Men's and Women's Awards 2017-18

As with "Where are our Alums", I'll try and keep a running list of awards. If you see one, post it and I'll add it.

Starting off:

10/31/17 Yates ECAC POTW Three Power-Play Goals Lead Yates to Weekly Honor

__________Mentions for Matthew Galajda for ROTW & GOTW

__________and the ECAC page: League’s Weekly Awards Presented to Yates, Cusinato & Point

For the women:

__________Mentions for Jaime Bourbonnais, POTW, Maddie Mills, ROTW, Marlene Boissonnault, GOTW

__________and the ECAC page: Gabel, Francis & Ives Win League’s Weekly Awards

I never did last week. Nor did I do the "Mentions", so I went back and did those. It's becoming time consuming, but that's a good thing.

11/7/17___Morgan Barron got a mention for ROTW

__________and the ECAC page: Warpecha, Walsh, & Point Receive League’s Weekly Awards

For the women:

__________mentions for Kristin O'Neill, POTW, Maddie Mills, ROTW, Marlene Boissonnault, GOTW

__________and the ECAC page: League's Weekly Awards Presented to Reyes, Giguere & Vandyk

11/14/17 Galajda GOTW Galajda Garners ECAC Hockey Goaltender of the Week Honors. He also was mentioned for ROTW.

____________Jeff Malott got a mention for POTW

____________and the ECAC page: League’s Weekly Awards Presented to Palecco & Galajda.

For the Women:

____________Maddie Mills got a mention for POTW & ROTW

____________Marlene Boissonnault got a mention for GOTW

____________and the ECAC page: Samoskevich, Jovanovich & Shelly Tabbed with League’s Weekly Awards

11/21/17_Cornell Trio Sweeps League’s Weekly Awards

____________Kristin O'Neill POTW

____________Maddie Mills ROTW

____________Marlene Boissonnault GOTW

11/28/17_Alex Green ROTW

______________Alex Green got a mention for POTW

For the Women:

______________League’s Weekly Awards Presented to O’Neill, Skarzynski & Boissonnault

______________Kristin O'Neill POTW

______________Marlene Boissonnault GOTW

______________Maddie Mills got a mention for ROTW

These three women are definitely making a name for themselves.

12/5/17_ECAC Weekly Awards

________________Alex Rauter got a mention for POTW

________________Hayden Stewart got a mention for GOTW

Women aren't out yet.

12/6/17_Women's Monthly ECAC Awards

______________Kristin O'Neill POTM

______________Madlynne Mills ROTM

______________Marlene Boissonnault got a mention for GOTM

12/6/17_Clarkson Trio Tabbed with League Monthly Awards

______________Trevor Yates got a mention for POTM

______________Matthew Galajda got a mention for ROTM

From that ECAC link, I didn't know about this. Could be interesting (and nicely indexed): [www.ecachockey.com]

Okay place for this, I guess.

Boissonnault, Bourbonnais and O’Neill to Represent Canada in 2018 Nations Cup at BLZ Arena Füssen, GER

They'll miss the P & Q away games.

12/30 Canada vs Austria Pre-tourney game

1/3 Canada vs. Finland 9 AM EST
1/4 Canada vs. Russia 9 AM EST

1/6 Medal Games

Here's the Team Canada site.

It looks like they built a new arena in Füssen since I watched a game there in 1977. I guess that I should not be surprised since that rink was open on one end.

ursusminor
It looks like they built a new arena in Füssen since I watched a game there in 1977. I guess that I should not be surprised since that rink was open on one end.

Is Füssen the town near Neuschwanstein? I have vague memories of driving an insane mountain road to get there but it was almost 20 years ago.

Trotsky

ursusminor
It looks like they built a new arena in Füssen since I watched a game there in 1977. I guess that I should not be surprised since that rink was open on one end.

Is Füssen the town near Neuschwanstein? I have vague memories of driving an insane mountain road to get there but it was almost 20 years ago.

Yes. That is why I was staying there. There were signs up that there was hockey game being played in the evening, so I decided to go. The local team was playing a team from Italy. I was shocked to find out that recent RPI grad Dino Serra was on the Italian team. News of former players didn't get around in 1977 as it does now.

I don't recall roads around Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau, but you must be right. I do remember a few days earlier visiting a schoolmate of my mother who was living in the vicinity of Bad Tölz and he drove me up a winding alpine road at some ridiculous speed. I didn’t think that I would survive that trip.

I think that this is getting a bit off topic.

ursusminor

Trotsky

ursusminor
It looks like they built a new arena in Füssen since I watched a game there in 1977. I guess that I should not be surprised since that rink was open on one end.

Is Füssen the town near Neuschwanstein? I have vague memories of driving an insane mountain road to get there but it was almost 20 years ago.

