All-America team

Notice the geographic breadth of the All-America team [www.uscho.com] . This is the American Hockey Coaches Association team (not the USCHO team). Three from New York State. One from Philadelphia, one from Darien, three from Europe. None from Ontario. None from BC. Only one repeater on the overall team, Yann Denis moving from second to first team. I


East First Team
G Yann Danis, SR, Brown* (Saint Jerome, QC)
D Andrew Alberts, JR, Boston College (Eden Prairie, MN)
D Thomas Pöck, SR, Massachusetts (Klagenfurt, Austria)
F Steve Saviano, SR, New Hampshire (Reading, MA)
F Lee Stempniak, JR, Dartmouth (West Seneca, NY)
F Tony Voce, SR, Boston College (Philadelphia, PA)

West First Team
G Bernd Brückler, JR, Wisconsin (Graz, Austria)
D Keith Ballard, JR, Minnesota (Baudette, MN)
D Ryan Caldwell, SR, Denver ( )
F Brandon Bochenski, JR, North Dakota (Blaine, MN)
F Junior Lessard, SR, Minnesota Duluth (St. Joseph deBeauce, QC)
F Zach Parise, SO, North Dakota (Faribault, MN)

East Second Team
G Jim Howard, SO, Maine (Ogdensburg, NY)
D Prestin Ryan, SR, Maine (Arcola, SK)
D Stephen Wood, SR, Providence (Sudbury, MA)
F Patrick Eaves, SO, Boston College (Faribault, MN)
F Todd Jackson, SR, Maine (Cortland, NY)
F Ryan Shannon, JR, Boston College (Darien, CT)
F Colin Shields, SR, Maine (Glasgow, Scotland)

West Second Team
G Al Montoya, SO, Michigan (Glenview, IL)
D Beau Geisler, SR, Minnesota Duluth (Coleraine, MN)
D A.J. Thelen, FR, Michigan State (Savage, MN)
F Derek Edwardson, SR, Miami (Morton Gove, IL)
F Jim Slater, JR, Michigan State (Detroit, MI)
F Thomas Vanek, SO, Minnesota (Graz, Austria)

* Second Team in 2001-02

History of the team, here; congrats on Brown and Dartmouth for getting guys on the All-East team for the first time in a looong time: [members.cox.net]