Before Holy Cross: Three-year member of the Georgetown Raiders of the Ontario Junior Hockey League (OJHL) for coach James Richmond as he played 190 games with 31 goals and 103 assists for 134 career points ... two-time team captain ... named the league's 2007-08 Most Valuable Defenseman ... selected to the 2009 All-Star team ... team was 2007, 2008 and 2009 West Division finalists ... earned a silver medal with Team Canada East at the 2007 World Junior A Challenge ... two-year member of the Cambridge Winterhawks of the Mid-Western Junior "B" Hockey League (MWJBHL) for coach Greg Bignell as he played 126 games with 12 goals and 45 assists for 57 career points ... scored 11 goals and had 38 assists for 49 points during the 2005-06 season, while he had one goal and seven assists for eight points during the 2004-05 season ... was a 2006 Boston Pizza Player of the Week ... selected to the 2006 All-Star team ... team was 2006 Sutherland Cup champions and 2005 Mid-West finalists ... attended Lester B. Pearson H.S.

Personal: Son of Joseph and Sheila Zych ... has two brothers, Aaron and Andrew ... has not yet declared a major.