Four players share Player of the Month honors for January, with three on the men’s side and a lone standout for the women. Six others grabbed Rookie and Goalie honors in a month of eye-popping performances across the country.
Men’s Co-Player of the Month: Mac Gadowsky, SO D, Army West Point (State College, PA)
Led all NCAA blueliners with 8-8-16 in a month in which
the Cadets went 6-1 in Atlantic Hockey play.
Men’s Co-Player of the Month: Ryan Kirwan, SR F, Arizona State (DeWitt, NY)
Kirwan went 11-6-17 in nine games and added a +9 to
his stat line as ASU rose in the national rankings.
Men’s Co-Player of the Month: Jimmy Snuggerud, JR F, Minnesota (Chaska, MN)
Went 11-6-17, becoming the third player in team history to begin a career with three straight 20-goal seasons.
Runners-Up:
Isaac Howard, JR F, Michigan State
(Hudson, WI) (10 GP, 10-8-18, 1.8 PPG)
Liam Malmquist, SR F, St. Thomas
(Edina, MN) (9 GP, 6-7-13, 1.4 PPG)
Women’s Player of the Month: Abbey Murphy SR F, Minnesota (Evergreen Park, IL)
Murphy had 18 points (8-10-18) in leading the Gophers to a 9-1-0 record. She is third in NCAA this year with 1.72 PPG.
Runners-Up:
Vanessa Upson GR F, Mercyhurst
(Stoney Creek, ON) (10 GP, 8-7-15, 1.5 PPG)
Tessa Janecke, JR F, Penn State
(Orangeville, IL) (9 GP, 5-8-13, 1.4 PPG)
Julia Pellerin, SO F, Boston College
(Windham, NH) (9 GP, 7-5-12)
Men’s Rookie of the Month: Ryan Manzella, FR G, Michigan Tech (Eagan, MN)
Was 5-0-0 in six games played, putting up 1.23 GAA and a .950 save percentage. Had three shutouts in five starts.
Runners-Up:
Trevor Hoskin, FR F, Niagara
(Belleville, ON) (9 GP, 4-10-14)
Erik Påhlsson, FR F, Minnesota
(Landskrona, Sweden) (9 GP, 2-10-12)
Teddy Stiga, FR F, Boston College
(Sudbury, MA) (8 GP, 5-5-10, finals’ GWG at World Juniors)
Women’s Rookie of the Month: Lisa Jönsson, FR G, Northeastern (Stockholm, Sweden)
Another strong month for Jönsson as she went 7-2-0 with a GAA of 1.23, a save percentage of .949 and three shutouts.
Runners-Up:
Julia Schalin, FR F, Mercyhurst
(Espoo, Finland) (9 GP, 4-8-12)
Cami Bell, FR F, Yale
(Barre, VT) (10 GP, 8-4-12)
Men’s Co-Goaltender of the Month: Josh Kotai, SO G, Augustana (Abbotsford, BC)
A main reason Augustana moved up in the rankings in January,
Kotai went 5-0-2 with a 1.39 GAA and a .958 save percentage.
Men’s Co-Goaltender of the Month: Tyler Muszelik, JR G, UConn (Long Valley, NJ)
Muszelik posted numbers of 1.38 and .951 in an undefeated January (4-0-1), including wins vs Maine, UNH and Quinnipiac.
Runners-Up:
Simon Latkoczy, JR G, Omaha
(Trencin, Slovakia) (5-1-1, .943, 1.99)
Thomas Gale, SR G, Holy Cross
(Kirkland, PQ) (5-1-1, 2.10, .930)
Women’s Co-Goaltender of the Month: Katie DeSa, JR G, Penn State (Pawcatuck, CT)
Had a phenomenal month: .957 percentage, 1.00 GAA and a
9-0-0 record (including a win at #3 Minnesota).
Women’s Co-Goaltender of the Month: Annelies Bergmann, SO G, Cornell (Detroit, MI)
Playing ranked opponents in seven of 10 games, she went 7-1-2, .946, 1.23, with two shutouts (vs. Clarkson and SLU).
Runners-Up:
Ava McNaughton, SO G, Wisconsin
(Seven Fields, PA) (9 GP, 1.45 GAA, 7-0-2, .938)
Abbie Thompson, SR G, Long Island University
(Forest Lake, MN) (6 GP, 0.84, .970)
Hope Walinski, SR G, Providence
(Lincoln, RI) (8-1-0, 1.43, .941)