Last night I attended the Annaul ECAC Awards Banquet at the Howard
Johnson's in Lake Placid.
A good crowd, some old faces and some new ones.
Let's start it out.
Don Krone with the Olympic Regional Development Authority was the
host for the evening. He welcomed us and as did the President of
ORDA (whose name I can not remember at this time).
The Clayton Chapman, ECAC Commisioner welcomed us.
Following was a meal consisting of a salad, beet salad, cucmber
salad, Mashed Dill Potatoes, Pasta with Tomato Sauce and vegetables,
Green Beans Almodine. Grilled Cajun Chicken, and Roast Loin of
Pork. Dessert followed. Cake a la mode
(Hey Ralph, you're right these media functions are pretty good)
Don Krone took the dais again and introduced the speeches of the
4 coahces involved:
Dan Fridgen, Don Vaughn, Toot Cahoon, and Mark Morris
The guest speaker for the evening was John Hughes '70 (Cornell)
a member of the undefeated team.
Then it was Awards time.
The presenter/emcee was Hotel Joe Bertagna ECAC Hokey Commissioner.
First the All-ECAC Teams:
1st 2nd
G Tim Thomas (Vermont) Todd Sullivan (Yale)
D Brian Mueller (Clarkson) Adam Bartell (RPI)
D Mike Traggio (Brown) Brad Dexter (Colgate)
F Eric Perrin (Vermont) Mike Harder (Colgate)
F Martin St. Louis (Vermont) Burke Murphy (SLU)
F Marko Tuomainen (Clarkson) Patrice Robitailler (Clarkson)
Honorable Mention:
Goalie: Mike Parsons (Brown)
Mike Tamburro (RPI)
Defense: Thom Cullen (SLU)
Trevor Dodman (Dartmouth)
Reid Simonton (Union)
Steve Wilson (Cornell)
Forward: Chris DeProfio (Colgate)
Steve Martins (Harvard)
Claude Morin (Clarkson)
Ryan Mulhern (Brown)
Bryan Richardson (RPI)
Andy Weidenbach (Yale)
All-Rookie Team:
G Dan Brenzavich (colgate)
G Trevor Koenig (Union)
G Dan Murphy (Clarkson)
D Jimmy Andersson (Brown)
F Chris Clark (Clarkson)
F Eric Healey (RPI)
F Paul DiFrancesco (SLU)
F Tim Loftsgard (Colgate)
F Casson Masters (Princeton)
F Ryan Smart (Cornell)
F David Whitworth (Dartmouth)
Then it was the Best Defensive Defensman Award:
Winner: Mike Traggio (Brown)
Bob Gaudet accepted for Mike who was in Providence studying.
Voting:
Mike Traggio (Brown) 26
Adam Bartell (RPI) 15
Steve Wilson (Cornell) 12
Matt Garzone (Colgate) 5
Bryan Lonsinger (harvard) 5
Jason Smith (Princeton) 5
Dax Burkhart (Dartmouth) 3
Scott Ricci (Clarkson) 1
Toot Cahoon Presented the Best Defensive Forward award:
Winner: Ian Sharp (Princeton)
Voting:
Ian Sharp (Princeton) 20
Perry Cohagan(Harvard) 16
Joel Prpic (SLU) 10
JF Houle (Clarkson) 8
Kelly Askew (RPI) 5
Chris DeProfio (Colgate) 4
Eric Trach (Brown) 4
Brad Chartrand (Cornell) 3
John Emmons (Yale) 2
Then the ECAC Rookie of the Year was presented by Joe Marsh
Winner: Paul DiFrancesco (SLU)
Voting:
Paul DiFrancesco (SLU) 20
Dan Murphy (Clarkson) 19
Dan Brenzavich (Colgate) 14
Ryan Smart (Cornell) 10
Trevor Koenig (Union) 5
Eric Healey (RPI) 3
Henry Higdon (Harvard) 1
Then Clay Chapman presented the Regular Season Champions Award
to Clarkson University.
The ECAC Player of the Year was rpesented by Mike Gilligan.
Winner: Martin St. Louis (Vermont)
Voting:
Martin St. Louis (Vermont) 24
Marko Tuomainen (Clarkson) 18
Mike Harder (Colgate) 14
Burke Murphy (SLU) 7
Ryan Mulhern (brown) 4
Mike Tamburro (RPI) 3
Ian Sharp (Princeton) 2
And finally the ECAC Coach of the Year
Winner: Bob Gaudet (Brown)
Unamimous
Voting was on a 3-2-1 basis
On to the games!!!!!!!
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