2010 TBRW Awards

It's that time again.

Table of Past Winners

Descriptions:


Automatic Awards

Duane Moeser-Matt Moulson Award, Leading Point Scorer

Blake Gallagher (18-19-37)


Chris Norton-Mark McRae Award, Leading Scorer, Defenseman

Brendon Nash (2-17-19)



Obvious Discretionary Awards

Brian Hayward-David LeNeveu Award, Leading Goaltender. Based solely on this year's performance, choose our starter in the NCAA Final.

Ben Scrivens


Discretionary Awards

Peter Natyshak-Sam Paolini Award, Career Improvement. This award is open to seniors or, in the rare case, juniors. The award measures how well the player has improved since starting at Cornell.

Randy MacFarlane-Riley Nash Award, Transcendent Beauty and Skating Prowess. The title says it all.

Dave Shippel-Greg Hornby Award, Scrappiness and Effort. This award generally goes to a player who plays "bigger than his size" or "better than his talent."

Terry Gage Award, Determination in a Supporting Role. This award generally goes to an athlete whose contributions do not show up in the box score.

Mike Schafer-Stephen Bâby Award, Leadership and Passion. This award needs no explanation.

Pierre Belanger-Murphy Family Award, Most Loathed Referee.

John Carter-Dominic Moore Award, Most Respected Opponent. This award goes to the guy we would take in a heartbeat for one of our own. It is based on his performance against us in games this year.

Kevan Melrose-Matt Nickerson Award, Least Respected Opponent. This award goes to the guy who when you scream "... sucks!" you mean it. The goon, the cheap shot artist, the whiner, the showboat. The asshole.

Doug Dadswell-Ryan Vesce Award, Most Valuable Freshman. Define it however you want. Open only to freshman, not transfers.

Joe Nieuwendyk-Doug Murray Award, Most Valuable Player. Define it however you want, as long as you consider this year's performance alone.

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Obvious Discretionary Awards

Brian Hayward-David LeNeveu Award, Leading Goaltender. Based solely on this year's performance, choose our starter in the NCAA Final.

Ben Scrivens

Well, he did only have the second-best GAA and save % on the team.

Peter Natyshak-Sam Paolini Award, Career Improvement. - Krueger

Randy MacFarlane-Riley Nash Award - Riley Nash (by definition)

Dave Shippel-Greg Hornby Award - Gallagher.

Terry Gage Award, Determination in a Supporting Role. - Kennedy

Mike Schafer-Stephen Bâby Award, Leadership and Passion. - Greening

Pierre Belanger-Murphy Family Award, Most Loathed Referee. - No vote

John Carter-Dominic Moore Award, Most Respected Opponent. - Backman

Kevan Melrose-Matt Nickerson Award - No vote

Doug Dadswell-Ryan Vesce Award, Most Valuable Freshman. - D'Agostino

Joe Nieuwendyk-Doug Murray Award, Most Valuable Player. - Scrivens

Discretionary Awards

Career Improvement - Tyler Roeszler

Transcendent Beauty and Skating Prowess - Riley Nash

Scrappiness and Effort - Joe Scali

Determination in a Supporting Role - Justin Krueger

Leadership and Passion - Colin Greening

Most Loathed Referee - none

Most Respected Opponent - Brock Little

Least Respected Opponent - none

Most Valuable Freshman - Braden Birch

Most Valuable Player - Blake Gallagher

Discretionary Awards

Peter Natyshak-Sam Paolini Award, Career Improvement. - Blake Gallagher

Randy MacFarlane-Riley Nash Award, Transcendent Beauty and Skating Prowess. - Riley Nash

Dave Shippel-Greg Hornby Award, Scrappiness and Effort. - Joe Scali

Terry Gage Award, Determination in a Supporting Role. - Justin Krueger

Mike Schafer-Stephen Bâby Award, Leadership and Passion. - Colin Greening

Pierre Belanger-Murphy Family Award, Most Loathed Referee.- Kotyra

John Carter-Dominic Moore Award, Most Respected Opponent. - Not sure

Kevan Melrose-Matt Nickerson Award, Least Respected Opponent. - Not sure

Doug Dadswell-Ryan Vesce Award, Most Valuable Freshman. - Nick D'Agostino

Joe Nieuwendyk-Doug Murray Award, Most Valuable Player. - Ben Scrivens

Discretionary Awards

Career Improvement - Justin Kreuger

Transcendent Beauty and Skating Prowess - Riley Nash

Scrappiness and Effort - Joe Scali

Determination in a Supporting Role - Joe Scali

Leadership and Passion - Colin Greening

Most Loathed Referee - Peter Feola

Most Respected Opponent - Sean Backman

Least Respected Opponent - Harvard (sucks)

