Please Nominate Your 2003 TBRW Awards

[Greg Berge]

What a year!

For the past 13 seasons we have put together TBRW Awards for a variety of categories.  The URL for the past winners is here: http://www.spiritone.com/~kepler/tbrwAwards/tbrwAwards.html


Instructions: please post the *one* nomination you would make for each of the 10 numbered, subjective awards below.  You may include any argument, including a comparison with other potential nominees.

In a few days when I have collected a lot of feedback (hopefully), the TBRW staff will make its decision by consulting with David Souter, Missy Elliott, and the ghost of Josephine Baker.


There are three statistically-determined awards that are pre-determined:

Duane Moeser Award, Leading Point Scorer

This is an automatic award, which this year goes to Vesce.

Chris Norton Award, Leading Scorer, Defensemen

This is an automatic award, which this year goes to Mark McRae.

Brian Hayward Award, Leading Goaltender

This is a semi-automatic award, which this year goes to LeNeveu.


There are ten purely subjective awards that are open for your nominations.

1. Peter Natyshak Award, Career Improvement

This award is open to seniors or in the very rare case when no senior has demonstrated above average career improvement, juniors.  The award measures how well the player has improved since starting at Cornell.

2. Randy MacFarlane Award, Transcendent Beauty and Skating Prowess

Title says it all. ;-)  This is Anne's favorite award.

3. Dave Shippel Award, Scrappiness and Effort

This award, which is associated with the longest-running typo in TBRW? history ("scappiness"), generally goes to a player who plays bigger than his size or "better than his talent."

4. Terry Gage Award, Determination in a Supporting Role

This award generally goes to an athlete whose contributions do not show up in the box score.  It oftens goes to an unexpected player who comes out of the pack to really contribute a particular skill as a role player.

5. Mike Schafer Award, Leadership and Passion

This award needs no explanation.

6. Pierre Belanger Award, Worst Referee

Nor does this one.

7. John Carter Award, Most Respected Opponent

This award generally goes to an opposing player who has both ferociously skewered Cornell and who we would take in a minute as one of our own.  It is based on his performance against us only in games this year.

8. Kevan Melrose Award, Least Respected Opponent

This award goes to the guys who, when you scream "Sucks!" you really mean it.  The bad and the ugly.  The goon, the cheap shot artist, the whiner, the showboat.   The asshole.

9. Doug Dadswell Award, Most Valuable Freshman

Define it however you want.  Open only to freshman, not transfers in case you were thinking of Marr.

10. Joe Nieuwendyk Award, Most Valuable Player

Again, define it however you want, as long as you consider only this year's performance.



Post Edited (04-14-03 12:37)

[jd212]

Duane Moeser Award, Leading Point Scorer

This is an automatic award, which this year goes to Vesce.

Chris Norton Award, Leading Scorer, Defensemen

This is an automatic award, which this year goes to Mark McRae.

Brian Hayward Award, Leading Goaltender

This is a semi-automatic award, which this year goes to LeNeveu.


1. Peter Natyshak Award, Career Improvement

I think this has to be Sammy.

2. Randy MacFarlane Award, Transcendent Beauty and Skating Prowess

Matt McRae

3. Dave Shippel Award, Scrappiness and Effort

Bell

4. Terry Gage Award, Determination in a Supporting Role

Again, obvious to me, Greg Hornby

5. Mike Schafer Award, Leadership and Passion

Stephen Baby


7. John Carter Award, Most Respected Opponent

Probably Dom Moore


9. Doug Dadswell Award, Most Valuable Freshman

Matt Moulson

10. Joe Nieuwendyk Award, Most Valuable Player
David LeNeveu - how can we argue with the team on this one?

[gtsully]

Wasn't sure if we should post this here, but here goes:

1. Peter Natyshak Award, Career Improvement

Sam Paolini

2. Randy MacFarlane Award, Transcendent Beauty and Skating Prowess

Ryan Vesce

3. Dave Shippel Award, Scrappiness and Effort

Greg Hornby

4. Terry Gage Award, Determination in a Supporting Role

Hornby

5. Mike Schafer Award, Leadership and Passion

Stephen Bâby

6. Pierre Belanger Award, Worst Referee

Scott Hansen

7. John Carter Award, Most Respected Opponent

Tyler Kolarik

8. Kevan Melrose Award, Least Respected Opponent

John Eminger (can it be someone from an exhibition game?)

