2005-06 Men's Ice Hockey All-Conference Teams Announced
Hamilton's Katsuras Garners
Second-Straight Player of the Year Award
HADLEY, Mass. - Hamilton senior forward Gus
Katsuras (Toronto, Ont.) was named today as the 2006 NESCAC
Men’s Ice Hockey Player of the Year. Katsuras earned the
honor for the second-straight season, helping the seventh-seeded
Continentals reach the semifinal round this weekend in the 2006
NESCAC Men’s Ice Hockey Championship.
Katsuras also earned a spot on the NESCAC
All-Conference First Team for the second year in a row, making it
four straight years that he has earned All-Conference recognition.
Katsuras received Second Team honors in both his rookie and
sophomore seasons. In each of his four years for the Continentals,
Katsuras has led his club in scoring, this season putting up 17
goals and 20 assists for 37 points through 25 games, just two
points shy of his career-best 39 points last season. Katsuras ranks
fourth all-time at Hamilton in goals scored, tallying 77 markers
through 101 career appearances (77-66-143). Probably the biggest
performance this season for Katsuras came over the past weekend in
the quarterfinals of the NESCAC tournament, scoring three goals and
adding an assist against Williams en route to a 9-5 win.
Joining Katsuras up front on the All-Conference
First Team is Tufts senior Matt McCarthy (Medfield, Mass.).
McCarthy is the first Jumbo ice hockey player to ever receive
NESCAC All-Conference recognition. Through 23 games this season,
McCarthy led Tufts with 18 goals and 17 assists for 35 points, the
highest single-season point total in his four-year career.
Currently sixth among all NESCAC skaters in points, McCarthy opened
the season with a 15-game point-scoring streak, failing to find his
name on the score sheet only three times this season.
Middlebury sophomore forward Mickey Gilchrist
(Ottawa, Ont.) is the only player on the First Team that is not a
senior. Second on the Panthers squad in scoring during his rookie
year, Gilchrist currently leads the NESCAC in points with 20 goals
and 21 assists for 41 points. He has also added in eight power-play
goals and four game-winners in 25 contests this season.
Three defensemen earned All-NESCAC First Team
honors this year. Trinity senior Brendan Timmins (Arlington, Mass.)
received First Team recognition for the third consecutive year,
while Bowdoin senior Jon Landry (Montreal, Que.) and Middlebury
senior Jeff Smith (Nepean, Ont.) earned a spot for the first time
in their careers. Timmins has seen action in 25 games so far this
season for the Bantams, netting 8 goals - four of which came on the
power-play - and 11 assists for 19 points. Landry leads all NESCAC
blue liners in point production with 14 goals and 22 assists for 36
points, ranking fifth among all skaters.
Smith may not have the point totals of his
counterparts, garnering only five goals and eight assists, however
his skill, along with his lack of time spent in the box (12 PIM, 25
GP), has helped Middlebury post the lowest goals against in the
league at 1.56 allowed. Smith potted the game-winner late in the
third period on the final day of the regular season in a 3-1
empty-net victory over Amherst on February 18.
Bowdoin senior netminder George
Papachristopoulos (Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Que.) rounds out the
seven-member First Team. In 21 appearances between the pipes this
season for the Polar Bears, Papachristopoulos holds a 14-5-2 record
along with a 2.45 goals against average and .913 save percentage.
He has also backstopped Bowdoin to five shutouts this year for a
career total of six, a single-season and career record at Bowdoin.
Wesleyan freshman defenseman Dallas Bossort
(Bismark, N.D.) was chosen by the NESCAC coaches as the Rookie of
the Year. Bossort played in all 24 games this season, accumulating
nine goals and eight assists, with seven of his goals coming on the
power-play.
Williams head coach Bill Kangas and Colby bench
boss Jim Tortorella shared the league’s Coach of the Year
honor. Kangas guided his club to a 13-3-3 conference record and the
second-seed in the 2006 NESCAC Men’s Ice Hockey Championship,
the highest seed ever for the Ephs. Tortorella and the Mules
finished the regular season in fourth place with a 11-7-1
conference record, 15-9-1 overall this year.
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2005-06 NESCAC Men's Ice Hockey
All-Conference
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| First Team
| School
| Yr.
| Hometown
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| Mickey Gilchrist
| Middlebury
| So.
| Ottawa, Ont.
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| F
| Gus Katsuras
| Hamilton
| Sr.
| Toronto, Ont.
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| Matt McCarthy
| Tufts
| Sr.
| Medfield, Mass.
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| Jon Landry
| Bowdoin
| Sr.
| Montreal, Que.
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| D
| Jeff Smith
| Middlebury
| Sr.
| Nepean, Ont.
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| Brendan Timmins
| Trinity
| Sr.
| Arlington, Mass.
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| G
| George Papachristopoulos
| Bowdoin
| Sr.
| Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Que.
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| Second Team
| School
| Yr.
| Hometown
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| Kevin Child
| Williams
| Sr.
| South Burlington, Vt.
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| Adam Dann
| Bowdoin
| Sr.
| Burlington, Vt.
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| T.J. Kelley
| Colby
| So.
| Ridgefield, Conn.
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| Arthur Fritch
| Colby
| So.
| South Boston, Mass.
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| John Gordon
| Hamilton
| Jr.
| Keene, Ont.
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| Dave Scardella
| Wesleyan
| Jr.
| Princeton Junction, N.J.
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| Player of the Year
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| Gus Katsuras
| Hamilton
| Sr.
| Toronto, Ont.
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| Rookie of the Year
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| Dallas Bossort
| Wesleyan
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| Bismark, N.D.
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| Co-Coaches of the
Year
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| Bill Kangas
| Williams
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| Jim Tortorella
| Colby
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