Yes. That is why I was staying there. There were signs up that there was hockey game being played in the evening, so I decided to go. The local team was playing a team from Italy. I was shocked to find out that recent RPI grad Dino Serra was on the Italian team. News of former players didn't get around in 1977 as it does now.

I don't recall roads around Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau, but you must be right. I do remember a few days earlier visiting a schoolmate of my mother who was living in the vicinity of Bad Tölz and he drove me up a winding alpine road at some ridiculous speed. I didn’t think that I would survive that trip.

I think that this is getting a bit off topic.

You’ve posted on this Forum long enough to know that there’s no such thing as “off topic.”

1/3/2018_Men's Weekly Awards

_________Trevor Yates got mention for POTW

_________Kyle Betts got mention for ROTW

1/9/2018_Men's Weekly Awards

_________Brenden Locke got mention for POTW

_________Matthew Galajda got mention for ROTW

_________Matthew Galajda got mention for GOTW

_________Women's Weekly Awards

_________Sarah Knee got mention for POTW

_________Joie Phelps got mention for ROTW

_________Lindsay Browning got mention for GOTW

1/16/2018_Men's Weekly Awards

____________Mitch Vanderlaan got a mention for POTW

____________Matthew Galajda got a mention for ROTW

____________Matthew Galajda got a mention for GOTW

____________Women's Weekly Awards

____________Kristin O'Neill got a mention for POTW

____________Maddie Mills got a mention for ROTW

____________Marlene Boissonnault got a mention for GOTW

Although she couldn't get ECAC POTW, Kristin O’Neill got an NCAA Star Of The Week.

Men's Hockey's Syer Garners AHCA Terry Flanagan Award

Here are the other winners.

Inside ECAC Hockey Features Smith

ECAC 1/23/2018_Men's Weekly Awards

____________Matthew Galajda got a mention for POTW

____________Matthew Galajda got a mention for ROTW

____________Matthew Galajda GOTW

NCAA College Hockey Players of the Week

____________Matthew Galajda NCAA First Star of the Week



____________Women's Weekly Awards (not out yet)

Swampy
ECAC 1/23/2018_Men's Weekly Awards

____________Matthew Galajda got a mention for POTW

____________Matthew Galajda got a mention for ROTW

____________Matthew Galajda GOTW

NCAA College Hockey Players of the Week

____________Matthew Galajda NCAA First Star of the Week



____________Women's Weekly Awards (not out yet)

Good job. I couldn't figure out what happened when I first looked at the post. Finally I realized I didn't do it and looked at the author.

It's also interesting that there was only 1 other goalie mentioned for GOTW.

^C^V

______________Women's Weekly Awards

______________Kristin O'Neill got a mention for POTW

______________Kendra Nealey Got a mention for ROTW

______________Marlene Boissonnault got a mention for GOTW

Men's Weekly Awards

________________Anthony Angello POTW

________________Matthew Galajda ROTW

________________Matthew Galajda got a mention for GOTW

Women's Weekly Awards

________________Kristin O'Neill got a mention for POTW

________________Maddie Mills got a mention for ROTW

________________Marlene Boissonnault got a mention for GOTW

Jim Hyla
Men's Weekly Awards

________________Anthony Angello POTW

________________Matthew Galajda ROTW

________________Matthew Galajda got a mention for GOTW

Can anybody explain to me the rationale for giving Matt ROTW instead of GOTW, which they gave to Brey, who had a less impressive performance than Matt against weaker competition? Were there really no other rookies among the twelve teams who had a weekend of notable achievement?

Beeeej
Can anybody explain to me the rationale for giving Matt ROTW instead of GOTW, which they gave to Brey, who had a less impressive performance than Matt against weaker competition? Were there really no other rookies among the twelve teams who had a weekend of notable achievement?

It's the spread the wealth thing they do. Like when a goalie wins POTW... and doesn't win GOTW.

Beeeej

Jim Hyla
Men's Weekly Awards

________________Anthony Angello POTW

________________Matthew Galajda ROTW

________________Matthew Galajda got a mention for GOTW

Can anybody explain to me the rationale for giving Matt ROTW instead of GOTW, which they gave to Brey, who had a less impressive performance than Matt against weaker competition? Were there really no other rookies among the twelve teams who had a weekend of notable achievement?

I dunno, but here's my guess. Matt got GOTW the previous week, when he gave up 0 goals. This past weekend he gave up 1. So he set the bar too high for himself.

OTOH, Brey made 90 saves over the weekend and SLU won both games (Galajda made 62 saves), including a shutout against Yale (something we haven't done this season -- yet!). In a world where every kid gets a trophy, the ECAC realized that this may be the only chance to give SLU's goalie an award. These were the only two league games SLU has won so far this season. And it wouldn't matter if he made 200 saves in an upcoming weekend if the team lost, because it's even harder to justify giving the award to a losing goalie.

