Before Holy Cross: Two-year member of the varsity hockey team at The Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, Conn., for head coach Damon White ... team captain in the 2006-07 season ... ranked first on the team in points by a defenseman as a senior with two goals and 14 assists for 16 points ... his 14 assists tied for the team lead ... scored two goals and had four assists for six points as a junior in 2005-06 ...won the 2006-07 Edward F. III '41 and Phelps H. Swift '44 Award ... earned All-Founder's League honors in 2005-06 and 2006-07 ... team won the 2006-07 Founder's League Championship and the 2006-07 Flood Marr Championship ... three-year member of the varsity hockey team at Bergen Catholic H.S. in Oradell, N.J. ... team captain in the 2004-05 season ... team won the New Jersey State Championship in 2002-03 ... member of the National Honor Society in 2005.

Personal: Son of Stan and Josephine Znutas ... has one sister, Kristen ... has not yet declared a major.