BUFFALO, NY — Nineteen different Division I hockey-playing schools can celebrate players honored as CCM/AHCA Hockey All-Americans for the 2018-19 season. The nation's top 25 college hockey players were announced tonight at the NCAA Men's Division I Frozen Four in Buffalo. St. Cloud State led the way with four honorees, followed by two selections each from UMass, Minnesota Duluth and Northeastern.
Noteworthy this year:
- Six players had been recognized as All-Americans previously.
- There are 20 players from 12 different U.S. states, 4 Canadian players from three provinces and one player from Germany.
- The source of the most players: six from Minnesota.
- The junior class dominates: no freshmen, 6 sophomores, 13 juniors and six seniors.
- The conference breakdown: six each from Hockey East and the NCHC, five from the Big Ten, four from ECAC Hockey, two from Atlantic Hockey and one each from the WCHA and independent Arizona State, the first ever from ASU.
- 18 players participated in the NCAA Tournament. Five of them advanced to the NCAA Frozen Four in Buffalo, NY..
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First Team East CCM Hockey All-Americans | |
Cayden Primeau, SO, Northeastern University (Voorhees, NJ) |
Goalie |
Adam Fox, JR, Harvard University*# (Jericho, NY) |
Defense |
Cale Makar, SO, University of Massachusetts (Calgary, AB) |
Defense |
Mitchell Chaffee, SO, University of Massachusetts (Rockford, MI) |
Forward |
Ryan Kuffner, SR, Princeton University @ (Ottawa, ON) |
Forward |
Nico Sturm, JR, Clarkson University (Augsburg, Germany) |
Forward |
Second Team East CCM Hockey All-Americans | |
Andrew Shortridge, JR, Quinnipiac University (Anchorage, AK) |
Goalie |
Jeremy Davies, JR, Northeastern University# (Sainte Anne-de-Bellevue, QC) |
Defense |
Joseph Duszak, JR, Mercyhurst University (Franklin Square, NY) |
Defense |
Blake Christensen, JR, American International College (Coral Springs, FL) |
Forward |
David Cotton, JR, Boston College (Parker, TX) |
Forward |
Josh Wilkins, JR, Providence College (Raleigh, NC) |
Forward |
First Team West CCM Hockey All-Americans | |
Hunter Shepard, JR, University of Minnesota Duluth (Cohasset, MN) |
Goalie |
Quinn Hughes, SO, University of Michigan (Orlando, FL) |
Defense |
Jimmy Schuldt, SR, St. Cloud State University (Minnetonka, MN) |
Defense |
Taro Hirose, JR, Michigan State University (Calgary, AB) |
Forward |
Patrick Newell, SR, St. Cloud State University (Thousand Oaks, CA) |
Forward |
Rem Pitlick, JR, University of Minnesota (Plymouth, MN) |
Forward |
Second Team West CCM Hockey All-Americans | |
Joey Daccord, JR, Arizona State University (North Andover, MA) |
Goalie |
Jack Ahcan, JR, St. Cloud State University (Savage, MN) |
Defense |
Bobby Nardella, SR, University of Notre Dame (Rosemont, IL) |
Defense |
Scott Perunovich, SO, University of Minnesota Duluth# Hibbing, MN) |
Defense |
Mason Jobst, SR, The Ohio State University% (Speedway, IN) |
Forward |
Blake Lizotte, SO, St. Cloud State University (Lindstrom, MN) |
Forward |
Troy Loggins, SR, Northern Michigan University (Huntington Beach, CA) |
Forward |
# First Team in 2017-18; @ Second Team in 2017-18 * First Team in 2016-17; % Second Team in 2016-17 |