Friday, March 09, 2012

The envelope please - Results of the Blogger All WCHA Awards.

All-WCHA First Team
F – Jack Connolly, Minnesota-Duluth*
F – JT Brown, Minnesota-Duluth
F – Brock Nelson, North Dakota
D – Justin Schultz, Wisconsin*
D – Joey LaLeggia, Denver
D – Ben Blood, North Dakota
G – Kent Patterson, Minnesota

All-WCHA Second Team
F – Jason Zucker, Denver
F – Drew Shore, Denver
F – Nick Bjugstad, Minnesota
D – Nate Schmidt, Minnesota
G – Josh Thorimbert, Colorado College

All-WCHA Third Team
F – Jaden Schwartz, Colorado College
F – Mark Zengerle, Wisconsin
F – Travis Oleksuk, Minnesota-Duluth
D – Nick Jensen, St. Cloud State
D – Brady Lamb, Minnesota-Duluth
G – Kenny Reiter, Minnesota-Duluth

All-WCHA Rookie Team
F – Kyle Rau, Minnesota*
F – Caleb Herbert, Minnesota-Duluth
F – Jean-Paul LaFontaine, Minnesota State University-Mankato
D – Joey LaLeggia, Denver*
D – Andrew Prochno, St. Cloud State
G – Juho Olkinuora, Denver

WCHA Player of the Year – Jack Connolly, Minnesota-Duluth
WCHA Defensive Player of the Year – Justin Schultz, Wisconsin
WCHA Rookie of the Year – Joey LaLeggia, Denver

Timothy Boger, USCHO(North Dakota)
Donna, Runnin' With the Dogs (Minnesota-Duluth)
Summerzzzoff, CC Tiger Hockey (Colorado College)
Dirty, Dirty's Diatribe (North Dakota)
Nate, Gopher Puck Live (Minnesota)
Eric, Goon's World/Inside Hockey (North Dakota)
Joe, Paisley Hockey (Colorado College)
Chuck, Bucky's 5th Quarter (Wisconsin)
Matt, USCHO/Radio Free Omaha
Tim, Tech Hockey Guide (Michigan Tech)
Jon/Bridget, MavPuck.com (Nebraska-Omaha)
Hammy, @hammyhockey (Minnesota)
Nate, SB Nation Minnesota/First Round Bust (Minnesota)
Andrew, College Hockey High Horse (Minnesota-Duluth)
Ryan, Gopher Puck Live (Minnesota)
Chad, A Tradition of Excellence (North Dakota)


s/t To A Tradition of Excellence for running the first annual Blogger All WCHA Awards. The first question that I had when I saw the results was that there are three defenseman on the first team and only one on the second team. Chad from A Tradition of Excellence informed me that there was a tie between LaLeggia and Blood, therefore they are both 1st Team, while Schmidt is the only 2nd Team member.  *Asterisk means that pick was unanimous selection.