All-Americans announced (2 first team, 1 second team)

[pfibiger]

stolen from uscho.com:

2002-2003 JOFA/AHCA UNIVERSITY DIVISION ALL-AMERICANS

2002-2003 JOFA/AHCA UNIVERSITY DIVISION ALL-AMERICANS
East First Team
David LeNeveu, SO, Cornell University(Fernie, BC) GOALIE
Freddy Meyer, SR, Boston University(Sanbornville, NH) DEFENSE
Doug Murray, SR, Cornell University*(Bromma, SWEDEN) DEFENSE
Ben Eaves, JR, Boston College#(Faribault, MN) FORWARD
Chris Higgins, SO, Yale University(Smithtown, NY) FORWARD
Dominic Moore, SR, Harvard University(Thornhill, ON) FORWARD
East Second Team
Mike Ayers, JR, New Hampshire(Hingham, MA) GOALIE
J.D. Forrest, JR, Boston College(Auburn, NY) DEFENSE
Noah Welch, SO, Harvard University(Brighton, MA) DEFENSE
Stephen Baby, SR, Cornell University(Winnetka, IL) FORWARD
Lanny Gare, SR, New Hampshire(Vernon, BC) FORWARD
Colin Hemingway, SR, New Hampshire*(Surrey, BC) FORWARD
* - First Team in 2001-02 # - Second Team in 2001-02


West First Team
Mike Brown, SO, Ferris State(Calgary, AB)
John-Michael Liles, SR, Michigan State# (Zionsville, IN)
Tom Preissing, SR, Colorado College(Rosemont, MN)
Noah Clarke, SR, Colorado College(LaVerne, CA)
Chris Kunitz, SR, Ferris State(Regina, SK)
Peter Sejna, JR, Colorado College(Liptovski, SLOVAKIA)
West Second Team
Curtis McElhinney, SO, Colorado College(Calgary, AB)
Brad Fast, SR, Michigan State(St. John, BC)
Paul Martin, JR, Minnesota(Elk River, MN)
Shane Joseph, JR, MSU Mankato(Brooks, AB)
Grant Stevenson, SO, MSU Mankato(Spruce Grove, AB)
R.J. Umberger, JR, Ohio State(Pittsburgh, PA)

[Adam]

Cornell has faced 5 of those players on the regular season and has/will face at least 7 of them in the playoffs.

So much for that weak schedule theory.....

[CUlater]

Congratulations to Dave, Doug and Stephen (and to the rest of the ECAC picks -- 4 out of 6 on the first team!).

On a somewhat related point, I know Baby is good, but I think because of him, Vesce is not getting his due.  I think he's the best forward on the team.  And whether you agree or not, you rarely see articles about Cornell that focus on him (although the Sun has one today), despite his centering the top line, playing on all special teams units and being one of the top face-off men in the country.  What's up with that?

[Hillel]

It's fascinating to see how many kids from western Canada are represented: Four from British Columbia (LeNeveu, Gare, Hemingway, Fast); four from Alberta (Brown, McElhinney, Joseph, Stevenson); and one from Saskatchewan (Kunitz). That's more than a third of the total.

By contrast, those wacky hockey hotbeds of Indiana, California, and Pennsylvania each have as many All-Americans as Ontario: one.

[jd212]

And Illinois! ;-)  ::laugh::

[JohnnieAg\'99]

How the hell did that goon from Harvard sucks make it?

[Jim Hyla]

[Q]How the hell did that goon from Harvard sucks make it?[/Q]Maybe because he's one of the best forwards and someone that I'm very happy to see leave.

[JohnnieAg\'99]

Jim, that's the Moore-on, who nobody would ever call a goon.  I'm talking about Welch, who's a sophomore.  Yes, he's really good, but I'm not happy he made the team.