James Norton

Position:
Goaltender
Height:
6-4
Weight:
215
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Scarborough, Ontario
Prev School:
Cedar Rapids (USHL)

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2024-25: Did not see action.

BEFORE UMASS: Played 20 games in the United States Hockey League (USHL), recording a .877 save percentage and a goals-against average of 3.24, seeing time with both the Dubuque Fighting Saints and the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders in 2023-24 … Also was a member of the Minot Minotauros of the North American Hockey League (NAHL) and posted a 8-4-1 record with Minot, logging a 1.81 save percentage and a .924 save percentage … Spent 2022-23 season with the Toronto Jr. Canadiens of the Ontario Junior Hockey League (OJHL) boasting a .934 save percentage and a goals-against average of 1.88 across 35 games … Was honored as the 2022-23 OJHL's Best Goaltender and an OJHL First Team All-Star after leading the league in GAA and save percentage.

PERSONAL: Born James Robert Bouffard Norton on April 16, 2003 in Toronto, Ontario … Son of Matthew Norton and Caroline Bouffard … Has one sibling, Luca Norton … Graduated from St. John Henry Catholic High School (Toronto, Ontario) in 2021 … Majoring in Sport Management.