| Career:
Just the second Connecticut native to ever play for the Sioux and the first since Frank Morgan in 1951-52.
2009-10 (Freshman): Had two goals and two assists
in 23 games ... Named WCHA Rookie of the Week (Oct. 13) after opening the season with a goal and two assists in non-conference
sweep of Merrimack ... Had a pair of assists in his collegiate debut vs. Merrimack (Oct. 9) ... Had a goal the following night
... Finished the series with a +4 ... Was named the game's first star in the Saturday game and the second star in the Friday
game ... Earned first letter.
Before UND: Drafted by the Montreal Canadiens in the
seventh round (199th overall) of the 2009 NHL Entry Draft ... Led the Indiana Ice to a USHL championship in 2008-09 ... Was
named most valuable player of the USHL playoffs after collecting a league-leading 25 points in 16 games, including a USHL
playoff-record 16 assists ... Scored 47 points (24 goals, 23 assists) in 30 regular season games with Indiana after being
acquired from Tri-City ... Had collected 29 points (10 goals, 19 assists) in 26 games with Tri-City ... Totalled 76 points
in 56 games between the two teams to tie for second in the league's regular season scoring race ... Led the USHL with 17 power-play
goals and tied for fifth with five game-winners ... Enjoyed 23 multi-point games, including a trio of four-point games ...
Selected to play in the 2009 USHL Prospects/All-Star Game ... Invited to 2009 U.S. National Junior Evaluation Camp in Lake
Placid, N.Y. ... Earned tournament MVP honors at the 2008 World Junior ‘A' Challenge in Camrose, Alberta after leading
the United States to a gold medal ... Was a teammate of fellow Sioux forward Danny Kristo at that tournament ... Spent the
2007-08 season with Tri-City and scored a team-leading 45 points (16 goals, 29 assists) in 59 games ... In 2006-07, played
in 39 games with the U.S. National Under-17 team and recorded six goals and nine assists ... Spent the 2005-06 season with
the Boston Jr. Bruins of the Empire Junior Hockey League (Tier III, Junior B) and recorded 123 points (67 goals, 56 assists)
... A graduate of Kearney (Neb.) High School.
Personal: Majoring in pre-entrepreneurship ... Son
of Gerald Higney and Donna Cichy. Cichy's Career
Overall Statistics:
| Year |
GP |
G |
A |
PTS |
PEN |
PPG |
SHG |
GWG |
+/- |
| 2009-10 |
23 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
3/6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
E |
| Totals |
23 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
3/6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
E |
Cichy's Career WCHA Statistics:
| Year |
GP |
G |
A |
PTS |
PEN |
PPG |
SHG |
GWG |
+/- |
| 2009-10 |
15 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2/4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
| Totals |
15 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2/4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
Bold stats indicate led team | 
