WCHA AWARDS

mulefarm · Post by **mulefarm** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 8:27 am

Player of the Year
Rookie if the Year
1st,2nd,3rd team selections
All-rookie team

MNHockey75 · Post by **MNHockey75** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 9:29 am

Player of the Year: Matt Frattin, North Dakota
Rookie of the Year: Jason Zucker, Denver

1st team:
F - Matt Frattin, North Dakota
F - Jason Zucker, Denver
F - Jack Connolly, Minnesota-Duluth
D - Chay Genoway, North Dakota
D - Justin Schultz, Wisconsin
G - Aaron Dell, North Dakota

2nd team:
F - Jason Gregoire, North Dakota
F - Jaden Schwartz, Colorado College
F - Drew Shore, Denver
D - Jake Gardiner, Wisconsin
D - Matt Donovan, Denver
G - Kent Patterson, Minnesota

3rd team:
F - Drew LeBlanc, St. Cloud State
F - Justin Fontaine, Minnesota-Duluth
F - Corban Knight, North Dakota
D - Eric Olimb, Nebraska-Omaha
D - Kurt Davis, Minnesota State
G - Sam Brittain, Denver

Rookie team:
F - Jason Zucker, Denver
F - Jaden Schwartz, Colorado College
F - Nick Bjugstad, Minnesota
D - Justin Faulk, Minnesota-Duluth
D - Nick Jensen, St. Cloud State
G - Sam Brittain, Denver

mulefarm · Post by **mulefarm** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 6:57 pm

Player of the year Matt Frattin UND
Rookie of the Year Jason Zucker Den

1st Team
Jack Connolly UMD Mike Connolly UMD Matt Frattin UND
Jake Gardiner Wis Justin Schultz Wis
Kent Patterson UM

2nd Team
Justin Fontaine UMD Drew Shore Den Jason Zucker Den
Eric Olimb UNO Chay Genoway UND
Aaron Dell UND

3rd Team
Corbin Knight UND Drew LaBlanc SCSU Jason Gregoire UND
Matt Donovan Den Gabe Guentzel CC
John Faulker UNO

Rookie Team
Jason Zucker Den Jaden Schwartz CC JT Brown UMD
Justin Faulk UMD Nick Jensen SCSU
Sam Brittan Den

Coach of the Year
Dean Blais UNO

warriors41 · Post by **warriors41** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 11:27 pm

I'm not saying what team (1st, 2nd, or 3rd) but Bemidji State's goalie deserves some kudos for his work this season.

Dan Bakala had a .918% for a team that didn't play very good defense throughout this year. There were several games this year where he had to make 40+ saves. He made a total of 742 saves this year in 27 games played average of 27.5 saves a game). You can compare that to Aaron Dell of UND who made 700 saves in 33 games played (average of 21) or UNO Faulkner who had 867 in 36 games (24 saves). He plays for Bemidji State so he doesn't get the publicity that players at bigger programs get but he certainly deserves some recognition. I've said it all year that if I could choose one goalie, I'm taking Bakala. Party because of his athleticism, and party because his last name is fun to chant.

PuckU126 · Post by **PuckU126** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 12:48 am

warriors41 wrote:I'm not saying what team (1st, 2nd, or 3rd) but Bemidji State's goalie deserves some kudos for his work this season.

Dan Bakala had a .918% for a team that didn't play very good defense throughout this year. There were several games this year where he had to make 40+ saves. He made a total of 742 saves this year in 27 games played average of 27.5 saves a game). You can compare that to Aaron Dell of UND who made 700 saves in 33 games played (average of 21) or UNO Faulkner who had 867 in 36 games (24 saves). He plays for Bemidji State so he doesn't get the publicity that players at bigger programs get but he certainly deserves some recognition. I've said it all year that if I could choose one goalie, I'm taking Bakala. Party because of his athleticism, and party because his last name is fun to chant.

