2003-04 Men's Ice Hockey All-Conference Teams Announced
Middlebury's Cooper
Earns Player of the Year for Second Consecutive Year
HARTFORD, Conn. – In a vote
by the conference coaches, senior forward Kevin Cooper of
Middlebury was selected as the 2003-04 NESCAC Men’s Ice
Hockey Player of the Year for the second consecutive season.
Cooper, a three-time all-conference selection, currently leads the
NESCAC in points (44) and goals (27) as the second-ranked Panthers
(22-3-0) enter as the number one seed in the NESCAC Championship
for the fifth consecutive season.
Middlebury, who will meet
sixth-seed Hamilton (15-8-2) in the first semifinal at 1:00 p.m.,
will host the semifinals of the conference tournament on Saturday,
March 6. Trinity (15-8-1) will play Colby (14-6-4) in the other
semifinal at 4:00 p.m. The winners of Saturday’s contests
will meet for the NESCAC Championship on Sunday, March 7 at 1:00
p.m.
Joining Cooper on the first team is
senior teammate Mike Velez. Velez anchors a Middlebury defense
which leads the nation in scoring defense allowing just 1.68 goals
per game.
Junior goaltender Doug Kisielius is
one of three Trinity Bantams honored on the first team. Kisielius,
a repeat first-team honoree, enters the NESCAC semifinals ranked in
the top 25 nationally with a 2.43 goals against average and .916
save percentage. Junior forward Joseph Ori, a second-team selection
a season ago, is tied for sixth in the league in points with 13
goals and 16 assists on the year. Trinity sophomore Brendan Timmins
leads all league defenders in scoring recording eight goals and 17
assists for 25 points on the year.
Colby junior defender Patrick Walsh
and Bowdoin forward Adam Dann round out the first-team selections.
Dann, last season’s co-Rookie of the Year, tied for second in
the conference in goals scored with 19. Walsh, who recorded seven
goals and 14 assists from his defensive position, heads a Colby
squad which ranks third in the NESCAC and 15th in the nation in
scoring defense allowing 2.58 goals per contest.
Wesleyan freshman Will Bennett
earned NESCAC Rookie of the Year honors. Bennett, a freshman
forward, led his team and ranked fifth in the league in goals
scored with 15. Wesleyan head coach Chris Potter was chosen as the
NESCAC Men’s Ice Hockey Coach of the Year after leading the
Cardinals to their best mark in 15 years.
NESCAC all-conference selections
are determined in a vote by the conference coaches. Additional
players honored are due to ties in the voting.
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2003-04
NESCAC Men's Ice Hockey All-Conference
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| First Team
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School
| Yr.
| Hometown
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| Kevin Cooper
| Middlebury
| Sr.
| Mississauga, Ontario
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| F
| Adam Dann
| Bowdoin
| So.
| Burlington, Vt.
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| Joseph Ori
| Trinity
| Jr.
| Niles, Ill.
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| Brendan Timmins
| Trinity
| So.
| Arlington, Mass.
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| D
| Mike Velez
| Middlebury
| Sr.
| South Windsor, Conn.
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| Patrick Walsh
| Colby
| Jr.
| Easton, Conn.
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| G
| Douglas Kisielius
| Trinity
| Jr.
| Park Ridge, Ill.
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| Second Team
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| Nick Bayley
| Colby
| Jr.
| Cambridge, Ontario
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| Tom Ditzer
| Hamilton
| Sr.
| Fulton, N.Y.
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| Gus Katsuras
| Hamilton
| So.
| Toronto, Ontario
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| Beau Kretzman
| Amherst
| Jr.
| Edina, Minn.
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| Scott Gordon
| Hamilton
| Sr.
| Peterborough, Ontario
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| Nate Riddell
| Bowdoin
| Jr.
| Nanaimo, British Columbia
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| Jim Panczykowski
| Wesleyan
| Sr.
| Buffalo, N.Y.
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| Player of the Year
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| Kevin Cooper
| Middlebury
| Sr.
| Mississauga, Ontario
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| Rookie of the Year
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| Will Bennett
| Wesleyan
| Fr.
| Dedham, Mass.
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| Coach of the Year
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| Chris Potter
| Wesleyan
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