ECAC All-Decade Team?

[Josh '99]

From http://cornellbigred.com/news/2010/3/2/MICE_0302101658.aspx

All-ECAC Hockey Teams
First Team
F - Chase Polacek, Rensselaer
F - Broc Little, Yale
F - Sean Backman, Yale
D - Mike Schreiber, Union
D - Brendon Nash, Cornell
G - Ben Scrivens, Cornell

Second Team
F - Mario Valery-Trabucco, Union
F - David McIntyre, Colgate
F - Colin Greening, Cornell
D - Tom Dignard, Yale
D - Taylor Fedun, Princeton
G - Allen York, Rensselaer

Third-Team
F - Riley Nash, Cornell
F - Aaron Volpatti, Brown
F - Travis Vermeulen, St. Lawrence
D - Derek Keller, St. Lawrence
D - Evan Stephens, Dartmouth
G - Keith Kinkaid, Union

All-Newcomer Team
F - Jerry D'Amigo, Rensselaer
F - Brandon Pirri, Rensselaer
F - Louis Leblanc, Harvard
D - George Hughes, St. Lawrence
D - Nick D'Agostino, Cornell
G - Keith Kinkaid, Union

NOW can we stop asking why Schafer keeps sending Brendon Nash out in important situations?

It would've been nice to see some recognition for the fine season Gallagher (fourth in conference scoring) has had.

[Trotsky]

No ROTY, POTY or COTY yet it seems.

I thought they waited until Albany week to announce the teams last year.

[Trotsky]

The teams by class (italic are Seniors, bold are returning.  Maybe):

All-ECAC Hockey Teams
First Team
JR F - Chase Polacek, RPI
JR F - Broc Little, Yale
SR F - Sean Backman, Yale
SR D - Mike Schreiber, Union
SR D - Brendon Nash, Cornell
SR G - Ben Scrivens, Cornell

Second Team
SR F - Mario Valery-Trabucco, Union
SR F - David McIntyre, Colgate
SR F - Colin Greening, Cornell
SR D - Tom Dignard, Yale
JR D - Taylor Fedun, Princeton
SO G - Allen York, RPI

Third-Team
JR F - Riley Nash, Cornell
SR F - Aaron Volpatti, Brown
SR F - Travis Vermeulen, St. Lawrence
SR D - Derek Keller, St. Lawrence
JR D - Evan Stephens, Dartmouth
FR G - Keith Kinkaid, Union

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Thank God we're rid of Backman.  It seems like he's been killing us forever.

[Jim Hyla]

Thank God we're rid of Backman.  It seems like he's been killing us forever.

Are we rid of him yet? I'd still like another chance, not likely we'd meet in the consy.

[Trotsky]

Thank God we're rid of Backman.  It seems like he's been killing us forever.

Are we rid of him yet? I'd still like another chance, not likely we'd meet in the consy.

I'd like two more chances.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Thank God we're rid of Backman.  It seems like he's been killing us forever.

Are we rid of him yet? I'd still like another chance, not likely we'd meet in the consy.

I'd like two more chances.

OK, I can live with that.

[adamw]

For laughs - here's my ballot ... if you care .... had to submit this a while ago, but just got around to blogging it...

http://blog.collegehockeynews.com/?p=380

[WillCMJr]

I would at least consider Vesce!  Murray to me should be a lock for 1st team!

I think Lenny is a bad candidate because of the shortness of his career, not his greatness of course.

And I wouldn't vote for McKee.

Scrivens gets my honorable mention.  While not the best, his longevity and statistical consistency over the past 3 years have been awesome.

Will raises a fair point - as great as Lenny and McKee were, maybe guys who stayed around and played at a high level for four years (Scrivens, Kalemba, Silverthorn, Richards; Mike Walsh omitted intentionally because he sucked).  

I wonder whether they might separately honor/recognize/(whatever the proper word is) the late Nathan Marsters (RPI '04), whose too-soon passing still feels a bit surreal.  Marsters was, at the beginning of the 2003-04 hockey season, the only active goalie to have won a game at Lynah, which I thought was an interesting trivia note at the time.  He also (unbeknownst to many) did the Dryden pose more than once during RPI games at Lynah, which I probably thought was obnoxious at the time but (in hindsight) probably was an homage as much as anything else.

I wouldn't say that McKee was too good to play in the ECAC, he's been a flop as a pro.  And while Lenny is very very good, he certainly has not succeeded in the level expected of someone when they leave early.  IMHO, if you leave early, anything other than NHL is a failure.

[Jim Hyla]

I would at least consider Vesce!  Murray to me should be a lock for 1st team!

I think Lenny is a bad candidate because of the shortness of his career, not his greatness of course.

And I wouldn't vote for McKee.

Scrivens gets my honorable mention.  While not the best, his longevity and statistical consistency over the past 3 years have been awesome.

Will raises a fair point - as great as Lenny and McKee were, maybe guys who stayed around and played at a high level for four years (Scrivens, Kalemba, Silverthorn, Richards; Mike Walsh omitted intentionally because he sucked).  

I wonder whether they might separately honor/recognize/(whatever the proper word is) the late Nathan Marsters (RPI '04), whose too-soon passing still feels a bit surreal.  Marsters was, at the beginning of the 2003-04 hockey season, the only active goalie to have won a game at Lynah, which I thought was an interesting trivia note at the time.  He also (unbeknownst to many) did the Dryden pose more than once during RPI games at Lynah, which I probably thought was obnoxious at the time but (in hindsight) probably was an homage as much as anything else.

I wouldn't say that McKee was too good to play in the ECAC, he's been a flop as a pro.  And while Lenny is very very good, he certainly has not succeeded in the level expected of someone when they leave early.  IMHO, if you leave early, anything other than NHL is a failure.

Agree.