NESCAC Announces 2003 Men's Ice Hockey All-Conference Team
Middlebury’s
Kevin Cooper Selected Player of the Year
HARTFORD, Conn. – Middlebury
junior forward Kevin Cooper was selected as the 2002-03 NESCAC
Men’s Ice Hockey Player of the Year by the conference
coaches. Cooper, a two-time selection to the all-conference first
team, is currently second in the NESCAC with 35 points and leads
the league in goals scored with 21.
Cooper and the second-ranked
Panthers (20-3-2) will attempt to win their fourth consecutive
NESCAC Championship this weekend as they host the semifinals of the
conference tournament. Middlebury will meet fifth seed Hamilton
(14-9-2) in the first semifinal at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 8.
Tenth-ranked Colby (18-5-1) will meet eleventh-ranked Trinity
(17-5-2) at 4:00 p.m. The winners of Saturday’s semifinals
will meet for the NESCAC Championship on Sunday, March 9 at 1:00
p.m.
Each of the four NESCAC
semifinalists placed a member on the all-conference first team.
Colby will be led by sophomore forward Nick Bayley. Bayley leads a
Mules offense which is one of the most prolific in the nation
averaging 5.12 goals per game. The sophomore finished first in the
conference in points with 39 and second in assists with 22.
Senior defensemen Steve Aubuchon of
Hamilton and Ryan Seymour of Bowdoin were honored as first team
selections. Aubuchon led all NESCAC defensemen tallying 18 assists
on the year. Seymour, a four-year starter for the Polar Bears,
finished the year with 3 goals and 13 assists while leading a
Bowdoin defense which was ranked 10th in the nation in penalty kill
percentage (.868).
Amherst sophomore forward Beau
Kretzman earned first-team honors a year after being selected the
NESCAC Rookie of the Year. Kretzman is ranked among the
nation’s leaders with 19 goals on the year. He finished the
year sixth in the conference with 33 points. Trinity goaltender
Doug Kisielius rounds out the first-team all-conference selections.
The sophomore was ranked in the top 20 nationally in both save
percentage (.913) and goals against average (2.45).
Bowdoin’s Adam Dann and
Hamilton’s Gabe Tash shared NESCAC Rookie of the Year honors.
Dann, a freshman forward, finished second on the team with 11 goals
and 14 assists in his first collegiate season. Tash, a freshman
goaltender at Hamilton, posted a. 918 save percentage, second best
in the conference and 11th best in the nation. Trinity head coach
John Dunham was chosen the NESCAC Men’s Ice Hockey Coach of
the Year after leading the Bantams to a 15-3-1 league mark and the
second-seed in the NESCAC Championship.
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2002-03
NESCAC Men's Ice Hockey All-Conference
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| First Team
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Institution
| Yr.
| Hometown
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| Nick Bayley
| Colby
| So.
| Cambridge, Ontario
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| F
| Kevin Cooper
| Middlebury
| Jr.
| Mississauga, Ontario
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| Beau Kretzman
| Amherst
| So.
| Edina, Minn.
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| Steve Aubuchon
| Hamilton
| Sr.
| Gardner, Mass.
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| D
| Ryan Seymour
| Bowdoin
| Sr.
| Fredericton, New Brunswick
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| Douglas Kisielius
| Trinity
| So.
| Park Ridge, Ill.
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| Second Team
| Institution
| Yr.
| Hometown
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| Joseph Ori
| Trinity
| So.
| Niles, Ill.
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| Sean Starke
| Bowdoin
| Sr.
| Montreal, Quebec
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| Gus Katsuras
| Hamilton
| Fr.
| Toronto, Ontario
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| Andrew Helming
| Middlebury
| Jr.
| Sharon, Conn.
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| Sean O'Grady
| Colby
| Sr.
| London, Ontario
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| Jim Panczykowski
| Wesleyan
| Jr.
| Cattaraugus, N.Y.
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| Player of the Year
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| Kevin Cooper
| Middlebury
| Jr.
| Mississauga, Ontario
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| Co-Rookies of the Year
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| Adam Dann
| Bowdoin
| Fr.
| Burlington, Vt.
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| Gabe Tash
| Hamilton
| Fr.
| Evanston, Ill.
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| Coach of the Year
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| John Dunham
| Trinity
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