2006 TBRW Awards -- Nomination Phase

[andyw2100]

Natyshak-Paolini (career improvement) - McCutcheon
MacFarlane (transcendent beauty and skating prowess) - McCutcheon
Shippel-Hornby (scrappiness and effort) - Scott
Gage (supporting role) - Scott
Schafer-Bâby (leadership and passion) - Scott
Belanger-Murphy (loathed ref) - Feola
Carter-Moore (most respected opponent) - Elliott
Melrose-Nickerson (least respected opponent) - Colgate
Dadswell-Vesce (best freshman) - Mugford
Nieuwendyk-Murray (MVP) - Moulson

[Jordan 04]

Natyshak-Paolini (career improvement)  McCutcheon
MacFarlane (transcendent beauty and skating prowess) Pokulok
Shippel-Hornby (scrappiness and effort) McCutcheon
Gage (supporting role) Pegs
Schafer-Bâby (leadership and passion) Chris Abbott
Belanger-Murphy (loathed ref) -- no disambiguation on which Murphy. no nomination
Carter-Moore (most respected opponent) Elliot
Melrose-Nickerson (least respected opponent) no nomination
Dadswell-Vesce (best freshman) Mugford
Nieuwendyk-Murray (MVP) Moulson

[dford\'94]

Natyshak-Paolini (career improvement) Gleed (from playing only 12 games as a freshman to the D-man that played huge minutes when injuries hammered the blue line)
MacFarlane (transcendent beauty and skating prowess) - I can't skate so who am I to judge this one
Shippel-Hornby (scrappiness and effort) Scott
Gage (supporting role) Pegoraro/ChabotPegs
Schafer-Bâby (leadership and passion) Chris Abbott - No Question
Belanger-Murphy (loathed ref) --
Carter-Moore (most respected opponent) Elliot and Decanich
Melrose-Nickerson (least respected opponent) The goon squad from MSU, Comley as the coach and a special mention of Jesse Winchester, KING OF THE DIVERS
Dadswell-Vesce (best freshman) Seminoff (only defenseman to play every game), special mention to Kennedy who was really great on face offs
Nieuwendyk-Murray (MVP) Moulson

[Jacob '06]

Natyshak-Paolini (career improvement)- McCutcheon
MacFarlane (transcendent beauty and skating prowess)- McCutcheon (for that one amazing goal)
Shippel-Hornby (scrappiness and effort) - Chris Abbott
Gage (supporting role) - Louis
Schafer-Bâby (leadership and passion) - Pegararo
Belanger-Murphy (loathed ref) -- no nominee
Carter-Moore (most respected opponent) - Elliott
Melrose-Nickerson (least respected opponent) - no nominee
Dadswell-Vesce (best freshman) - Mugford
Nieuwendyk-Murray (MVP) - McKee

[ebilmes]

Natyshak-Paolini (career improvement)- Gleed
MacFarlane (transcendent beauty and skating prowess)- Topher
Shippel-Hornby (scrappiness and effort) - Topher
Gage (supporting role) - Chabot
Schafer-Bâby (leadership and passion) - Chris Abbott
Belanger-Murphy (loathed ref) - Feola
Carter-Moore (most respected opponent) - Elliott
Melrose-Nickerson (least respected opponent) - none
Dadswell-Vesce (best freshman) - Mugford
Nieuwendyk-Murray (MVP) - Dave McKee

[DisplacedCornellian]

Natyshak-Paolini (career improvement)- Gleed
MacFarlane (transcendent beauty and skating prowess)- Can't say there is a clear cut winner here..I'll go with McCutcheon for the few times this year he made my jaw completely drop.  
Shippel-Hornby (scrappiness and effort) - Topher Scott
Gage (supporting role) - Louis Chabot
Schafer-Bâby (leadership and passion) - Chris Abbott
Belanger-Murphy (loathed ref) - Feola
Carter-Moore (most respected opponent) - Elliott and the Badgers
Melrose-Nickerson (least respected opponent) - Tie: MSU and George Roll.
Dadswell-Vesce (best freshman) - Seminoff
Nieuwendyk-Murray (MVP) - tough call.  Nobody really stands out as having put it together all season long.  After the Wisco game, however, I'll go with:  Dave McKee

[mjh89]

Natyshak-Paolini (career improvement) Pegoraro
MacFarlane (transcendent beauty and skating prowess) Barlow
Shippel-Hornby (scrappiness and effort) Chris Abbott
Gage (supporting role) Carefoot
Schafer-Bâby (leadership and passion) Gleed
Belanger-Murphy (loathed ref) -- no disambiguation on which Murphy. Murphy
Carter-Moore (most respected opponent) Trevelyan I guess...
Melrose-Nickerson (least respected opponent) Anyone from Clarkson, but I'll give it to Curley.
Dadswell-Vesce (best freshman) Seminoff
Nieuwendyk-Murray (MVP) McKee