9. Doug Dadswell Award, Most Valuable Freshman

Matt Moulson

10. Joe Nieuwendyk Award, Most Valuable Player

Dave LeNeveu

[Greg Berge]

Yep, post here please.

> Can it be someone from an exhibition game?

The TBRW Awards Committee rules Yes.  By the decree known as the "Big Red Bull," they are either infallible or inflatable, I can't remember which.



Post Edited (04-14-03 12:48)

[npho]

1. Peter Natyshak Award, Career Improvement
Sam Paolini

2. Randy MacFarlane Award, Transcendent Beauty and Skating Prowess
Chris Abbott

3. Dave Shippel Award, Scrappiness and Effort
Ryan Vesce

4. Terry Gage Award, Determination in a Supporting Role
Greg Hornby!!

5. Mike Schafer Award, Leadership and Passion
Stephen Baby

6. Pierre Belanger Award, Worst Referee
Murphy

7. John Carter Award, Most Respected Opponent
Dominic Moore..

8. Kevan Melrose Award, Least Respected Opponent
Chris Hussey muahaha

9. Doug Dadswell Award, Most Valuable Freshman
Shane Hynes


10. Joe Nieuwendyk Award, Most Valuable Player
LENNY!

[jbeaber1998]

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1. Peter Natyshak Award, Career Improvement

Paolini, no question

2. Randy MacFarlane Award, Transcendent Beauty and Skating Prowess

Can Paolini get it for the deke in Albany?

3. Dave Shippel Award, Scrappiness and Effort

Hornby

4. Terry Gage Award, Determination in a Supporting Role

Bell

5. Mike Schafer Award, Leadership and Passion

Baby

6. Pierre Belanger Award, Worst Referee

Murphy, for Brown alone....

7. John Carter Award, Most Respected Opponent

Tyler Kolarik, I hate him more than any other player in college hockey right now....

8. Kevan Melrose Award, Least Respected Opponent

Didn't see enough games to really have an opinion on this one...

9. Doug Dadswell Award, Most Valuable Freshman

Moulson

10. Joe Nieuwendyk Award, Most Valuable Player

Gotta be Lenny

[CrazyLarry]

1. Peter Natyshak Award, Career Improvement

Sam Paolini, hands down, though I must confess the very first time I saw him play (Princeton his freshman year) I went home asking myself why this guy wasn't dressed most of the time, he was the best player on the ice that night to my eye.

2. Randy MacFarlane Award, Transcendent Beauty and Skating Prowess

Not much of this got displayed this year, but I go with (tie) Sam and Matt for their use of it during the biggest moments of the year.

3. Dave Shippel Award, Scrappiness and Effort

Hornby, nobody gives it up more than him on the ice.

4. Terry Gage Award, Determination in a Supporting Role

Travis Bell, never talked about, but arguably the best defensive defensemen on the team, always there to clean up the rush.

5. Mike Schafer Award, Leadership and Passion

Bâby

6. Pierre Belanger Award, Worst Referee

Didn't love "replay" Adam.  But not enough to give him this award.  
"Raise your arm if you're sure" Murphy gets the vote by me.

7. John Carter Award, Most Respected Opponent

Kolarik gets my vote.  Gutsy performance in the final.

8. Kevan Melrose Award, Least Respected Opponent

-

9. Doug Dadswell Award, Most Valuable Freshman

Hynes

10. Joe Nieuwendyk Award, Most Valuable Player

I go off the trail here.  I vote for Doug, not sure why exactly, but that's my feel.  Lenny was fantastic, but was he the difference between the success we had and something less?  I'm not sure.  I think Doug was with everything he could do out there.

[Melissa\'01]

There are ten purely subjective awards that are open for your nominations.

1. Peter Natyshak Award, Career Improvement

Sammy

2. Randy MacFarlane Award, Transcendent Beauty and Skating Prowess

Matt McRae

3. Dave Shippel Award, Scrappiness and Effort

T-Bell

4. Terry Gage Award, Determination in a Supporting Role

T-Bell

5. Mike Schafer Award, Leadership and Passion

Baby

6. Pierre Belanger Award, Worst Referee

Murphy

7. John Carter Award, Most Respected Opponent

Dom Moore

8. Kevan Melrose Award, Least Respected Opponent

Boucher (yet again)... wait anyone remember who cross-checked Matt McRae in the throat in Lynah in the fall (am quite sure it was during the Harvard game) If so, I change my mind and give it to that a-hole.

