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#18 Luke Salazar
Position: Forward
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 155
Year: Junior
Hometown: Thornton, Colo.
Club: Wichita Falls Wildcats - NAHL
Experience: 1 Letter
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Luke Salazar
Courtesy: Denver Athletics
Release: 09/11/2008

2009-10: Played 17 games • netted five points one goals and four assists • lone goal was game-winner in 4-1 win over Mercyhurst (2/5) • tallied two assists in 4-3 win over Minnesota State (10/30) • added assists in wins over Minnesota (10/23) and Nebraska Omaha (1/1) • added 31 hits, two blocked shots and a +1 plus/minus rating • committed three penalties for six PIMs • named to the All-WCHA Academic Team.

2008-09: Played 39 games • tallied 25 points on 15 goals and 10 assists • tied for the team lead with 15 goals • ranked 10th in WCHA overall rookie scoring and 11th in rookie league scoring • tied for second in the WCHA with five game-winning goals • netted four power-play goals and three multi-point efforts • recorded two goals and a career-high three points in wins against Notre Dame (10/11) and Minnesota Duluth (11/7) • named Red Baron WCHA Rookie of the Week for Oct. 14-20 and Oct. 28-Nov. 3 • committed four penalties for eight PIMs.

Before Denver: Recorded 87 points on 41 goals and 46 assists in 58 games for Wichita Falls of the North American Hockey League (NAHL) in 2007-08 • added 17 power-play goals, five game-winning goals and a +25 plus/minus rating in 2007-08 • named to the NAHL all-star team • tallied 23 points on 10 goals and 13 assists for Wichita Falls in 2006-07.

Personal: Son of Elizabeth Green and Paul Salazar • brother of Mara (26), Braxton (22) and Kenzie (19) • graduated from Legacy High School (Broomfield, Colo.) in 2007 • wanted to attend Denver and play hockey since he was a kid • goal is to graduate with a college degree • enjoys golf, camping, fishing and XBox • favorite athletes are Joe Sakic, Tiger Woods and Wayne Gretzky • business major • born October 26, 1988.