Colorado College Athletics

2014-15: Appeared in 33 games ... collected eight points (4g,4a) ... scored a goal at Air Force, UConn and North Dakota ... scored only goal at home in finale vs. Western Michigan ... career-high seven shots at UConn and vs. Miami ... posted an assist on game-tying goal at Western Michigan ... finished third on the team with 87 shots.

2013-14: In the lineup for all but two of Colorado College’s 37 games his junior season, Taft scored the game-winning goal 21 seconds into the third period of a 3-0 victory over Western Michigan University in mid-February...two weeks later he struck just 35 seconds after the opening faceoff to give the Tigers an early 1-0 lead at Nebraska Omaha ... one of 17 Tigers named to the NCHC's inaugural All-Academic Team.

2012-13: Saw a drastic increase in ice time as a sophomore, skating a regular shift in 39 of CC's 42 outings...factored in on four game-winning goals, scoring his second of the season in the third period of a 4-3 victory at the University of Denver in Game 3 of a first-round WCHA playoff series...also assisted on earlier game winners at the University of Wisconsin (5-4 in overtime) and at home against the University of North Dakota (5-3). 

2011-12: Appeared in 13 games as a freshman and collected an assist in his second outing, the opener of a two-game series at the University of Nebraska Omaha in early November ... set up the game-winning goal two weeks later, in a 4-2 victory over Wisconsin that helped propel CC to a home-ice sweep of the Badgers.   

HIGH SCHOOL/JUNIORS: Spent the 2010-11 season with the fledgling Muskegon Lumberjacks of the United States Hockey League, compiling 34 points (19g,15a) in 62 games ... helped lead Edina High School to a Minnesota state championship as a senior in 2009-10, when he earned all-conference and team MVP honors after a 20-goal campaign with the Hornets.  

PERSONAL NOTES: Born Charlie Reed Taft, son of John and Mary Taft of Edina, Minnesota ... recipient of the AP Scholar Award as a prep ... his mother is a former speed skater while his father played college hockey at the University of Wisconsin before enjoying a brief NHL career with the Detroit Red Wings ... enjoys movies, music, golf and skiing in his leisure time.      

FAVORITES
    Musical Instrument: Guitar       
    Musical Type: Everything – rock, country, alternative, rap     
    Musical Performers: Guster and the Zac Brown Band     
    NHL Team/Player: Minnesota Wild/Pavel Datsyuk       
    Book: Harry Potter (by J.K. Rowling)
    Food: Chinese      
    Movie: Big      
    Vacation Spot: Tonto Verde, Arizona 
  
Year              GP       G       A       Pts       Pen/Min
2011-12         13        0        2         2            2/15
2012-13         39        8       10       18           5/10
2013-14         35        5         4        9            7/14
Totals            87       13      16       29          14/39