Colorado College Athletics

2019-20: Appeared in all 34 games ... Served a team co-captain ... Tied for fourth on the team with 17 points and third on the squad with 11 goals ... First career hat trick in Faceoff at Falcon Stadium vs. Air Force ... Two goals, including first career SHG, in 7-2 win at Princeton ... Scored goal and attempted five shots vs. Minnesota ... Career-high two assists in 4-2 victory at St. Cloud State ... Career-high +3 the following night at SCSU ... Goal and career-high 12 shots at Western Michigan ... Scored GWG in 3-1 win over Michigan State ... Converted in shootout vs. Western Michigan and St. Cloud State ... Member of the NCHC all-academic team for the second consecutive year.

2018-19: Appeared in 40 games … Posted 18 points (11g,7a) … Finished second in the NCHC among freshmen with 11 goals … First career game-winning goal in 1-0 victory over Denver to reclaim The Gold Pan … NCHC Rookie of the Week after season-opening series at Alaska Anchorage … Scored first goal of season and added an assist in 10-2 victory at UAA … Added an assist the next day for a three-point weekend … Career-high two goals (both PPG) at No. 1 St. Cloud State … Also scored twice in 8-2 victory over No. 8 Western Michigan … Scored first goal of game in 3-1 victory over No. 20 North Dakota … Scored goal vs. UNH to open season with five-game point streak … Assist in each game at North Dakota and at Denver … Career-high five blocked shots vs. No. 20 Miami … Member of the NCHC all-academic team.

Before Colorado College: Notched 74 points (43g,31a) in 82 games the past two seasons for Penticton, including 53 points (32g,21a) in 57 games in 2016-17 … Played in 25 games (21 points) in ’17-18 before suffering a season-ending injury … Had 12 points (6g,6a) during the ’16-17 playoffs as the Vees advanced to the semifinals of the RBC Cup … Assistant captain for Penticton … Notched six points (2g,4a) in six games for Team Kelly at the 2014-15 USA Select Festival … Drafted by the Fargo Force in the sixth round of the 2017 USHL Futures Draft.
 
Personal: Parents are David Cruikshank and Bonnie Blair … Has one sister, Blair … His mother competed in four Olympic games as a speedskater, winning five gold medals and one bronze medal … His father is also a four-time Olympic speedskater … His cousin, Scott Polaski, played hockey at CC from 2001-05 … Would like play in the NHL following his time at CC … Enjoys playing golf and tennis in his spare time … Favorite movie is Step Brothers … Person in history he would most like to meet is Michael Jordan … Greatest moment in sports was winning the Fred Page Cup in 2017 … Favorite sport other than hockey is golf … Credits his parents with the biggest influence on his athletic career … Started playing hockey at age two … Favorite professional team is the Chicago Blackhawks and favorite player is Sidney Crosby.