9. Doug Dadswell Award, Most Valuable Freshman

Moulson

10. Joe Nieuwendyk Award, Most Valuable Player

Mark McRae ... best defensive defenseman on the team (he's got speed and size and isn't afraid to use the body) and top defensive scorer. Sorry to all the Lenny supporters ... I think he's awesome and am praying like mad that he'll return but I gotta go with a defenseman. All the "team defense keeps Lenny looking superb" talk has me appreciating our defense more than ever ... whether the talk is on the money or not.

[rhovorka]

I'll preface by saying that I wish I could give every damn player an award.  I simply love this team, and I can't express enough gratitude for taking me on an unforgettable ride and letting me watch them work this season.

1. Peter Natyshak Award, Career Improvement
Sam Paolini

2. Randy MacFarlane Award, Transcendent Beauty and Skating Prowess
Stephen Baby, in an upset.  What wins him my nomination was the constant image of Baby driving behind the net while controling the puck with only one arm as defenders draped all over him.

3. Dave Shippel Award, Scrappiness and Effort
Shane Palahicky.  His legs vs. BC cinched it for me.

4. Terry Gage Award, Determination in a Supporting Role
Cam Abbott

5. Mike Schafer Award, Leadership and Passion
Stephen Bâby.  I wish Hornby would get a look, but Stephen really deserved that C he wore.

6. Pierre Belanger Award, Worst Referee
Greg Shepherd, the video replay official in Buffalo.  Wait, no, I don't want to be labeled as bitter about that call, and I generally don't have a problem with many on-ice officials, and thought the officiating all year was good.  Maybe because it's fresh in my mind, but the only bad call I remember was the Moulson interference call by Don Adam, and it wound up costing us dearly.  Adam was decent in the BC game.

7. John Carter Award, Most Respected Opponent
Dom Moore.

8. Kevan Melrose Award, Least Respected Opponent
Oofa...I really want to give it to Aaron Kim or Noah Welch, and Mormina's display in Hamilton sure pissed me off.  But that BU midget put on a show of piss and vinegar unseen in a long time.  So my nomination goes to Brad Zancanaro.

9. Doug Dadswell Award, Most Valuable Freshman
Matt Moulson

10. Joe Nieuwendyk Award, Most Valuable Player
Dave LeNeveu



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[atb9]

1. Peter Natyshak Award, Career Improvement

Paolini.  He lived in Boldt Hall with (besides me :-)) Baby, Murray, and Gartman his freshman year and we all thought Paolini was the one who wouldn't remain on the team all four years.  Gartman and Paolini proved us wrong.

2. Randy MacFarlane Award, Transcendent Beauty and Skating Prowess

I'm going to have to go with Matt McRae on this one.  I don't think Paolini is a strong skater...

Side note, Paolini always used that draw deke that went inbetween the defenders legs last year but didn't pull it out very often this year.  

3. Dave Shippel Award, Scrappiness and Effort

Hornby

4. Terry Gage Award, Determination in a Supporting Role

Bell

5. Mike Schafer Award, Leadership and Passion

Bâby

6. Pierre Belanger Award, Worst Referee

Murphy

7. John Carter Award, Most Respected Opponent

Dom Moore.  Damn, he is awesome.

8. Kevan Melrose Award, Least Respected Opponent

Instinct says Boucher but the true culprit is Aaron Kim.  He sucks.

9. Doug Dadswell Award, Most Valuable Freshman

Pegoraro is pretty under rated, Hynes is highly rated but I'm going to have to say Moulson.

10. Joe Nieuwendyk Award, Most Valuable Player

le-NEV-ue



Post Edited (04-14-03 14:17)

[kingpin248]

1. Peter Natyshak Award, Career Improvement: Sam Paolini

2. Randy MacFarlane Award, Transcendent Beauty and Skating Prowess: Matt McRae

3. Dave Shippel Award, Scrappiness and Effort: Greg Hornby

4. Terry Gage Award, Determination in a Supporting Role: Travis Bell

5. Mike Schafer Award, Leadership and Passion: Stephen Bâby

6. Pierre Belanger Award, Worst Referee: Alex Dell *

7. John Carter Award, Most Respected Opponent: Dom Moore (Harvard)

8. Kevan Melrose Award, Least Respected Opponent: Brad Zancanaro (Boston University). Also of note is whoever pushed Dave down and sat on him, causing the only goal of the first BU game - can't remember his name.