Most Valuable Freshman - Braden Birch & Nick D'Agostino (tie)

Most Valuable Player - Ben Scrivens

Discretionary Awards

Career Improvement - Joe Scali. He wasn't even starting every night until his junior season. Talk about a guy who got the most out of Cornell and the Schafer system. His skating (treadmill, anyone?) has improved tremendously, and he's a monster forechecker and penalty killer. Would have loved to see him finish some of those 2-on-1s, but that's not his strong suit.

Transcendent Beauty and Skating Prowess - Riley Nash. You've seen him dance around defenders and roll ankles around the boards behind the net.

Scrappiness and Effort - Joe Scali. Can't say enough in favor of Scali. Every night, who tries harder? Greening maybe, but that's it.

Determination in a Supporting Role - Scali.

Leadership and Passion - Colin Greening, by a mile. No one else looked like a leader out there this season.

Most Loathed Referee - Joe Carusone

Most Respected Opponent - Jack Parker and his GENIUS pull the goalie strategy to get a 6x3

Least Respected Opponent - Burgdoerfer, still

Most Valuable Freshman - Nick D'Agostino

Most Valuable Player - Greening. Not only for what he does personally, but as others have pointed out, he makes everyone around him better. Just look at the lines this season. The issue was not really where to put Riley Nash, but whom to put with Greening. With Greening, Gallagher and Devin looked great; without him, Gallagher tailed off a little and Devin tailed off a lot. Without Greening, Riley had a disappointing first half of the season. With Greening, he averaged like 1.5 points per game. When Greening and his line is effectively shut down, the whole team seems to struggle.

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Least Respected Opponent - Burgdoerfer, still

He'd probably be honored and RPI will greatly miss him next season, but he didn't have a single penalty against Cornell this year. He also cut his penalty minutes down overall from 106 to 51.

Career Improvement: Joe Scali

Transcendent Beauty and Skating Prowess: Brendon Nash - yep, I said Brendon.

Scrappiness and Effort: Joe Scali

Determination in a Supporting Role: Justin Krueger

Leadership and Passion: Colin Greening

Most Loathed Referee: Hicks

Most Respected Opponent: Sean Backman or Andy Iles

Most Valuable Freshman: Nick D'Agostino

Most Valuable Player: Blake Gallagher

Andy Iles is a great choice. I might have to go with that.

Career Improvement: Scali

Transcendent Beauty and Skating Prowess: R. Nash

Scrappiness and Effort: Scrivens

Determination in a Supporting Role: Garman/Kanji

Leadership and Passion: Colin Greening

Most Loathed Referee: .

Most Respected Opponent: Backman

Most Valuable Freshman: D'Agostino

Most Valuable Player: Greening by a mile.

Peter Natyshak-Sam Paolini Award, Career Improvement. - Joe Scali

Randy MacFarlane-Riley Nash Award, Transcendent Beauty and Skating Prowess. - Riley Nash

Dave Shippel-Greg Hornby Award, Scrappiness and Effort. - Ben Scrivens

Terry Gage Award, Determination in a Supporting Role. - Joe Scali

Mike Schafer-Stephen Bâby Award, Leadership and Passion. - Colin Greening

Pierre Belanger-Murphy Family Award, Most Loathed Referee. -

John Carter-Dominic Moore Award, Most Respected Opponent. - Sean Backman

Kevan Melrose-Matt Nickerson Award, Least Respected Opponent. -

Doug Dadswell-Ryan Vesce Award, Most Valuable Freshman. - Nick D'Agostino

Joe Nieuwendyk-Doug Murray Award, Most Valuable Player. - Colin Greening

Peter Natyshak-Sam Paolini Award, Career Improvement. - Ben Scrivens

Randy MacFarlane-Riley Nash Award, Transcendent Beauty and Skating Prowess. - Riley Nash

