from the falcons web site:
Weisgarber earns three awards; Lamoureux named MVP
Sellers top defensive player; Torf top freshman; Walsh named
most improved
Junior Paul Weisgarber earned three of the seven major awards
and senior Jacques Lamoureux was named the team's most
valuable player at the 2011 Air Force hockey banquet,
presented by the Falcon Blue Line Club, Sunday, April 3, at
the Embassy Suites Hotel in Colorado Springs.
Junior Paul Weisgarber earned the team's Vic Heyliger award,
the cornerstone of Air Force hockey. The award, voted on by
the team, is given to the player whose dedication, character,
leadership and work ethic exemplifies Falcon hockey and is
named after the Academy's first hockey coach. The winger from
Fargo, N.D., truly embodies the award. A tenacious penalty
killer, this season he was second on the team with a
career-high 13 goals and sixth with a career-best 25 points.
Weisgarber's two game-winners were tied for second on the team
and 15th in the AHA. He is one of just three players, and the
only forward, in school history to win three major awards,
joining Mike Keough in 2000 and Billy Devoney in 2007.
Weisgarber also earned the Jim Bowman Award as the team's top
scholar athlete and the Larry Cronk Award as the team's most
inspirational player. Not only was Weisgarber among the team's
top scorers, but he made some of the biggest plays of the
season by scoring timely goals, drawing penalties, winning
faceoffs and blocking shots. In the class room, Weisgarber has
a 3.57 cumulative grade point average. In his major of
management, he has a 3.95 GPA. He has been on the
Superintendent's List for excellence in academics, military
studies and athletics every semester.
Lamoureux earned the Chuck Delich Award as the team's MVP.
This award, voted on by the team, is named after the Falcons'
all-time leading scorer and program's third head coach.
Lamoureux led the team with 24 goals and 44 points this
season. A second-team all-conference selection, Lamoureux was
named the MVP at the AHA Tournament as he helped lead Air
Force to its fourth AHA title in five years. He scored the
game-winner in both games at the AHA Final Four. His 13
power-play goals lead the nation and his five game-winners are
the 10th most in the country. He ranks sixth in AFA history
with 79 goals scored, the most by any Falcon in the last 25
years. His 136 career points rank 15th in school history. This
season, he broke the league record with 59 career goals in
conference games.
Sophomore defenseman Mike Walsh won the team's most improved
player award, as voted on by the team. After playing just over
half the games as a freshman, the Vernon Hills, Ill., native
had a career best seven points this season and played in all
38 games on the blue line. He had the only assist on Derrick
Burnett's game-winner vs. Robert Morris, Feb. 26, as Air Force
clinched a bye in the first round of the playoffs.
Goaltender Jason Torf earned the John Matchefts Award, voted
on by the team, as the team's freshman of the year. The first
goalie to ever win the award, Torf's 16 wins this season were
the second most of any freshman goaltender in the nation. He
started 30 consecutive games dating back to his first career
win over third-ranked Yale, Nov. 14. An AHA all-rookie and
all-tournament team selection, Torf finished the season with a
2.87 goals-against average and a .909 saves percentage. He
tied his career high with 40 saves, and recorded his second
career shutout in the 1-0 win over RIT in the AHA championship
game.
Senior Brad Sellers was named the team's defensive player of
the year. This award is presented to the defensive player who
the coaching staff feels was the team's most diligent
defensive performer. Sellers' +16 was the best on the team and
the fourth best in the league this season. The Centennial,
Colo., native posted a career +45 which is the best by any
player in head coach Frank Serratore's 14-year tenure. A solid
defensive defenseman, Sellers was named to the all-tournament
team at the Denver Cup this season when he scored the
game-winner against Clarkson.
also [ not in the web site article ] Paul Weisgraber and Scott
Mathis will be captains next year.
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