[JDeafv]

Natyshak-Paolini (career improvement) Pegoraro
MacFarlane (transcendent beauty and skating prowess) Chris and Cam Abbott
Shippel-Hornby (scrappiness and effort) Sawada
Gage (supporting role) Gleed
Schafer-Bâby (leadership and passion) Moulson
Belanger-Murphy (loathed ref) -- Feola (Please, go back to being an AR!)
Carter-Moore (most respected opponent) Eric Leroux - always got beat up by Cornell, but finally got a shutout win in his last game
Melrose-Nickerson (least respected opponent) Nightingale (MSU)
Dadswell-Vesce (best freshman) Seminoff
Nieuwendyk-Murray (MVP) McKee - he kept us in any game when he was on regardless of how the rest of the team was playing

[oceanst41]

Natyshak-Paolini (career improvement)- McCutcheon
MacFarlane (transcendent beauty and skating prowess)- Pokulok
Shippel-Hornby (scrappiness and effort) - Topher
Gage (supporting role) - Pegs
Schafer-Bâby (leadership and passion) - Chris Abbott
Belanger-Murphy (loathed ref) - Hansen
Carter-Moore (most respected opponent) - Elliott
Melrose-Nickerson (least respected opponent) - Cayer
Dadswell-Vesce (best freshman) - Mugford
Nieuwendyk-Murray (MVP) - McKee

[ugarte]

Natyshak-Paolini (career improvement) Daniel Pegoraro
MacFarlane (transcendent beauty and skating prowess) Mark McCutcheon
Shippel-Hornby (scrappiness and effort) Topher Scott
Gage (supporting role) Chris Abbott
Carter-Moore (most respected opponent) Bryan Elliott
Dadswell-Vesce (best freshman) - Mugford/Seminoff
Nieuwendyk-Murray (MVP) O'Byrne (really.)

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[Rosey]

[quote ugarte]Nieuwendyk-Murray (MVP) O'Byrne (really.)[/quote]
I don't think there's any need to apologize for this.  I agree with you.

O'Byrne's presence on D kept Cornell in the running during McKee's shakier periods.

More generally, I think we place too much emphasis on the goaltender and too little on how a well-executed defensive system keeps McKee from having to face too many high-percentage shots.  O'Byrne is currently the finest cog in that system, yet also knows when it's safe to deviate from that for a chance at catching the opposing team off-guard.

Cheers,
Kyle

[nr53]

Natyshak-Paolini (career improvement) - Pegs I know McCutcheon had an amazing year, but this is improvement over career. I hope to hell he can improve upon this year and really become a force on the ice.
MacFarlane (transcendent beauty and skating prowess) - McCutcheon
Shippel-Hornby (scrappiness and effort) - Scott
Gage (supporting role) - Gleed Made some really good plays all year long, glad he finally got a goal against CC
Schafer-Bâby (leadership and passion) - Chris Abbott
Belanger-Murphy (loathed ref) - No Opinion
Carter-Moore (most respected opponent) - Elliott
Melrose-Nickerson (least respected opponent) - Eh, no comment
Dadswell-Vesce (best freshman) - Mugford With Seminoff in a close second, but loses due to bad penalties
Nieuwendyk-Murray (MVP) - Moulson I know everyone loves McKee (and I do too before people rip me apart) but I don't know where we'd be without Moulson's 18 goals this season. Next year will be fun because teams won't know who to smother at first:-P

[Rita]

Natyshak-Paolini (career improvement) McCutcheon
MacFarlane (transcendent beauty and skating prowess)no opinion, but, as someone already mentioned, the McCutcheon goal was so sweet.
Shippel-Hornby (scrappiness and effort) Scott
Gage (supporting role) Carefoot
Schafer-Bâby (leadership and passion) Chris Abbott
Belanger-Murphy (loathed ref) -- no opinion
Carter-Moore (most respected opponent) Elliott (and the rest of the badgers)
Melrose-Nickerson (least respected opponent) no opinion
Dadswell-Vesce (best freshman) Mugford
Nieuwendyk-Murray (MVP) Pegoraro (based on the way that he killed penalties, won face-offs and filled in on defense at the end of the regular season).

[RichH]

Natyshak-Paolini (career improvement): Pegoraro
MacFarlane (transcendent beauty and skating prowess): None
Shippel-Hornby (scrappiness and effort): Sawada
Gage (supporting role): Davenport
Schafer-Bâby (leadership and passion): Chris Abbott
Belanger-Murphy (loathed ref): None
Carter-Moore (most respected opponent): The whole damned Wisconsin team.  (In league: Leggio)
Melrose-Nickerson (least respected opponent): None
Dadswell-Vesce (best freshman): Mugford (nod to Kennedy)
Nieuwendyk-Murray (MVP): Moulson

[Jim]

well-executed defensive system keeps McKee from having to face too many high-percentage shots.

You didn't see the Wisconsin game I see