornets finished the campaign with a 19-36-1 record and did not earn a berth in the BCHL playoffs... Named Langley’s “Best All-Around Player” for 2004... Also played for Langley during the 2001-02 and 2002-03 seasons.

Matt Allen Pope... Born Aug. 5, 1984... Son of Bud and Tracy Pope... Majoring in business administration.