UMass Lowell Athletics

2014-15 Season: Appeared in 20 games during the regular season while adding 11 points (4g,7a) ... Notched a career-high four points (3g,1a) in an 8-2 win over New Hampshire on Nov. 1 ... Named Hockey East's Warrior Hockey Player of the Week on Nov. 3 ... Named River Hawk of the Week on Nov. 3.

2013-14 Season: Finished the year with 10 points in 30 games (5g,5a)...Added a goal and an assist against UMass...Finished the year with a +6 rating.

Before UMass Lowell: Spent two seasons with the Smiths Falls Bears of the Central Canada Hockey League ... Totaled 126 points (53g, 73a) in 116 games, over two seasons, for the Bears ...  He led the team in goals (34), assists (44), points (78), power play goals (12) and game winning goals (7) during the 2012-13 season ... He had four hat tricks during the year as well ... He won the team’s MVP award and the CCHL’s academic award.

Personal: Christopher Orlando Maniccia was born on March 12, 1994 in St. Catharines, Ontario ... He is one of four sons of Angela and Domenic Maniccia of St. Catharines, Ontario ... He played hockey and soccer while attending Denis Morris High School where he was an honor student ... He lists golf and tennis as his favorite hobbies ... Suits and Breaking Bad top his list of television favorites ... The Toronto Maple Leafs are his favorite sports team and Sidney Crosby his favorite athlete ... chose to attend UMass Lowell because of great coaches, team and fans.