Swampy

Beeeej

Jim Hyla
Men's Weekly Awards

________________Anthony Angello POTW

________________Matthew Galajda ROTW

________________Matthew Galajda got a mention for GOTW

Can anybody explain to me the rationale for giving Matt ROTW instead of GOTW, which they gave to Brey, who had a less impressive performance than Matt against weaker competition? Were there really no other rookies among the twelve teams who had a weekend of notable achievement?

I dunno, but here's my guess. Matt got GOTW the previous week, when he gave up 0 goals. This past weekend he gave up 1. So he set the bar too high for himself.

OTOH, Brey made 90 saves over the weekend and SLU won both games (Galajda made 62 saves), including a shutout against Yale (something we haven't done this season -- yet!). In a world where every kid gets a trophy, the ECAC realized that this may be the only chance to give SLU's goalie an award. These were the only two league games SLU has won so far this season. And it wouldn't matter if he made 200 saves in an upcoming weekend if the team lost, because it's even harder to justify giving the award to a losing goalie.

That latter argument makes a lot more sense to me. I didn't realize those numbers came from a 90-save weekend.

So for all of you who were concerned that we didn't have good enough press and why didn't Ga get GOTW.......

Cornell Duo Takes Home League Monthly Awards.

_______________Anthony Angello POTM

_______________Matthew Galajda ROTM & GOTM

ECAC Monthly Awards this year:

October
POTM: Terrance Amorosa, Clarkson
ROTM: Nick Austin, Colgate
GOTM: Jake Kielly, Clarkson; Colton Point, Colgate

November
POTM: Josh Dickinson, Clarkson
ROTM: Jack Jacome, Clarkson
GOTM: Jake Kielly, Clarkson

December
POTM: Ryan Donato, Harvard
ROTM: Ryan Ferland, Princeton
GOTM: Jake Kielly, Clarkson

January
POTM: Anthony Angello, Cornell
ROTM: Matt Galajda, Cornell
GOTM: Matt Galajda, Cornell

Matthew Galajda Tabbed as National Rookie of the Month

Jim Hyla
Matthew Galajda Tabbed as National Rookie of the Month

But no mentions this week for Men's ECAC Weekly Awards.

Jim Hyla

Jim Hyla
Matthew Galajda Tabbed as National Rookie of the Month

But no mentions this week for Men's ECAC Weekly Awards.

That's because of HIPAA.

HIPAA still sounds like an immune system affliction.

billhoward
HIPAA still sounds like an immune system affliction.

Or Eric Cartman pronouncing "hippie".

Women’s Hockey Clinches Second Consecutive Ivy Title

Galajda gets NCAA “first star” this week.

[www.ncaa.com]

RichH
Galajda gets NCAA “first star” this week.

[www.ncaa.com]

And, ECAC Men's Weekly Awards

__________________Matthew Galajda ROTW & GOTW

ECAC Women's Weekly Awards

__________________Kristin O'Neill gets mention for POTW

__________________Maddie Mills gets mention for ROTW

__________________Marlene Boissonnault gets mention for GOTW

February 20 ECAC weeklies:

ECAC Men's Weekly Awards
- Galajda gets ROTW (Third time, all in the past 4 weeks)

ECAC Women's Weekly Awards
- Boissonnault gets GOTW (Third this season)
- O'Neill a nominee for POTW
- Frechette a nominee for ROTW

O'Neill, Mills and Derraugh Sweep Major Ivy League Awards


PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Kristin O'Neill, Cornell (So., F - Oakville, Ontario, Canada)

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
* Maddie Mills, Cornell (Fr., F - Sewickley, Pa.)

COACH OF THE YEAR
* Doug Derraugh, Cornell

FIRST TEAM ALL-IVY^
* Kristin O'Neill, Cornell (So., F - Oakville, Ontario, Canada)
Maddie Mills, Cornell (Fr., F - Sewickley, Pa.)
* Carly Bullock, Princeton (So., F - Eden Prairie, Minn.)
Sarah Knee, Cornell (Sr., D - Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
Jaime Bourbonnais, Cornell (So., D - Mississauga, Ontario, Canada)
Mallory Souliotis, Yale (Sr., D - Acton, Mass.)
Marlène Boissonnault, Cornell (Jr., G - Dundee, New Brunswick, Canada)

SECOND TEAM ALL-IVY
Becca Gilmore, Harvard (Fr., F - Wayland, Mass.)
Karlie Lund, Princeton (Jr., F - Eden Prairie, Minn.)
Greta Skarzynski, Yale (Fr., F - Lake Forest, Ill.)
Claire Thompson, Princeton (So., D - Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
Stephanie Sucharda, Princeton (Jr., D - Mississauga, Ontario, Canada)
Stephanie Neatby, Princeton (So., G - Toronto, Ontario, Canada)

HONORABLE MENTION ALL-IVY
Sam Donovan, Brown (Sr., F - New Brighton, Minn.)
Lenka Serdar, Cornell (Jr., F - Lexington, Mass.)
Kat Hughes, Harvard (So., F - New York, N.Y.)
Christine Honor, Dartmouth (Jr., G - Mississauga, Ontario, Canada)
Gianna Meloni, Yale (Fr., G - Washington, D.C.)

