Postseason Awards-Men

[Jim Hyla]

Finalists for Best Defensive Defenseman includes Braden Birch.-Biega-Harvard

Finalists for Coach of the Year includes Casey Jones.-Bennett-Union

Finalists for Best Defensive Forward includes Greg Miller. (Thanks to GiveMyRegards)-Zajac-Union

INCH picks Schafer as Coach of the Year, and D'Agostino on All-ECAC.:-)

Finalist for Rookie of the Year includes Brian Ferlin.-Ferlin

Finalist for Dryden Award includes Iles.-Grosenick-Union

Finalist for Player of the Year.-Austin Smith-Colgate

FIRST TEAM ALL-LEAGUE
Forward        Alex Killorn, Harvard
Forward        Brian O'Neill, Yale
Forward        Austin Smith, Colgate
Defense        Danny Biega, Harvard
Defense        Mat Bodie, Union
Goaltender    Troy Grosenick, Union

SECOND TEAM ALL-LEAGUE
Forward        Jack Maclellan, Brown
Forward        Chris Wagner, Colgate
Forward        Jeremy Welsh, Union
Defense        Nick D'Agostino, Cornell
Defense        Michael Sdao, Princeton
Goaltender    Andy Iles, Cornell

THIRD TEAM ALL-LEAGUE
Forward        Connor Jones, Quinnipiac
Forward        Kyle Flanagan, St. Lawrence
Forward        Kelly Zajac, Union
Defense        Thomas Larkin, Colgate
Defense        Patrick McNally, Harvard
Goaltender    Paul Karpowich, Clarkson

ALL-ROOKIE TEAM
Forward        Matthew Peca, Quinnipiac
Forward        Brian Ferlin, Cornell
Forward        Chris Martin, St. Lawrence
Defense        Patrick McNally, Harvard    
Defense        Shayne Gostisbehere, Union
Goaltender    Steve Michalek, Harvard

[Trotsky]

Finalists for Best Defensive Defenseman includes Birch.

Coach of the Year includes Casey Jones.

That must be Casey's driver's license photo.

I hope he wins.  He and Teddy D. are worthy. Don Vaughn, also.  Why is the Union coach there?  His team was supposed to be good and they're good.

[CowbellGuy]

He and Teddy D. are worthy.

Teddy D. is worthy? For squeaking into 3rd place with a team that has 8 NHL-drafted players and more ties than wins?

[Robb]

Finalists for Best Defensive Defenseman includes Birch.

Coach of the Year includes Casey Jones.

That must be Casey's driver's license photo.

I hope he wins.  He and Teddy D. are worthy. Don Vaughn, also.  Why is the Union coach there?  His team was supposed to be good and they're good.

If that is the standard, we should take away Schafer's in 2003, then?

I think if a team has runaway outstanding success, that is CoY worthy regardless of expectations.  A 32-point regular season and ~10th in PWR doesn't really meet that standard in my book.  So then the next thing to look for is marked improvement, so I definitely have no problems with Teddy or Casey - they both made great turnarounds from where it looked like they were heading.

[jtn27]

Finalists for Best Defensive Defenseman includes Birch.

Coach of the Year includes Casey Jones.

That must be Casey's driver's license photo.

I hope he wins.  He and Teddy D. are worthy. Don Vaughn, also.  Why is the Union coach there?  His team was supposed to be good and they're good.

If that is the standard, we should take away Schafer's in 2003, then?

I think if a team has runaway outstanding success, that is CoY worthy regardless of expectations.  A 32-point regular season and ~10th in PWR doesn't really meet that standard in my book.  So then the next thing to look for is marked improvement, so I definitely have no problems with Teddy or Casey - they both made great turnarounds from where it looked like they were heading.

When a team is expected to be good that's because of the coach's ability to recruit. This isn't the pros where a GM assembles a good team and then the coach leads it. The coach is responsible for both assembling a good team and then leading it. It makes sense to consider a coach's ability to recruit when deciding coach of the year.

[Give My Regards]

Finalists for Best Defensive Forward includes Greg Miller

[Jim Hyla]

Finalists for Best Defensive Forward includes Greg Miller

Why is it that they almost only talk about their offensive performance?

[BearLover]

Miller and Birch have been great this year.  Both deserve more credit than they get (especially Birch, who seems to receive no recognition for his always-stellar defensive play).

[Jim Hyla]

INCH picks Schafer as Coach of the Year, and D'Agostino on All-ECAC.:-)

So who's badmouthing ESPN now?:-D

[Trotsky]

Finalists for Best Defensive Defenseman includes Birch.

Coach of the Year includes Casey Jones.

That must be Casey's driver's license photo.

I hope he wins.  He and Teddy D. are worthy. Don Vaughn, also.  Why is the Union coach there?  His team was supposed to be good and they're good.

If that is the standard, we should take away Schafer's in 2003, then?

Getting to #1 in the country is a lot different from backing into the RS title on the last night of the year.

Hopefully it's all moot and Casey wins going away.

[Jim Hyla]

Finalist for Rookie of the Year includes Brian Ferlin.

[Jim Hyla]

Finalist for Dryden Award includes Iles.

But I think he has very little chance of winning.

[Jim Hyla]

Interesting to look at the preseason awards and see who came up and who went down. The list courtesy of INCH. Sorry Adam, it was just easier to find there.:-O

ECAC Hockey Preseason Coaches Poll (total points and first-place votes in parentheses)
1. Yale (117 points, 9 first-place votes)
2. Union (107, 2)
3. Cornell (97)
4. Rensselaer (76)
5. Dartmouth (85)
6. Quinnipiac (70, 1)
7. Harvard (65)
8. Princeton (51)
9. St. Lawrence (43)
10. Colgate (31)
11. Clarkson (28)
12. Brown (22)

The preseason All-ECAC Hockey team as selected by the league's coaches:

F-Jack Maclellan, Brown
F-Andrew Miller, Yale
F-Brian O'Neill, Yale
D-Nick Bailen, Rensselaer
D-Danny Biega, Harvard
G-James Mello, Dartmouth

ECAC Hockey Preseason Media Poll (total points and first-place votes in parentheses)
1. Yale (432 points, 23 first-place votes)
2. Union (397, 11)
3. Cornell (356, 3)
4. Dartmouth (308, 1)
5. Rensselaer (281)
6. Quinnipiac (239)
7. Princeton (205)
8. St. Lawrence (173)
9. Clarkson (164)
10. Colgate (152)
11. Brown (134)
12. Harvard (129)

The media's preseason All-ECAC Hockey team:

F-Greg Carey, St. Lawrence
F-Andrew Miller, Yale
F-Brian O'Neill, Yale
D-Nick Bailen, Rensselaer
D-Danny Biega, Harvard
G-James Mello, Dartmouth

[css228]

Finalist for Dryden Award includes Iles.

But I think he has very little chance of winning.

Karp deserves it, it will go to Grosenick, who is more a product of the talent around him than his actual skills.

[Jim Hyla]

Finalist for Dryden Award includes Iles.

But I think he has very little chance of winning.

Karp deserves it, it will go to Grosenick, who is more a product of the talent around him than his actual skills.

It's the system.