Balance was the operative word at this year’s Hockey East banquet. Ben Eaves and Mike Ayers were named co-winners of the KOHO Player of the Year Award while Massachusetts coach Don “Toot” Cahoon earned CCM\/Bob Kullen Coach of the Year honors. Eight of the nine schools placed representatives on the All-Hockey East teams while the ninth made it a clean sweep with a berth on the All-Rookie Team.<\/p>\n
Maine players took three major awards. Goaltender Jim Howard earned Rookie of the Year honors, Cliff Loya was named the Old Time Hockey Best Defensive Defenseman, and Martin Kariya garnered the Len Ceglarski Sportsmanship Award.<\/p>\n
Boston University’s Mark Mullen was selected as the Best Defensive Forward while Merrimack goaltender Joe Exter, critically injured in last Friday night’s playoff contest, joined Eaves as co-winner of the ITECH “Three Stars” Award. Boston College goaltender Matti Kaltiainen nosed out Ayers as the ITECH Goaltending Champion with a 2.20 goals against average.<\/p>\n
The full list of awards follows.<\/p>\n
KOHO PLAYERS OF THE YEAR<\/b>
\nMike Ayers, New Hampshire (G, Jr.)
\nBen Eaves, Boston College (F, Jr.)<\/p>\n
CCM\/BOB KULLEN AWARD – COACH OF THE YEAR<\/b>
\nDon Cahoon, Massachusetts
\nRunner-Up: Richard Umile, New Hampshire <\/p>\n
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR<\/b>
\nJim Howard, Maine
\nRunner-Up: Bryan Schmidt, Merrimack<\/p>\n
ITECH “THREE STARS” AWARD<\/b>
\nBen Eaves, Boston College (F, Jr.)
\nJoe Exter, Merrimack (G, Sr.) <\/p>\n
OLD TIME HOCKEY BEST DEFENSIVE DEFENSEMAN<\/b>
\nCliff Loya, Maine (Sr.)
\nRunner-Up: Freddy Meyer, Boston University <\/p>\n
BEST DEFENSIVE FORWARD<\/b>
\nMark Mullen, Boston University (Jr.)
\nRunner-Up: Ed McGrane, UMass Lowell <\/p>\n
LEN CEGLARSKI SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD<\/b>
\nMartin Kariya, Maine (F, Sr.)
\nRunner-Up: Jon DiSalvatore, Providence <\/p>\n
HOCKEY EAST SCORING CHAMPION<\/b>
\nBen Eaves, Boston College (42 pts)
\nRunner Up: Tony Voce, Boston College (32 pts) <\/p>\n
ITECH GOALTENDING CHAMPION<\/b>
\nMatti Kaltiainen, Boston College (2.20 GAA, So.)
\nRunner-Up: Mike Ayers, New Hampshire (2.22 GAA) <\/p>\n
ALL-HOCKEY EAST FIRST TEAM<\/b>
\nMike Ayers, G, Jr., New Hampshire^
\nFreddy Meyer, D, Sr., Boston University
\nFrancis Nault, D, Jr., Maine
\nBen Eaves, F, Jr., Boston College*^
\nLanny Gare, F, Sr., New Hampshire
\nMartin Kariya, F, Sr., Maine<\/p>\n
ALL-HOCKEY EAST SECOND TEAM<\/b>
\nJoe Exter, G, Sr., Merrimack
\nJ.D. Forrest, D, Jr., Boston College
\nStephen Wood, D, Jr., Providence
\nThomas P\u00f6ck, D, Jr., Massachusetts
\nColin Hemingway, F, Sr., New Hampshire^
\nLucas Lawson, F, Sr., Maine
\nEd McGrane, F, Sr., UMass Lowell^<\/p>\n
* – unanimous selection; ^ – two time All-Star <\/p>\n
Honorable Mention:
\nGoalie: Sean Fields (Boston University), Nolan Schaefer (Providence)
\nDefense: Andrew Alberts (Boston College)
\nForwards: Jon DiSalvatore (Providence College), Peter Fregoe (Providence), Greg Mauldin (Massachusetts), Tony Voce (Boston College) <\/p>\n
ALL-ROOKIE TEAM<\/b>
\nJim Howard, Maine* Goalie
\nJekabs Redlihs, Boston University Defense
\nBryan Schmidt, Merrimack* Defense
\nChris Collins, Boston College Forward
\nMike Morris, Northeastern Forward
\nDavid VanderGulik, Boston University Forward
\nStephen Werner, Massachusetts* Forward <\/p>\n
* – unanimous selection <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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