Matthew Kessel was one of eight UMass Minutemen named to the 2020-21 Hockey East All-Academic All-Star Team
Record 187 Student-Athletes Named to Men's All-Academic Team
Honored Players Earned a 3.0 GPA or Better in Each School Semester

WAKEFIELD, Mass. - The Hockey East Association is proud to announce a record 187 male student-athletes have been named to the league’s 2020-21 All-Academic Team. Each student-athlete achieved a grade point average of 3.0 or better in each of the two academic periods during which they were actively competing.

Additionally, a record 18 players, including two goaltenders, six defensemen, and 10 forwards, earned the prestigious honor of being named Hockey East’s Top Scholar-Athlete, compiling a perfect 4.0 GPA for the season. Those players have been selected to the 2020-21 Hockey East Academic All-Star Team, noted below.

Eighteen players reached “Distinguished Scholar” status in 2020-21, having qualified for the All-Academic team in each of four seasons of varsity play, while 34 others are three-time honorees.


Boston College (6)

Jack Agnew
Michael Karow +
Spencer Knight
Marc McLaughlin
Jack Moffatt **
Jack St. Ivany


Boston University (14)

Jamie Armstrong **
Markus Boguslavsky **
Joseph Campolieto
Drew Commesso
Domenick Fensore
Thomas Jarman
Max Kaufman +
Jay O’Brien
Ethan Phillips
Wilmer Skoog
Sam Stevens **
Luke Tuch
Alex Vlasic
Cade Webber


UConn (12)

Cassidy Bowes
Jonny Evans
Yan Kuznetsov **
Matthew Pasquale
Gavin Puskar
Zachary Robbins **
Artem Shlaine
Hudson Schandor
Bradley Stone +
Carter Turnbull ***
Tomas Vomacka
Ryan Wheeler ***


Maine (17)

Adrien Bisson
Dawson Bruneski **
Simon Butala ***
Adam Dawe
AJ Drobot **
Brady Gaudette **
Remy Parker
Benjamin Poisson **
Jack Quinlivan +
Jacob Schmidt-Svejstrup ***
Jacob Sirota **
Cameron Spicer +
Matthew Thiessen **
Veli-Matti Tiuraniemi +
Eduards Tralmaks ***
Emil Westerlund +
Perry Winfree **


Massachusetts (21)

Linden Alger
Aaron Bohlinger ^
Gianfranco Cassaro
Anthony Del Gaizo ***^
Marc Del Gaizo ***
Eric Faith **^
Ty Farmer ***
Colin Felix ***
Henry Graham
Jerry Harding
Matthew Kessel **^
Cal Kiefiuk **
Philip Lagunov +^
Reed Lebster **^
Filip Lindberg ***^
Josh Lopina
George Mika ***^
Matt Murray +
Ryan Sullivan
Bobby Trivigno **
Kolby Vegara ***


UMass Lowell (27)

Matt Allen
Nik Armstrong-Kingkade
Seth Barton ***
Anthony Baxter +
Carl Berglund **
Chase Blackmun ***^
Matt Brown **
Brian Chambers **
Lucas Condotta ***
Brehdan Engum
Zach Kaiser **
Sam Knoblauch ***
Marek Korencik **
Josh Latta
Charlie Levesque +
Jon McDonald ***
Benjamin McEvoy **
Logan Neaton **
Austin O’Rourke ***
Dominick Procopio ***^
Nolan Sawchuck ***
Jordan Schulting **
Connor Sodergren +
Reid Stefanson ***^
Jackson Sterrett
Andre Lee
Blake Wells **


Merrimack (25)

Ben Brar **^
Declan Carlile
Liam Dennison **
Dominic Dockery +
Logan Drevitch **
Hugo Esselin **^
Filip Forsmark
Chase Gresock
Tyler Heidt ***
Jere Huhtamaa **
Filip Karlsson-Tagtstrom
Regan Kimens **
Troy Kobryn **^
Jakob Lee
Mick Messner ^
Jacob Modry **
Max Newton
Ryan Nolan **
Kevin Sadovski
Jordan Seyfert ***
Christian Simeone **
Zach Uens **
Zach Vinnell **^
Liam Walsh **
Mac Welsher **


New Hampshire (19)

Joseph Cipollone **
Angus Crookshank **
Filip Engaras
Eric Esposito **
Jeremy Forman
Lucas Herrmann
Drew Hickey ***
Charlie Kelleher
Benton Maass +
Eric MacAdams
Will MacKinnon ***
Joe Nagle
Jackson Pierson
Luke Reid
Kohei Sato ***
Alec Semandel
Chase Stevenson
Ryan Verrier ***
Tyler Ward


Northeastern (17)

Steven Agriogianis
Marco Bozzo
Jeremie Bucheler **
Matt DeMelis **
Johnny DeRoche **
Curtis Frye +
Austin Goldstein ***
Ty Jackson
Devon Levi
Aidan McDonough **
Alex Mella **
Collin Murphy
Connor Murphy **
Michael Outzen
Nick Scarpa **
Neil Shea
TJ Walsh **


Providence (17)

Michael Callahan ***
Garrett Devine **
Parker Ford **
Matt Koopman
Anton Martinsson
John McDermott **
Cam McDonald **
Gabe Mollot-Hill +
Albin Nilsson **
Jason O’Neill **
Luke Perunovich **
Nick Poisson
Greg Printz **
Uula Ruikka
James Scannell **
Jaxson Stauber
Matt Tugnutt ^


Vermont (12)

Matt Beck ***
Gabe Carriere
Ace Cowans +
Alex Esposito ***
Owen Grant +^
Noah Jordan
Brian Kelly ***
Carter Long ***
Andrew Pertillo ***
Cody Schiavon
Whim Stalberg
William Zapernick

** two-time honoree
*** three-time honoree
+ Distinguished Scholar (3.0 in each semester of four varsity seasons)
^ Top Scholar Athlete (Highest GPA in Hockey East)


2020-21 Hockey East All-Academic All-Star Team

G: Troy Kobryn, Merrimack
G: Filip Lindberg, Massachusetts

D: Chase Blackmun, UMass Lowell
D: Aaron Bohlinger, Massachusetts
D: Owen Grant, Vermont
D: Matthew Kessel, Massachusetts D: Zach Vinnell, Merrimack

F: Dom Procopio, UMass Lowell
F: Ben Brar, Merrimack
F: Hugo Esselin, Merrimack
F: Anthony Del Gaizo, Massachusetts
F: Eric Faith, Massachusetts
F: Philip Lagunov, Massachusetts
F: Reed Lebster, Massachusetts
F: Mick Messner, Merrimack
F: George Mika, Massachusetts
F: Reid Stefanson, UMass Lowell F: Matt Tugnutt, Providence