In email, Rick McAdoo writes:
>Time for serious stuff: I know that Kesselring has had a good year, and
>BC's best news has been the strong debut of Jamie O'Leary. Noble has
>done all right in goal for BU. Who is the frontrunner (and who are the
>other candidates) for HE rookie of the year?? I don't know all the
>freshmen that are doing well, and I hoped you might have a better feel
>for this. If you think this question is worthy of HOCKEY-L discussion,
>feel free to put it up there.
I'd be curious to hear other people's thoughts, but at this time,
these would be my leading candidates to make the All-Rookie Team:
Boston College
F Jamie O'Leary
Boston University
G Tom Noble
D Chris Kelleher
Maine
F Shawn Wansborough
F Scott Parmentier
*D Jeff Tory
Mass Lowell
D Mike Nicholishen
Merrimack
F Casey Kesselring
New Hampshire
F Mark Mowers
Northeastern
F Scott Campbell
*-I don't know if Tory is eligible for a "rookie" honor, but if he is,
I would select him.
Out of all of these, my favorites for Rookie of the Year right now are:
1 Noble, BU
2 Mowers, UNH
3 Tory, Maine (if eligible)
O'Leary, BC (if Tory is not eligible)
All of these players have had superb starts and made significant
impacts on their teams, but I think it is a good bet that the Rookie
Team will come from the list above.
Forward will be a tough call, but D & G have little competition. If
Tory is not eligible for such an honor, that leaves only Kelleher and
Nicholishen. And Noble gets the G spot by default, although he has
also played well enough that I would choose him as my RotY.
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