Before Niagara: Played for the Thorold Blackhawks of the Golden Horseshoe Jr. B League in 2002-03…Blackhawks were defeated in the seventh game of the All-Ontario Championship…Scored 33 goals and 64 assists (97 points) in 45 games…Named Golden Horseshow Playoff MVP…Selected Thorold’s Most Improved Player…Presented the Molson Canadian Award for most three star selections in 2002-03…Named to the 2002-03 Golden Horseshoe All-Star team…Attended Denis Morris High School…Played soccer.

Personal: Born on Oct. 16, 1985, in Thorold, Ont… Son of Fred and Marj Bentivoglio…One older sister, Kelly…Majoring in accounting.