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2002 PROVIDENCE COLLEGE HOCKEY TEAM AWARDS ANNOUNCED

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Providence College men’s hockey team announced its
annual team awards on Friday, April 12th at the Biltmore Hotel in
Providence, R.I. at the team’s 2001-02 Awards Banquet.
        Junior right wing Jon DiSalvatore (South Windsor, Conn.) received the
Lamoriello Award, which is given to the team’s most valuable player.
DiSalvatore led the Friars in scoring with career-bests of 16 goals scored
and 26 assists for 42 points in 38 games. The junior co-captain tied for
the team-lead with six power-play goals and registered two short-handed
tallies. DiSalvatore also earned the HOCKEY EAST’s Len Ceglarski
Sportsmanship Award.
        Junior goaltender Nolan Schaefer (Yellow Grass, Sask.) received the Ronald
Wilson Award as the team’s top defensive player. Schaefer anchored the
Friar defense in goal, playing in 35 games and logging 2,062 of a possible
2,311 minutes. He recorded a 3.29 goals against average, a .905 save
percentage and an 11-18-5 overall record on the season. Schaefer concluded
his junior season ranked seventh on the Friars career saves list with 2,140
stops.
        Junior left wing Mike Lucci (Parma, Ohio) received the Thomas Eccleston,
Jr. Award as the squad’s unsung hero and he received the Friar Award, which
is given by the Providence coaches to the player who they feel has done the
little things that do not appear in the statistics. In 38 games, Lucci
scored five goals and added 11 assists for 16 points. He was eighth on the
team in scoring and added a power-play and short-handed goal.
        Freshman defenseman Jeff Mason (Easthampton, Mass.) earned the team’s
Plus/Minus Award. He also received the Reverend Herman Schneider Award,
which is given to the most valuable freshman. Mason played in 34 of 38
games this season, totalling one goal and nine assists for 10 points, and
he led the squad with a plus/minus rating of +13.
        Senior center Peter Fregoe (Massena, N.Y.) received the team’s Academic
Award. Fregoe was second on the Friars in scoring with 15 goals and 23
assists for 38 points in 38 games. Fregoe, a management major, recorded the
squad’s highest grade point average to earn the award.

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Bob Rothwell
Senior Assistant Director of Athletic Media Relations
Providence College
phone: (401) 865-2201
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