1995-96 ALL-CCHA VOTING Voting done by the CCHA's eleven head coaches, who cannot vote for their own players. First, second and third place votes are worth ten, five and two points, respectively. Parenthesis indicates 1994- 95 First Team, Second Team or Honorable Mention All-CCHA. * Indicates that total points are correct, but number of second and third place votes may be off. I hope to see the actual results next week. The results below are based on the CCHA's release of first place votes and total points. Simple algebra produced most of the rest. Guessing is the final component, hence the *'s. FORWARDS NAME TEAM YR 1ST 2ND 3RD PTS 1 Brendan Morrison (1) UM JR 10 0 0 100 1 Sean Tallaire (HM) LSSU SR 6 2 0 70 1 Kevin Hilton (HM) UM SR 5 2 2 64 2 Jason Botterill UM JR 4 4 0 60 2 Anson Carter (1) MSU SR 3 4 3 56 2 Jeremy Brown WMU SR 2 3 3 41 HM Brian Felsner LSSU SR 1 3 3 31 HM John Madden UM JR 0 4 5 30* HM Cody Bowtell UAF JR 1 2 3 26 Curtis Fry (HM) BGSU JR 0 2 3 16* Jamal Mayers WMU SR 0 2 2 14* Bates Battaglia LSSU SO 0 2 0 10* Mike Watt MSU SO 1 0 0 10 Mike Hall BGSU SR 0 1 2 9 Randy Robitaille MU FR 0 0 4 8 Kevyn Adams (2) MU SR 0 1 1 7 Mike Peron UIC SR 0 1 1 7 Kyle Millar WMU SR 0 0 1 2 DEFENSEMEN NAME TEAM YR 1ST 2ND 3RD PTS 1 Keith Aldridge (1) LSSU SR 9 1 0 95 1 Andy Roach (2) FSU JR 4 4 1 62 2 Steven Halko (2) UM SR 4 2 2 54 2 Kelly Perrault (1) BGSU JR 2 6 2 54 HM Blake Sloan (HM) UM JR 1 1 5 25* HM Darren Maloney WMU SR 2 0 1 22 Mike Matteucci LSSU SR 0 3 2 19* Dan Boyle MU SO 0 3 0 15* Harold Schock UM JR 0 2 2 14* Chad Ackerman BGSU SR 0 0 3 6 Dallas Ferguson UAF SR 0 0 3 6 Deuce Wynes UIC SO 0 0 1 2 GOALTENDERS NAME TEAM YR 1ST 2ND 3RD PTS 1 Marc Magliarditi WMU FR 6 3 1 77 2 Tom Askey OSU SR 4 4 1 62 HM John Grahame LSSU SO 1 0 5 20* Chad Alban MSU SO 0 2 3 16* Marty Turco (HM) UM SO 0 2 0 10* Adam Lord UIC SO 0 0 1 2 Apologies for the duplicate H-L and I-H-L info, but I thought it important to repeat the above to shape the context for my comments. FORWARDS No complaints. My first team had Felsner-Hilton-Morrison, with Botterill-Brown-Carter as the second line. I wanted to put Tallaire higher than HM, but I couldn't decide where. The coaches obviously did. Tallaire is a first class goal scorer, but IMO it seemed like Felsner was more of a catalyst for LSSU in the second half when they made their run to the title. I'm thrilled that Madden received HM. I'm surprised that Michigan's Bill Muckalt didn't receive a single vote, because he and Madden are two of the CCHA's most exciting players. (And, Muckalt led the conference in even strength goals.) But, I didn't think the coaches would put more than three Wolverines in the top nine. In hindsight, the one positive of Muckalt being overlooked is the Madden selection. Had they split the votes given to Madden, neither would have made HM. Hearty congratulations to Bowtell for being the first Nanook on the All-CCHA team. Teammate Greg Milles was deserving of a few votes even though he didn't receive any. BGSU has several forwards worthy of looks, the best IMO being Fry who just missed being HM for a second consecutive season. I'm happy to see Adams where he is on the list, because I feel that Adams press clippings have been far more impressive than his on-ice performance the last two seasons. I'm somewhat surprised by Morrison's unanimous selection. It leads me to believe that he may be the favorite for Player of the Year. Morrison IS THE best player in the CCHA, but with his injuries I'm not sure that he had the best season among CCHA players. (Aldridge, Hilton and Magliarditi immediately join the