2015-16 All-Ivy: Reece Willcox

[billhoward]

http://www.cornellbigred.com/news/2016/3/3/mens-ice-hockey-willcox-named-to-all-ivy-league-first-team-for-mens-hockey.aspx

Senior defenseman Reece Willcox is the only Cornellian among the 17 players named to the All-Ivy team. Nothing for Mitch Gillam or Anthony Angello. Jimmy Vesey is player of the year.

FIRST TEAM ALL-IVY^
Nick Lappin, Brown (Sr., F - Geneva, Ill.)
Jack Barre, Dartmouth (Sr., F - Fairfield, Conn.)
*Jimmy Vesey, Harvard (Sr., F - North Reading, Mass.)
Stu Wilson, Yale (Sr., F - Pittsford, N.Y.)
Reece Willcox, Cornell (Sr., D - Surrey, British Columbia, Canada)
*Rob O'Gara, Yale (Sr., D - Nesconset, N.Y.)
*Alex Lyon, Yale (Jr., G - Baudette, Minn.)
 
SECOND TEAM ALL-IVY^
Mark Naclerio, Brown (Sr., F - Milford, Conn.)
Kyle Criscuolo, Harvard (Sr., F - Southampton, N.J.)
Alexander Kerfoot, Harvard (Jr., F - West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
Max Gottlieb, Brown (Fr., D - Old Bridge, N.J.)
Desmond Bergin, Harvard (Sr., D - Natick, Mass.)
Ryan Obuchowski, Yale (Sr., D - West Bloomfield, Mich.)
Colton Phinney, Princeton (Jr., G - Chatham, N.J.)
 
HONORABLE MENTION ALL-IVY
Brett Patterson, Dartmouth (Sr., F/D - Eden Prairie, Minn.)
John Hayden, Yale (Jr., F - Greenwich, Conn.)
Joe Snively, Yale (Fr., F - Herndon, Va.)
Mitch Witek, Yale (Sr., D - Downers Grove, Ill.)
Merrick Madsen, Harvard (So., G - Acton, Calif.)
 
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Jimmy Vesey, Harvard (Sr., F - North Reading, Mass.)
 
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
*Joe Snively, Yale (Fr., F - Herndon, Va.)
 
COACH OF THE YEAR
Keith Allain, Yale
 
*Unanimous selection
^Teams expanded due to ties in voting


Not a single player from Ontario named.

3 NJ
3 Conn
2 NY
2 Minn
2 Mass
2 Illinois
2 BC
1 VA
1 Mich
1 Calif

[Trotsky]

It'll be nice to see the back of Vesey, O'Gara, Criscuolo and Naclerio.  All great players.  Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh see ya!

[dbilmes]

When was the last time Brown had more All-Ivy players than Cornell?

[Trotsky]

When was the last time Brown had more All-Ivy players than Cornell?

2013.

[KeithK]

When was the last time Brown had more All-Ivy players than Cornell?

2013.

I believe All-Ivy only depends on performance in Ivy League games.  So a mediocre team could have better representation if they happened to play very well in Ivy games.

[ugarte]

Without looking at the numbers which might clear up my confusion not seeing Gillam as even HM is shocking.