CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Senior defenseman and captain Henry Thrun signed a two-year entry level NHL contract with the San Jose Sharks, the organization announced today (March 25). A native of Southborough, Mass., Thrun finished his Harvard career with 84 points (17 goals, 67 assists) in 99 career games.  
   
A three-time ECAC Hockey All-Academic honoree, Thrun earned several end-of-season honors, including ECAC Hockey's Best Defensive Defenseman award, First Team All-ECAC and First Team All-Ivy. Thrun was named ECAC Defender of the Month in Nov. 2022, after picking up nine points (three goals, six assists) during the month.
 
Last season, Thrun was named a Second Team AHCA All-American, recording 32 points (seven goals and a team-high 25 assists) to go along with a plus-15 rating in 35 games. He finished eighth among all NCAA defensemen and tops among ECAC Hockey blueliners in scoring (.91 points per game) and earned First Team All-Ivy and Second Team All-ECAC Hockey honors.

In his rookie season of 2019-20, he was one of the top scoring rookie defensemen in all of college hockey, recording 21 points (three goals, 18 assists) in 31 games (6th, NCAA among first year blueliners) and he led Harvard with a plus-17 rating.  He was named to the ECAC Hockey All-Rookie Team and was an ECAC Hockey Best Defensive Defenseman finalist.
 
Thrun was a member of USA Hockey's gold medal-winning 2021 World Junior Championships team, notching one assist and a plus-six rating in seven games.
 
Thrun was originally selected by Anaheim in the 2019 NHL Draft (fourth round, 101st overall) before having his rights traded to San Jose in February.