Dave Shippel-Greg Hornby Award, Scrappiness and Effort. - Joe Scali

Terry Gage Award, Determination in a Supporting Role. - Justin Krueger

Mike Schafer-Stephen Bâby Award, Leadership and Passion. - Colin Greening

Pierre Belanger-Murphy Family Award, Most Loathed Referee. - Alex Dell

John Carter-Dominic Moore Award, Most Respected Opponent. - Sean Backman

Kevan Melrose-Matt Nickerson Award, Least Respected Opponent. - Louis Leblanc

Doug Dadswell-Ryan Vesce Award, Most Valuable Freshman. - Nick D'Agostino

Joe Nieuwendyk-Doug Murray Award, Most Valuable Player. - Colin Greening

Peter Natyshak-Sam Paolini Award, Career Improvement. Ben Scrivens

Randy MacFarlane-Riley Nash Award, Transcendent Beauty and Skating Prowess. I guess I'll go with Riley. I only saw the team live in Estero, and no one was really skating well that week. Redcast video doesn't do justice to anyone's skating.. they all have choppy strides .

Dave Shippel-Greg Hornby Award, Scrappiness and Effort. Joe Scali

Terry Gage Award, Determination in a Supporting Role. Justin Krueger

Mike Schafer-Stephen Bâby Award, Leadership and Passion. Colin Greening. Greening scored a goal in Estero against CC that captures it all. Came out of the box after serving a penalty, got the puck and just forced himself into the CC end and buried the puck in the net. Grit, determination and finished the job.

John Carter-Dominic Moore Award, Most Respected Opponent. Yale. For the past several years, they have a plan and execute almost to perfection giving us the "L" and them the "W".

Doug Dadswell-Ryan Vesce Award, Most Valuable Freshman. Nick D'Agostino, points from the blue line and he stays out of the penalty box.

Joe Nieuwendyk-Doug Murray Award, Most Valuable Player. Colin Greening.

Peter Natyshak-Sam Paolini Award, Career Improvement. Krueger

Randy MacFarlane-Riley Nash Award, Transcendent Beauty and Skating Prowess. R. Nash

Dave Shippel-Greg Hornby Award, Scrappiness and Effort. Scali

Terry Gage Award, Determination in a Supporting Role. Scali

Mike Schafer-Stephen Bâby Award, Leadership and Passion. Greening

Pierre Belanger-Murphy Family Award, Most Loathed Referee. N/A

John Carter-Dominic Moore Award, Most Respected Opponent. Yale's Backman

Kevan Melrose-Matt Nickerson Award, Least Respected Opponent. Brown's Volpatti

Doug Dadswell-Ryan Vesce Award, Most Valuable Freshman. D'Agastino

Joe Nieuwendyk-Doug Murray Award, Most Valuable Player. Greening

The envelope please.

Pierre Belanger-Murphy Family Award, Most Loathed Referee.

This award stands vacant for this year, for lack of a worthy candidate. Referees throughout the conference are encouraged to pick up the slack.

Actually, I'd be very happy if no referee picked up the slack, even though it would deprive us of fodder for elf.

Ben Scrivens capped his career with back-to-back-to-back shutouts in the ECAC playoffs.

Agreed. The game that really "capped" his career never happened.

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Ben Scrivens capped his career with back-to-back-to-back shutouts in the ECAC playoffs.

Agreed. The game that really "capped" his career never happened.

Well technically only 11-0 games don't happen, but I'm chalking Albany II up to the sequel rule -- they always suck.

Awards Presented at CHA Dinner(From CU Website)

Nicky Bawlf (MVP) – Scrivens
Crimson Cup – Scrivens
Bill Doran Sportsmanship – Greening
Joe Delibero-Stan Tsapis (Skill, unselfishness and hard-nosed play)  - Greening
Mark Weiss (Determination & Passion) – Gallagher
Ironman – Gallagher
CHA (Enthusiasm, dedication and the desire to give his team an extra boost of energy) – Scali
Sam Woodside (Career Improvement) – Krueger
Greg Ratushny (Freshman) – D’Agostino
Wendell & Francelia Earle (Outstanding Academic Achievement) -
                Greening (Senior), Kennedy (Junior), & Collins (Soph)
                (Frosh to be named later)

Captains for next year?

not announced at the banquet, Schafer said he will announce later in spring or summer. Probably waiting to see what Riley does.

From the Career Improvement description:

"Ben Scrivens began his career looking very shaky."

Wow, tough crowd. I certainly don't disagree with the selection, but I do need to point out that Ben began his career with a shutout in his first start.