The first monthly honorees of the Men’s Hockey Commissioners Association have been chosen. This year’s monthly selections have expanded to four honorees. They are now: Forward, Goaltender, Defender and Rookie of the Month. A separate release with Women’s Hockey Commissioners Association honorees is also being released today.
Men’s Co-Forward of the Month: Max Plante, SO F, Minnesota Duluth (Hermantown, MN)
Details below
Men’s Co-Forward of the Month: JJ Wiebusch, SO F, Penn State (Verona, WI)
Plante and Wiebusch each had 18 points in
October. Plante led UMD to an 8-1 record with a
line of 9-9-18. Wiebusch and the Nittany Lions
are off to a 9-1 start, his 11-7-18 a big factor.
Men’s Goalie of the Month: Lawton Zacher, JR G, Northeastern (Buffalo, NY)
Zacher’s 5-1 month finished with three wins over Denver and BC (2), allowing a single goal. For the month: .952 and 1.51 with two shutouts.
Runners-Up:
Jack Ivankovic, FR G, Michigan
(Mississauga, ON) (8-1-0, .932, 1.56)
Adam Gajan, SO G, Minnesota Duluth
(Poprad, Slovakia) (8-1-0, .931, 1.45)
Josh Kotai, JR G, Augustana
(Abbotsford, BC) (4-3-0, .937, 1.86)
Jakub Krbecek, SO G, RIT
(Prague, Czechia) (4-1-0, .940, 1.61)
Cameron Korpi, SO G, Union
(South Lyon, MI) (4-1-1, .917, 1.82)
Men’s Co-Defender of the Month: Cole Hutson, SO D, Boston University (Chicago, IL)
Hutson went 3-7-10 in eight games (1.25 PPG)
for BU, with the last five of those games agaisnt
Top Ten opponents.
Men’s Co-Defender of the Month: Ben Robertson, JR D, Michigan (Potomac Falls, VA)
Robertson paced the 8-1 Wolverines with a line
of 0-11-11 in nine games (1.22 PPG). His 11
assists led the NCAA.
Men’s Rookie of the Month: Gavin McKenna, FR F, Penn State (Whitehorse, YT)
McKenna went 3-10-13 in 10 games, his 10 assists leading all NCAA freshmen. He had points in eight games, including the last four in October.
Runners-Up:
Justin Poirier, FR F, Maine
(Valleysfield, PQ) (8 GP, 7-4-11, 1.4 PPG)
Kocha Delic, FR F, Miami
(Ottawa, ON) (7 GP, 5-5-10, 1.4 PPG)
Teydon Trembecky, FR F, Michigan Tech
(Sherwood Park, AB) (7 GP, 5-4-9, 1.3 PPG)
Ethan Wyttenbach, FR F, Quinnipiac
(Roslyn, NY) (8 GP, 4-4-8, 1.0 PPG)