discussion.) If nothing else, I'm surprised by how far Morrison outdistanced Hilton in the voting. And, why did Watt get a first place vote? I'm going to have to look at the stats and see which team Watt lit up this season. :-) DEFENSEMEN Kudos, kudos! As a Michigan fan I'm disappointed because I wanted to see Halko on the first team and Sloan on the second team, but I'm also a Roach fan and he's deserving of recognition. On my personal team, I put Aldrige-Halko as the top pair followed by a near dead heat among Perrault-Roach-Sloan for second team honors. Maloney is a solid choice as the sixth defender. WMU's Steve Duke would have been there if not for a season- ending injury. My biggest thrill among the voting may be the 14 points for Schock. Go Harold! Schock has been a dependable blueliner since arriving in Ann Arbor (from East Lansing!). One minor surprise here is that UND's Garry Gruber didn't get a vote. For that matter, Notre Dame was the only team without a player listed above. However, IMO Gruber was the top Irish player and I put him in the Ackerman-Ferguson company. GOALTENDERS Even more kudos. I don't know why Lord snagged a vote, but otherwise it's perfect. My team has Magliarditi one, Askey two and Grahame three, with Alban and Turco in a dead heat just a whisper behind Grahame. The only surprise I have with the coaches voting is the closeness between Mags and Askey. I think Magliarditi should have had a wider margin, although I do agree that they were without question the top two netminders in the CCHA. (How did Grahame sneak a first place vote?) NOTES If my math is correct, five players were named on every ballot: Keith Aldridge, Anson Carter, Marc Magliarditi, Brendan Morrison and Kelly Perrault. Interesting (IMO fitting) that only three of them made the First Team. Here's a Michigan perspective on the remaining awards: PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Morrison looks to be the man. Aldridge is the best defenseman and should finish in the top 2-4. Mags dominated, but a freshman goaltender is not going to win it. I thought that Hilton and Carter had outside chances until I saw the All-CCHA voting totals. Of the five I've mentioned, I can see reasons for NOT giving it to each one of them. But, maybe I can see more reasons FOR giving to Morrison than any of the others. ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Magliarditi. Done deal. OFFENSIVE DEFENSEMAN OF THE YEAR: Tough call. Perrault has the best shot and is the incumbent. Aldridge is the top scorer and Roach may be the best defenseman with the puck in the CCHA. Any of the three is a good choice. DEFENSIVE DEFENSEMAN OF THE YEAR: I'm keeping my fingers crossed for Halko who won it last year. It would lessen the disappoint of not making the first team. DEFENSIVE FORWARD OF THE YEAR: From a Michigan view, I like Hilton and Madden. Unfortunately, only one player from each team can be nominated. Hilton is the senior and top returning vote getter and I'd like to see him get it. MSU's Carter and UIC's Peron are other candidates. LSSU's Battaglia is a future winner. COACH OF THE YEAR: Ron Mason, Michigan State, for squeezing 45 points out of the Spartans. HM to OSU's John Markell and WMU's Bill Wilkinson, but how much coaching does it take to ride a hot goaltender? Berenson (UM) and Jackson (LSSU) are great bench bosses, but their teams didn't do anything that wasn't expected of them. KICKER OF THE YEAR: Remy Hamilton. Had to get a plug in, I saw Remy at lunch. :-) Thanks for reading this far. John H ([log in to unmask]) HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.