* Unanimous Selection
^ First Team Expanded Due To Tie In Voting

Men's Weekly Awards

_________________Matthew Galajda gets mention for ROTW & GOTW

Women's Weekly Awards

________________Maddie Mills gets mention for POTw

________________Maddie Mills ROTW

________________Marlene Boissonnault GOTW

Galajda named both Ivy Player of the Year and Ivy Rookie of the Year, and Schafer named Coach of the Year. Kaldis first-team All-Ivy, with Angelo and McRae on second team. Quite a day for the Big Red!

That is great. But at least Donato has that Olympic medal for consolation.

Trotsky
That is great. But at least Donato has that Olympic medal for consolation.

But it's pretty amazing he's not a unanimous selection for All Ivy 1st team. I haven't found Ivy-only statistics, and I'm too lazy to break them out for myself. But USCHO reports Harvard has scored 88 goals this season, and Donato has scored 22 goals. Correct me if I'm wrong, but that's 25%, isn't it?

Donato is 2nd in the ECAC in goals and 8th in total points. In contrast, Anthony Angelo is 8th and tied for 12th respectively.

Swampy

Trotsky
That is great. But at least Donato has that Olympic medal for consolation.

But it's pretty amazing he's not a unanimous selection for All Ivy 1st team. I haven't found Ivy-only statistics, and I'm too lazy to break them out for myself. But USCHO reports Harvard has scored 88 goals this season, and Donato has scored 22 goals. Correct me if I'm wrong, but that's 25%, isn't it?

Donato is 2nd in the ECAC in goals and 8th in total points. In contrast, Anthony Angelo is 8th and tied for 12th respectively.

Maybe he missed a bunch of Ivy hockey for the Olympics. If he missed four games and wasn't THAT amazing in the other six, maybe?

Dafatone

Swampy

Trotsky
That is great. But at least Donato has that Olympic medal for consolation.

But it's pretty amazing he's not a unanimous selection for All Ivy 1st team. I haven't found Ivy-only statistics, and I'm too lazy to break them out for myself. But USCHO reports Harvard has scored 88 goals this season, and Donato has scored 22 goals. Correct me if I'm wrong, but that's 25%, isn't it?

Donato is 2nd in the ECAC in goals and 8th in total points. In contrast, Anthony Angelo is 8th and tied for 12th respectively.

Maybe he missed a bunch of Ivy hockey for the Olympics. If he missed four games and wasn't THAT amazing in the other six, maybe?

Of Harvard's 29 goals scored against Ivy opponents I counted 6 goals and 5 assists for Donato. Impressive but not quite as impressive as his overall scoring dominance.

Trotsky
That is great. But at least Donato has that Olympic medal for consolation.

Did we watch the same Olympics?

Roy 82

Trotsky
That is great. But at least Donato has that Olympic medal for consolation.

Did we watch the same Olympics?

I'm assuming that was sarcasm.

Because Trotsky's posts are usually so literal.

Jeff Hopkins '82

Roy 82

Trotsky
That is great. But at least Donato has that Olympic medal for consolation.

Did we watch the same Olympics?

I'm assuming that was sarcasm.

Because Trotsky's posts are usually so literal.

I try to remain in shallow waters.

Women’s Hockey Puts Four on ECAC Hockey All-League Teams

League Announces Postseason Awards

FIRST TEAM ALL-LEAGUE
Forward Loren Gabel, Clarkson
Forward Elizabeth Giguere, Clarkson
Forward Kristin O'Neill, Cornell
Defense Savannah Harmon, Clarkson
Defense Lauren Wildfang, Colgate
Goaltender Shea Tiley, Clarkson

SECOND TEAM ALL-LEAGUE
Forward Jessie Eldridge, Colgate
Forward Michaela Pejzlova, Clarkson
Forward Hannah Miller, St. Lawrence
Defense Jaime Bourbonnais, Cornell
Defense Ella Shelton, Clarkson
Goaltender Lovisa Selander, Rensselaer

THIRD TEAM ALL-LEAGUE
Forward Carly Bullock, Princeton
Forward Shae Labbe, Colgate
Forward Kennedy Marchment, St. Lawrence
Defense Sarah Knee, Cornell
Defense Mallory Souliotis, Yale
Goaltender Julia Vandyk, Colgate

