Friday, April 21, 1995 Contact: Dave Fischer FOR 8:00 RELEASE (Please Follow This! Thank You) BRENT PETERSON HONORED AS MOST VALUABLE PLAYER AT AWARDS BANQUET MTU Captain Set Standard for '94-95 Club Houghton, Mich. -- Senior left wing Brent Peterson (Thunder Bay, Ont.), who led the Huskies in goals with 20 and was second on the team overall in points with 36, was honored with the Merv Youngs Award as the Michigan Tech hockey team's Most Valuable Player Friday evening at the annual Blueline Club Awards Banquet. The event was held in the Memorial Union Ballroom on the MTU campus. Peterson, who closed out his career in a sixth-place tie on MTU's all-time goal scoring chart with 80, also received the Hard Hat/Lunch Bucket and Harold Meese Sportsmanship Awards. Newcomer Andre Savage (Ottawa, Ont.) was presented with the Norbert Matovich Award as the team's Outstanding Freshman. Savage finished among the top rookie scorers in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association this past season and was fourth on the team with seven goals and 17 assists for 24 points. He notched two power play markers and one game-winning goal. Senior Jason Hanchuk (Nepean, Ont.) copped two awards, including the Gitzen-Loutit Memorial Award as the team's Outstanding Defenseman and, for the second straight season, the John MacInnes Slide Rule Award for Scholastic Achievement. Hanchuk had his finest season in terms of goals this past season with four and also gained 10 total points. One of his four lamplighters was the game-winner, that coming in a 4-3 triumph at Ferris State on Oct. 21. He owns a 3.62 cumulative grade point average in civil engineering. Junior center Pat Mikesch (Hancock, Mich.) earned the Gary Crosby Memorial Award as the team's leading scorer and also gained the George McCarthy Performance Award for Scholastic and Athletic Achievement. Mikesch finished with 15 goals and 28 assists, good for 43 total points. He had six power play goals, two shorthanded markers, and three game-winning goals, and also led the team in multiple-point games with 12. Mikesch owns a 3.04 cumulative grade point average in business administration. Freshman goaltender Pete Hamilton (Stillwater, Minn.) was the recipient of the Elov Seger Memorial Award as Most Improved Player. Hamilton, who at the start of the season was slated to spend the year adapting to the college game, stepped in and played in three games during the season. Michigan Tech's five seniors -- defensemen Liam Garvey (Glenwood, Ill.) and Jason Hanchuk (Nepean, Ont.), along with forwards Brent Peterson (Thunder Bay, Ont.), Travis Seale (Mississauga, Ont.), and Randy Stevens (Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.) -- were honored. The group combined for 61 wins during their tenure, the most victories of any senior class since 1985-86. # # # # #