9. Doug Dadswell Award, Most Valuable Freshman: Matt Moulson

10. Joe Nieuwendyk Award, Most Valuable Player: Dave LeNeveu

* If it were "worst official," I'd go with Greg Shepherd as well.

[jbeaber1998]

Kim helped us!!!!  I'm going to miss him.  I love it when a player falls, on a regular basis, when there is no one anywhere near him.  I want a Kim jersey.  You al would have your opportunity to add some defacement to it....

-John

[CowbellGuy]

1. Peter Natyshak Award, Career Improvement: Paolini

2. Randy MacFarlane Award, Transcendent Beauty and Skating Prowess: Jeremy Downs. He may not have the most transcendent beauty, but the prowess part is certainly there.

3. Dave Shippel Award, Scrappiness and Effort: Hornby (with a nod to Vesce for never backing down from a check, even if the other guy is twice his size)

4. Terry Gage Award, Determination in a Supporting Role: T-Bell rocks. That is all.

5. Mike Schafer Award, Leadership and Passion: Baby

6. Pierre Belanger Award, Worst Referee: Scott Hansen

7. John Carter Award, Most Respected Opponent: Dom Moore

8. Kevan Melrose Award, Least Respected Opponent: So many choices, but I'll go with that short-bus ape Joey Mormina this year.

9. Doug Dadswell Award, Most Valuable Freshman: Hynes

10. Joe Nieuwendyk Award, Most Valuable Player: Lenny

[jtwcornell91]

Greg wrote:
4. Terry Gage Award, Determination in a Supporting Role

This award generally goes to an athlete whose contributions do not show up in the box score.  It oftens goes to an unexpected player who comes out of the pack to really contribute a particular skill as a role player.

More detailed and complete nominations may follow, but I'm amazed no one has nominated Todd Marr for this award.  He's a shoo-in in my mind, just like Burt was in 1998.

[Adam 04]

1. Peter Natyshak Award, Career Improvement

Sam Paolini- He has made the most progress in my time watching the senior class.  

2. Randy MacFarlane Award, Transcendent Beauty and Skating Prowess

Michael Knoepfli- The kid can fly. He does well in open ice, along the boards, on defence, on the forecheck... allover the place. I think he is by far the best skater on the team.

3. Dave Shippel Award, Scrappiness and Effort

Greg Hornby- You know when come on the ice. The other team knows when comes on the ice. He makes people pay for sloppy and or lazy play. He is relentless. He is by all means the most scrappy player on the roster, just look at the penalty minutes.

4. Terry Gage Award, Determination in a Supporting Role

Jan Pajerski- He doesn't even make the score sheet. He gets no p.t. he is a real team-player. He practices just like everyone else. If he doesn't best define a supporting player, I don't know who would.

5. Mike Schafer Award, Leadership and Passion

Stephen Bâby- You can tell by how he carries himself that he take most of the responsibility for the team. From my observations he works harder than all but Hornby. He leads by example on the ice, and has done a great job unifying the team off the ice.  

6. Pierre Belanger Award, Worst Referee

Alex Dell- He was the ref for the away Colgate game, Princeton home game, Dartmouth away game, St. Lawrence away game, and the Vermont home game. He was the ref for our two in conference losses. He has no control over the game. I watched this guy in all of these games. I hate this guy!

7. John Carter Award, Most Respected Opponent

Dominic Moore- He is a gentlemen, a competitor, and a wonderful talent. It is going to be fun watching him work his way into the pro's.

8. Kevan Melrose Award, Least Respected Opponent

A tie between John Emiger (York) for the cheep shot on Matt Moulson, and Paul Crosty (Brown) for the cheep shot on Matt McRae.
 
9. Doug Dadswell Award, Most Valuable Freshman

Cam Abbott- He is good on defence and offence. He is a great forechecker. He was not lucky enough to be on the second power play unit, but still put up some great numbers. He scored 2 GWG, and had the highest P/M of any freshman on the team.

10. Joe Nieuwendyk Award, Most Valuable Player

David LeNeveu- He stops lots of pucks that should otherwise go into the net. He gives us at least 1 or 2 spectacular stops per game.