Koho Player of the Week (1/18/99):
JASON KROG, NEW HAMPSHIRE: SR F (Fernie, BC) scored 3-3-6 in two wins
to lead UNH to first
place and become NH's fourth leading all-time scorer. Leads country in
points-per-game.
 
Koho Rookie of the Week (1/18/99):
BARRETT HEISTEN, MAINE: FR F (Anchorage, AK) finished the week 1-4-5,
including the
game-winner against UMass Amherst on Sunday.
 
Heaton Defensive Player of the Week (1/18/99):
JOSH MACNEVIN, PROVIDENCE: JR D (W. Lethbridge, ALB) led defensive
corps which allowed
just five goals in three games. Notched five points on the week (1-4-5).
 
 
 
Honor Roll (1/18/99):
 
MIKE LEPHART, BOSTON COLLEGE: SO F (Niskayuna, NY) scored three goals
in two games
this week, including eventual game-winner against Northeastern.
 
STEVE KARIYA, MAINE: SR F (N. Vancouver, BC) finished the week with
1-4-5 to lead Maine to
2-0 week, scored 1-3-4 against UMass Amherst.
 
ALFIE MICHAUD, MAINE: JR G (Selkirk, MAN) recorded first shutout of the
Hockey East season
with 5-0 win over UMass Amherst.
 
JEFF BOULANGER, UMASS LOWELL: JR F (North Bay, ONT) scored his first
career hat trick, a
natural at that, against Union.
 
MIKE SOUZA, NEW HAMPSHIRE: JR F (Wakefield, MA) scored 2-3-5 in two
games against
Merrimack.
 
TY CONKLIN, NEW HAMPSHIRE: SO G (Anchorage, AK) earned his 10th victory
in as many
starts on Thursday, allowing just one goal to remain national
goaltending leader with 1.21 GAA and
.939 save percentage.
 
JIM FAHEY, NORTHEASTERN: FR D (Milton, MA) scored two assists against
BU.
 
CHRIS LYNCH, NORTHEASTERN: FR F (Duxbury, MA) scored 1-1-2 against BU,
including
game-winner.
 
TROY LAKE, PROVIDENCE: SR F (Edmonton, ALB) led Friar offense with
3-2-5 in three games.
 
DREW OMICIOLI, PROVIDENCE: FR F (West Warwick, RI) netted game winning
goal against
Brown to capture Mayor's Cup.
 
 
 
Commissioner's Corner:
 
We announced a contest this week, designed to get fans involved in
selecting the top 15 moments
in Hockey East's first 15 years. Fan ballots have been distributed
through the nine arenas and 16
MVP Sports locations. Fans will actually choose from 42 nominated
moments from the first 14
seasons. An expert panel from the nine Hockey East schools' areas will
cast ballots with a later
deadline, allowing them to include special moments from this, the 15th
season. Two lucky fans will
be drawn at random from the ballots submitted and will receive a
special "Getaway Weekend" in
Boston, including two nights at the Sonesta Hotel, tickets to the
Hockey East Championships at
the FleetCenter, VIP passes, and more. Runners-up receive tickets and
other gifts. The original plan
was to send people to Anaheim for the NCAA's until we discovered that
the NCAA Tournament
cannot be used in such a contest unless the sponsors involved are NCAA
corporate partners. Some
of ours were not ... If you get a chance to see our new tournament
poster, please know that the
piece was designed by Cazzie Smith, daughter of U.S. Women's Olympic
Coach Ben Smith.
Cazzie directs her own graphic design company out of Beverly, MA ...
Next fall, when the
1999-2000 Hockey East season faces off, the league will announce its
Team of the 1990's. The nine
head coaches willl vote on the Hockey East All Decade Team over the
summer months. Perhaps
fans should try their hand at this and compare with the coaches' final
selections. -- Joe Bertagna
 
 
 
Hockey East Team Notes:
 
BOSTON COLLEGE sophomore forward Brian Gionta (Rochester, NY) maintains
the Eagles'
team scoring lead (13-21-34). In the meantime, Blake Bellefeuille (JR,
F, Framingham, MA) is
on the threshold of the career century mark with 48-51-99 ... BOSTON
UNIVERSITY goaltender
Michel Larocque (SR, Dieppe, NB) recorded 30 saves against Northeastern
on Sunday, marking
the eighth time this season he has made at least that many. The
Terriers have just four
regular-season home games left and must finish 3-1 to have a winning
record at Walter Brown
Arena this year ... UNIVERSITY OF MAINE goaltender Alfie Michaud (JR,
Selkirk, MAN) tied a
UMaine career shutout record, previously held by Garth Snow, with his
fifth against UMass Amherst
on Sunday (5-0). The game against UMass will have been maine's only
home contest in the month
of January and February, before they return home on Feb. 7 to host New
Hampshire ...UMASS
AMHERST has a shortened supply of defensemen, with only four dressed
for friday's game against
Providence. Junior forward Jeff Blanchard (Stouffville, ONT) broke the
UMass record for
consecutive games played this weekend at Maine, appearing in his 80th
... UMASS LOWELL has
aquired a new goaltender. Brendan Hynes (FR, G, Lawrence, MA) has
joined the River Hawks'
line-up this spring, playing his first career game against Union and
recording three saves in 4:29 ...
MERRIMACK COLLEGE Hobey Baker candidate Rejean Stringer (SR, F,
Gravelbourg, SASK) was
held without a point by UNH for only the third time this season on
Saturday. In the Warriors last five
games, they stand at 2-2-1 with two games against Maine on tap for this
weekend ... UNIVERSITY
OF NEW HAMPSHIRE senior captain and Hobey Baker finalist Jason Krog (F,
Fernie, BC) is just
one point from becoming tied for UNH's third all-time leading scorer
position. Krog's next point will
tie him with former Wildcat Mark Mowers, who was called up to play for
the NHL's Nashville
Predators this past week ... NORTHEASTERN's win at Boston University
was the Huskies' first at
alter Brown Arena since November 13, 1992 (2-1). Northeastern was
0-12-0 in that span ...
PROVIDENCE COLLEGE will look to earn its first victory against Boston
College in almost two full
years this Friday on the FOX Sports New England Game of the Week. The
Friars last win against
the Eagles was on Feb. 7, 1997. PC was 0-4-1 against BC last season.