ALL-ROOKIE TEAM
Forward Elizabeth Giguere, Clarkson
Forward Becca Gilmore, Harvard
Forward Maddie Mills, Cornell
Defense Emma Buckles, Harvard
Defense Skylar Podvey, St. Lawrence
Goaltender Gianna Meloni, Yale

COACH OF YEAR
Matt Desrosiers, Clarkson

BEST DEFENSEMAN
Savannah Harmon, Clarkson

BEST FORWARD
Loren Gabel, Clarkson

ROOKIE OF YEAR
Elizabeth Giguere, Clarkson

GOALTENDER OF YEAR
Shea Tiley, Clarkson

PLAYER OF YEAR
Loren Gabel, Clarkson

Jim Hyla
[Cornell] Women’s Hockey Puts Four on ECAC Hockey All-League Teams
League Announces Postseason Awards

COACH OF YEAR
Matt Desrosiers, Clarkson

BEST DEFENSEMAN
Savannah Harmon, Clarkson

BEST FORWARD
Loren Gabel, Clarkson

ROOKIE OF YEAR
Elizabeth Giguere, Clarkson

GOALTENDER OF YEAR
Shea Tiley, Clarkson

PLAYER OF YEAR
Loren Gabel, Clarkson

The forboding part is at the bottom of the awards list.

The Clarkson rink is fabulous for women's hockey: Well lit, attached to the student union, you can just drift in and catch a game.

Alec McCrea Named a Finalists for League’s Best Defensive Defenseman Award

Cornell Big Red's take on it.

Hmm. Turning those into Hobey hat tricks so they have something to talk about. All it really does is disappoint 67% of the finalists. I think they should just name the winner.

Except coach. I want to see Rand Pecknold's butthurt.

Finalists Named for League’s Best Defensive Forward Award

Vanderlaan Named Finalist for Best Defensive Forward Award

Galajda named a finalist for the Richter award.

Swampy
Galajda named a finalist for the Richter award.

Semifinalist

Chris '03

Swampy
Galajda named a finalist for the Richter award.

Semifinalist

The headline says semifinalist, but the list says finalist. Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Schafer finalist for ECAC COTY, along with Casey Jones (and Rick Bennett).

Mike hasn't won it in 13 years; it would be nice recognition.

Galajda Named Finalist for ECAC League’s Rookie of the Year Award

Jim Hyla
Galajda Named Finalist for ECAC League’s Rookie of the Year Award

Galajda should win this one easily, I would think.

And I think Schafer will win, too.

Okay so the way they do the Hobey selection now has infected its way down to the league awards now. Coach of the Year “finalist?” You know how many Finalists there are? There are twelve. And we usually can tell right away who the top 2 or 3 are just by glancing at the standings and sometimes the pre-season polls; we don’t need special Finalist recognition. Just announce the damn awards like the Ivy League still does. Can the pomp.

While I’m at it, now the stupidly-named Richter award (he never had any real success in his two collegiate seasons before bolting) gets a list of “semi-finalists?” Is this a tournament? Do the semifinalists get to go one-on-one to see who elevated to all-vaunted “Finalist?” Will the losers get roses and depart the crease to a ballad? Jebus. The award will be between Galajda, Point, and Morris, with Kielly and Primeau as dark-horses.

10 --> 3 --> 1 seems OK to me for national awards for ROTY, POTY, forwards and defensemen. There are a shit ton of them, so why not?

For GOTY and COTY, to maintain the same level of quality you'd need to contract the 10 to 5, but 5 --> 3 is dumb, so they should just have 3 --> 1.

I think the Hobey 10 --> 3 --> 1 progression is actually pretty cool, and I will challenge you to a curmudgeon contest any day.

BearLover

Jim Hyla
Galajda Named Finalist for ECAC League’s Rookie of the Year Award

Galajda should win this one easily, I would think.

And I think Schafer will win, too.

Schafer should win but he has 3 already and Casey is a really good guy, so he may take it.

ROTY: they're all really great candidates. It's funny for a soft year for the conference we also had an influx of great players.

Trotsky

BearLover

Jim Hyla
Galajda Named Finalist for ECAC League’s Rookie of the Year Award

Galajda should win this one easily, I would think.

And I think Schafer will win, too.

Schafer should win but he has 3 already and Casey is a really good guy, so he may take it.

ROTY: they're all really great candidates. It's funny for a soft year for the conference we also had an influx of great players.

Casey won like 2 games in the second semester.

Jim Hyla
Alec McCrea Named a Finalists for League’s Best Defensive Defenseman Award

Cornell Big Red's take on it.

Enough "Finalists" crapola. Let's talk actual hardware:

McCrea takes it.

