• Santini will attend Boston College in the fall. His father, Steve, played for the University of Maine in the 1980s before opening an arena in New York.



• He moved to Ann Arbor, Mich., in 2011 to join the U.S. National Team Development Program. Santini won silver medals at the 2012 Under-17 World Hockey Championship and 2013 Under-18 World Championship, where was named the tournament’s best defenseman after finishing with a plus-8 rating and leading all skaters in ice-time (163:35) in seven games.



• A Westchester Express minor hockey product, Santini grew up idolizing Maple Leafs defenseman Dion Phaneuf and his most memorable on-ice moment was winning the New York State Under-14 Championship.



FAVORITES



NHL team: New York Rangers

NHL player: Dion Phaneuf

Shootout move: “Datsyuk move”

Goal celebration: “Jump into glass”

Video game: NHL 13

Movie: Slap Shot

TV show: NHL on the Fly

Actor: Adam Sandler

Musician: Rick Ross

Website: YouTube

Pump-up song: “Ima Boss” by Rick Ross

Home-cooked meal: Meatloaf

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