Thursday, March 08, 2012

Blood and Nelson make All-WCHA third team

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Here are this season's All-WCHA award winners. 

All-WCHA First Team
F – Jack Connolly, Sr., Minnesota
F - Nick Bjugstad, So., Minnesota (27
F - J.T. Brown, So., Minnesota Duluth
D - Justin Schultz, Jr., Wisconsin  
D- Joey LaLeggia, Fr., Denver  
G - Kent Patterson,Sr., Minnesota  

All-WCHA Second Team
F - JadenSchwartz, So., Colorado College
F - Drew Shore,Jr., Denver
F - Jason Zucker, So., Denver
D - Gabe Guentzel, Sr., Colorado College
D - Nate Schmidt, So., Minnesota
G- Kenny Reiter, Sr., Minnesota Duluth

All-WCHA Third Team
F – Mark Zengerle, So., Wisconsin
F - Brock Nelson, So.,North Dakota
F - Travis Oleksuk, Sr., Minnesota
D - Nick Jensen, So., St. Cloud State
D - Ben Blood, Sr., North Dakota
G - Josh Thorimbert, So., Colorado College

All-WCHA Rookie Team
F - Kyle Rau, Fr., Minnesota
F - Jean-Paul Lafontaine, Fr., Minnesota State
F - Jayson Megna, Fr., Nebraska Omaha
D – Joey LaLeggia, Fr., Denver
D - Andrew Prochno, Fr.,St. Cloud State
G - Juho Olkinuora, Fr., Denver

Individual Awards  
Minnesota Duluth Forward Jack Connolly - WCHA Player of the Year,
Wisconsin Defenseman Justin Schultz - Two-Time WCHA Defensive Player of the Year
North Dakota’s Brad Eidsness - WCHA Outstanding Student-Athlete of the Year
Denver Defenseman Joey LaLeggia - WCHA Rookie of the Year
Minnesota’s Kent Patterson - WCHA Goaltending Champion
Michigan Tech’s Mel Pearson - WCHA Coach of the Year

All WCHA Academic team.
 

University of North Dakota: *Ben Blood (Sr., D, Plymouth, MN); Taylor Dickin (So., F, Winnipeg, MB); *Brad Eidsness (Sr., G, Chestermere, AB); Derek Forbort (So., D, Duluth, MN); *Mario Lamoureux (Sr., F, Grand Forks, ND); *Andrew MacWilliam (Jr., D, Calgary, AB); *Tate Maris (Jr., G, Denver, CO); Brock Nelson (So., F, Warroad, MN); Derek Rodwell (So., F, Taber, AB); *Carter Rowney (Jr., F, Sexsmith, AB); Dillon Simpson (So., D, Edmonton, AB).

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