I'm surprised they're announcing this today. Usually, they dump all the awards out of the box a day before the Lake Placid Semis.

cornell preseason 3rd wins title and 2nd in the country
union 6th finishes 2nd..
clarkson preseason 4-5 finishes 3rd, i dont think Casey has a shot

upprdeck
cornell preseason 3rd wins title and 2nd in the country
union 6th finishes 2nd..
clarkson preseason 4-5 finishes 3rd, i dont think Casey has a shot

Plus, it's pretty silly to penalize a coach for his team having high expectations heading into the season, which is usually a product of recent/sustained success under that same coach...but I agree with you the voters for these CotY awards do seem to base their votes almost entirely on expectations vs. results.

BearLover

upprdeck
cornell preseason 3rd wins title and 2nd in the country
union 6th finishes 2nd..
clarkson preseason 4-5 finishes 3rd, i dont think Casey has a shot

Plus, it's pretty silly to penalize a coach for his team having high expectations heading into the season, which is usually a product of recent/sustained success under that same coach...but I agree with you the voters for these CotY awards do seem to base their votes almost entirely on expectations vs. results.

Not necessarily. Mike won in 2003 with a team predicted to win the ECACs.

Here is the table of improvement against the Coaches' poll.

+4 Union
+2 Cornell
-1 Clarkson

Note Dartmouth was also +4.

BearLover

Jim Hyla
Galajda Named Finalist for ECAC League’s Rookie of the Year Award

Galajda should win this one easily, I would think.

And I think Schafer will win, too.

Typical Bearlover- you love statistics, why not read some?

Tufto leads all freshman nationally in PPG and total points (1.14ppg), and he plays on a mediocre team. Yet Galadja, plays for one of the best teams in the country, and Cornell gives up the fewest shots/game in the country (which ought to translate to Galadja seeing more clean shot attempts that are easier looks for him).

It's an easy win?

abmarks
Typical Bearlover- you love statistics, why not read some?

I'm going to stop responding to you if you default to being rude.

abmarks
Yet Galadja, plays for one of the best teams in the country

Usually players get a voting boost when their team is good.

abmarks
Cornell gives up the fewest shots/game in the country (which ought to translate to Galadja seeing more clean shot attempts that are easier looks for him).

How does this follow?

You know you're having a good season when the first 3 stories on CornellBigRed.com are on hockey. And 4 of 5 and 5 of 7.

Jim Hyla
Finalists Named for League’s Best Defensive Forward Award

Vanderlaan Named Finalist for Best Defensive Forward Award

And the winner is: Clarkson's Sturm Named League’s Best Defensive Forward

Finalists Named for League’s Goaltender-of-the-Year Award

Galajda Tabbed As Finalist for ECAC Hockey's Top Goalie Award

.@ECACHOCKEYMWD1 today announced Matthew Galajda, @CUBigRedHockey has been named the 2017-18 Men’s Rookie of the Year as selected by league’s 12 league coaches.[t.co] pic.twitter.com/b4S9R19nmC

— ECAC HOCKEY (@ECACHOCKEYMWD1) March 11, 2018

Somebody at the formerly EZAC with a couple marketing courses under his or her belt decided a press release / award a day is going to garner more press.

Ryan Donato, @HarvardMHockey, Matthew Galajda, @CUBigRedHockey and Colton Point, @ColgateMIH have each been selected Finalists Named for League’s Player-of-the-Year Award - [t.co] pic.twitter.com/TkJB6XpYbj

— ECAC HOCKEY (@ECACHOCKEYMWD1) March 11, 2018

Gotta think that one's going to Donato since they already gave Galajda an award, especially with Sucks making it to Placid.

Jeff Hopkins '82
Gotta think that one's going to Donato since they already gave Galajda an award, especially with Sucks making it to Placid.

Also with Donato being the best player in the conference.

Jeff Hopkins '82
Gotta think that one's going to Donato since they already gave Galajda an award, especially with Sucks making it to Placid.

Different take. Galajda has glitzy numbers because he's playing behind the #1 defense in the country. Donato has glitzy numbers because he's scored over 25% of his team's goals. So how to think about this?

Galajda: Do you penalize a player because he's playing on a great team? Without him, chances are Cornell is still going to the NCAA's but with a lower seed.

Donato: The fact that he's a skater w/26 goals and the next-highest goal scorer on the team has 10 goals, says Donato is transcending his team. Without him, Harvard would be playing golf today.

ugarte

Jeff Hopkins '82
Gotta think that one's going to Donato since they already gave Galajda an award, especially with Sucks making it to Placid.

Also with Donato being the best player in the conference.

Best offensive player. Hard to say Galajda isn't the best defensive player.

And we all know offense wins awards over defense.

Jeff Hopkins '82

ugarte

Jeff Hopkins '82
Gotta think that one's going to Donato since they already gave Galajda an award, especially with Sucks making it to Placid.

Also with Donato being the best player in the conference.

Best offensive player. Hard to say Galajda isn't the best defensive player.

And we all know offense wins awards over defense.

