2007-08: Appeared and started 13 games...posted 4-7-2 record with 3.06 goals against average and a .899 save percentage...earned Hockey East Defensive Player of the Week after stopping 28 shots in 4-2 win over Niagara on 10/12...stopped career-high 41 shots in 3-3 tie at then #5 Boston College (11/9)...made 53 saves on 55 shots in two-game home sweep over then #16 Maine on Nov. 16th and 17th...recorded assist vs. Maine (11/16)...missed second-half of season with groin injury...stopped 34 shots in 3-2 win at Bemidji State (10/19)...record the same amount of wins (4) as he picked up in first two seasons at Merrimack.
2006-07: Appeared in 12 games ... posted a 2-8-1 record with a 3.17 goals against average and a .886 save percentage, placing him 11th in Hockey East in both GAA and save pct. ... earned Hockey East Defensive Player of the Week honors after making 37 saves in a 3-0 win over then-No. 16 UMass, his first career shutout (12/5) ... made 18 saves in a 2-1 win over UMass one month later (1/5) ... recorded an assist in each win against the Minutemen, his first two collegiate points ... made 24 saves in a 2-2 tie with Robert Morris (12/29) ... stopped 24 of 25 saves in 40 minutes in relief of starter Jim Healey against then-No. 3 New Hampshire (2/10).
2005-06: Played in 15 games, making 10 starts ... posted a 2-7-3 record with a 2.72 goals against average and a .920 save pct. ... averaged 35.6 saves in the final six games of the season ... earned Hockey East Rookie of the Week honors after making 32 saves in a 4-2 win at No. 7 Vermont (1/27) ... made 40 saves in a 1-1 tie with nationally-ranked New Hampshire eight days later as he once again garnered Hockey East Rookie of the Week honors (2/11) ... stopped 35 shots in a 4-3 overtime win at Providence to close the regular season (3/4) ... made first collegiate appearance at Michigan, making nine saves (10/16) ...made 36 saves in a 2-2 tie with UMass Lowell (2/17) ... stopped 34 shots in a tie with Northeastern (2/3).
High School/Last Team: Split time with Des Moines and Indiana in 2004-05 ... two-time USHL Defensive Player of the Week ... went 11-20-6 with a 3.23 GAA and a 898 save pct. ... split 2003-04 season with Des Moines and Valley Jr. Warriors (EJHL) ... spent 2002-03 season at Proctor Academy ... 2002 graduate of Waltham High School ... assistant captain ... led Waltham to Division 1 State Championship.
Personal: Born February 4, 1984 ... son of Doug
and Beverly Watson ... has one sibling - Christopher ... undecided
major at Merrimack.