Look I know we love Cornell and all but Donato is the best player in the conference.

Galajda's stats are literally not materially better than Stewart's. Take a look at the difference between Colton Point and his backups and tell me that Galajda is the MVP.

Jeff Hopkins '82
Gotta think that one's going to Donato since they already gave Galajda an award, especially with Sucks making it to Placid.

I thought they voted only based on the RS.

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Jeff Hopkins '82
Gotta think that one's going to Donato since they already gave Galajda an award, especially with Sucks making it to Placid.

Also with Donato being the best player in the conference.

I think he is the best. But it's a very good look for the conference to name an American Olympic hero from Harvard as the face of the conference.

Trotsky

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Jeff Hopkins '82
Gotta think that one's going to Donato since they already gave Galajda an award, especially with Sucks making it to Placid.

Also with Donato being the best player in the conference.

I think he is the best. But it's a very good look for the conference to name an American Olympic hero from Harvard as the face of the conference.

Besides, Galadja is only a freshman, part of an impactful freshmen class, with many of the most productive upperclassmen coming back next year. So chances are he'll have the chance to win the award in the near future. Donato, on the other hand, might be going pro at the end of this season. So the committee would want to give him his trophy now.

Swampy

Trotsky

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Jeff Hopkins '82
Gotta think that one's going to Donato since they already gave Galajda an award, especially with Sucks making it to Placid.

Also with Donato being the best player in the conference.

I think he is the best. But it's a very good look for the conference to name an American Olympic hero from Harvard as the face of the conference.

Besides, Galadja is only a freshman, part of an impactful freshmen class, with many of the most productive upperclassmen coming back next year. So chances are he'll have the chance to win the award in the near future. Donato, on the other hand, might be going pro at the end of this season. So the committee would want to give him his trophy now.

That's really the most likely argument, IMO.

Jeff Hopkins '82

Swampy

Trotsky

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Jeff Hopkins '82
Gotta think that one's going to Donato since they already gave Galajda an award, especially with Sucks making it to Placid.

Also with Donato being the best player in the conference.

I think he is the best. But it's a very good look for the conference to name an American Olympic hero from Harvard as the face of the conference.

Besides, Galadja is only a freshman, part of an impactful freshmen class, with many of the most productive upperclassmen coming back next year. So chances are he'll have the chance to win the award in the near future. Donato, on the other hand, might be going pro at the end of this season. So the committee would want to give him his trophy now.

That's really the most likely argument, IMO.

I actually thought he won last year but that was Vecchione.

Well, if he wins it maybe he'll piss off to the Bruins.

Trotsky

Jeff Hopkins '82

Swampy

Trotsky

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Jeff Hopkins '82
Gotta think that one's going to Donato since they already gave Galajda an award, especially with Sucks making it to Placid.

Also with Donato being the best player in the conference.

I think he is the best. But it's a very good look for the conference to name an American Olympic hero from Harvard as the face of the conference.

Besides, Galadja is only a freshman, part of an impactful freshmen class, with many of the most productive upperclassmen coming back next year. So chances are he'll have the chance to win the award in the near future. Donato, on the other hand, might be going pro at the end of this season. So the committee would want to give him his trophy now.

That's really the most likely argument, IMO.

I actually thought he won last year but that was Vecchione.

Well, if he wins it maybe he'll piss off to the Bruins.

Here's another point. All signs point to Donato being very successful as a pro. Imagine him getting to the NHL HOF, but the committee passed him over for what may be a 1-season, flash-in-the-pan freshman. I hope this is not how Galadja turns out, but there's always the chance. If you're the committee, wouldn't you cover your bets?

Swampy

Trotsky

Jeff Hopkins '82

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Trotsky

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Jeff Hopkins '82
Gotta think that one's going to Donato since they already gave Galajda an award, especially with Sucks making it to Placid.

Also with Donato being the best player in the conference.

I think he is the best. But it's a very good look for the conference to name an American Olympic hero from Harvard as the face of the conference.

Besides, Galadja is only a freshman, part of an impactful freshmen class, with many of the most productive upperclassmen coming back next year. So chances are he'll have the chance to win the award in the near future. Donato, on the other hand, might be going pro at the end of this season. So the committee would want to give him his trophy now.

That's really the most likely argument, IMO.

I actually thought he won last year but that was Vecchione.

Well, if he wins it maybe he'll piss off to the Bruins.

Here's another point. All signs point to Donato being very successful as a pro. Imagine him getting to the NHL HOF, but the committee passed him over for what may be a 1-season, flash-in-the-pan freshman. I hope this is not how Galadja turns out, but there's always the chance. If you're the committee, wouldn't you cover your bets?

It's not the committee's job to take any of these things into account--their job is to choose the best player in the ECAC this year, period.

BearLover
It's not the committee's job to take any of these things into account--their job is to choose the best player in the ECAC this year, period.

While true, committees like this play those games all the time, especially when there is nothing at stake. You know the expression that the most vicious battles are over corner offices.

Take a look at the complete list of ECAC Hobey winners. It's not an accident.

Trotsky

BearLover
It's not the committee's job to take any of these things into account--their job is to choose the best player in the ECAC this year, period.

While true, committees like this play those games all the time, especially when there is nothing at stake. You know the expression that the most vicious battles are over corner offices.

Take a look at the complete list of ECAC Hobey winners. It's not an accident.

Yep. Vesey got the Hobey as a "Career Achievement Award," as his Junior season was better, and there were better players the year he won.

ECAC awards notoriously favor upperclassmen, and it's more difficult for Goaltenders to win Player of the Year awards, especially against high-scoring candidates. After last night, he leads the nation in GPG. It's going to be Donato Jr, and it's well deserved.

Trotsky
You know the expression that the most vicious battles are over corner offices.

"In academia, the knives are so long because the stakes are so small."

RichH
Yep. Vesey got the Hobey as a "Career Achievement Award," as his Junior season was better, and there were better players the year he won.

ECAC awards notoriously favor upperclassmen, and it's more difficult for Goaltenders to win Player of the Year awards, especially against high-scoring candidates. After last night, he leads the nation in GPG. It's going to be Donato Jr, and it's well deserved.

Having been on the Committee -- and voted for a non-winner all 3 times -- I can tell you that most people on it vote for dumb reasons (actually, most people anywhere on anything vote for dumb reasons) ... But it's not necessarily conscious and calculated like this.

I will also say that, while true Vesey may have won because of that sentiment (subconsciously) I still think you could construct a pretty good argument for him being the best player his senior year. And I made that argument, but then chickened out and named Kyle Connor our CHN POTY anyway. Connor would've been the second straight freshman to win. And the best player in college hockey last year was Clayton Keller, another freshman, and he wasn't even among the finalists.

I've always wanted to create a Lifetime Achievement Award and add it to the mix of what takes place annually (a la the Richter Award, which was an invention of a magazine in Minnesota) - but I don't have enough time or money to give it the proper attention/traction it needs.

adamw
Having been on the Committee -- and voted for a non-winner all 3 times -- I can tell you that most people on it vote for dumb reasons (actually, most people anywhere on anything vote for dumb reasons) ...

Oh, come on. Where's the proof of that?

Schafer named ECAC Coach of the Year:

[cornellsun.com]

pfibiger
Schafer named ECAC Coach of the Year:

[cornellsun.com]

YAY!

That is great news. He genuinely deserves it! Way to go, Slender Mike!

Coach Schafer has won COTY every time Cornell has finished first in the ECAC during his tenure.

Hope he wins it again next year

Give My Regards
Coach Schafer has won COTY every time Cornell has finished first in the ECAC during his tenure.

Hope he wins it again next year

And the year after ...

We are really lucky Mike is a Cornellian. If he were a mercenary coach, like many are, he'd have long gone by now. Instead, we have consistency and stability. This season he's shown that he can change with the game, and still excell.

Well done, Mike!

Keep Cornell Great!

Swampy
We are really lucky Mike is a Cornellian. If he were a mercenary coach, like many are, he'd have long gone by now. Instead, we have consistency and stability. This season he's shown that he can change with the game, and still excell.

Well done, Mike!

Keep Cornell Great!

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ECAC Hockey Announces All-League Teams

FIRST TEAM ALL-LEAGUE
Forward Ryan Donato, Harvard
Forward Sheldon Rempal, Clarkson
Forward Max Véronneau, Princeton
Defense Adam Fox, Harvard
Defense Kelly Summers, Clarkson
Goaltender Matthew Galajda, Cornell

SECOND TEAM ALL-LEAGUE
Forward Anthony Angello, Cornell
Forward Ryan Kuffner, Princeton
Forward Joe Snively, Yale
Defense Terrance Amorosa, Clarkson
Defense Chase Priskie, Quinnipiac
Goaltender Colton Point, Colgate

THIRD TEAM ALL-LEAGUE
Forward Ryan Scarfo, Union
Forward Nico Sturm, Clarkson
Forward Odeen Tufto, Quinnipiac
Defense Yanni Kaldis, Cornell
Defense Josh Teves, Princeton
Goaltender Jake Kielly, Clarkson
Jake Kupsky, Union

ALL-ROOKIE TEAM
Forward Jack Badini, Harvard
Forward Jack Jacome, Clarkson
Forward Odeen Tufto, Quinnipiac
Defense Nick Austin, Colgate
Defense Reilly Walsh, Harvard
Goaltender Matthew Galajda, Cornell


A decidedly non-Cornell team. Maybe because we're a team and not individuals.