1. Dell
2. Bakala
3. Faulkner

warriors41 · Post by **warriors41** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 1:11 am

PuckU126 wrote:
warriors41 wrote:I'm not saying what team (1st, 2nd, or 3rd) but Bemidji State's goalie deserves some kudos for his work this season.

Dan Bakala had a .918% for a team that didn't play very good defense throughout this year. There were several games this year where he had to make 40+ saves. He made a total of 742 saves this year in 27 games played average of 27.5 saves a game). You can compare that to Aaron Dell of UND who made 700 saves in 33 games played (average of 21) or UNO Faulkner who had 867 in 36 games (24 saves). He plays for Bemidji State so he doesn't get the publicity that players at bigger programs get but he certainly deserves some recognition. I've said it all year that if I could choose one goalie, I'm taking Bakala. Party because of his athleticism, and party because his last name is fun to chant.
1. Dell
2. Bakala
3. Faulkner

Thank You!

JSR · Post by **JSR** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 11:42 am

mulefarm wrote:Player of the year Matt Frattin UND
Rookie of the Year Jason Zucker Den

1st Team
Jack Connolly UMD Mike Connolly UMD Matt Frattin UND
Jake Gardiner Wis Justin Schultz Wis
Kent Patterson UM

2nd Team
Justin Fontaine UMD Drew Shore Den Jason Zucker Den
Eric Olimb UNO Chay Genoway UND
Aaron Dell UND

3rd Team
Corbin Knight UND Drew LaBlanc SCSU Jason Gregoire UND
Matt Donovan Den Gabe Guentzel CC
John Faulker UNO

Rookie Team
Jason Zucker Den Jaden Schwartz CC JT Brown UMD
Justin Faulk UMD Nick Jensen SCSU
Sam Brittan Den

Coach of the Year
Dean Blais UNO

Pretty much agree with all your picks except Zengerle from Wisconsin should be on all rookie team ahead of Brown or Schwartz, his 30 assists lead the Badgers and is good for second in the entire WCHA in that category and he is 4th on the team in total points (15th in the league in points ahead of Schwartz and Brown) and he is counted on more heavily offensively for the Badgers than either Schwartz or Brown are.

Also I could see Craig Smith (WI) maybe being a third teamer forward he is 7th in the league in total points with 41.

MNHockey75 · Post by **MNHockey75** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 11:30 pm

The WCHA awards are out. I nailed 12/15. I missed Mike Connelly (who I thought I typed in, oops), John Faulkner and Justin Faulk. I don't know how you leave off Brittain who led the Pioneers to a 2nd place finish. He's only a freshman and he had to replace Cheverie. It was supposed to be a time-share in Denver this season. I'm not surprised to see Faulk make it, but I thought Olimb deserved it.

1st team:
F - Frattin
F - M. Connelly
F - J. Connelly
D - Schultz
D - Genoway
G - Dell

2nd team:
F - Fontaine
F - Shore
F - Zucker
D - Gardiner
D - Donovan
G - Patterson

3rd team:
F - Gregoire
F - Schwartz
F - LeBlanc
D - Davis
D - Faulk
G - Faulkner

I went 3/5 on the Rookie team. Which I knew would happen. I knew Brown would make it, but I put Bjugstad in there because he's so much better. Jensen deserved the nod, but Makowski was the easy pick.

Rookie team:
F - Zucker
F - Schwartz
F - Brown
D - Makowski
D - Faulk
G - Brittain

No surprises here...

Player of the year: Matt Frattin
Rookie of the year: Jason Zucker
Student-athlete of the year: Chay Genoway
Defensive player of the year: Justin Schultz
Coach of the year: Dean Blais
Scoring champion: Matt Frattin
Goaltending champion: Aaron Dell

PuckU126 · Post by **PuckU126** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 1:38 am

MNHockey75 wrote:The WCHA awards are out. I nailed 12/15. I missed Mike Connelly (who I thought I typed in, oops), John Faulkner and Justin Faulk. I don't know how you leave off Brittain who led the Pioneers to a 2nd place finish. He's only a freshman and he had to replace Cheverie. It was supposed to be a time-share in Denver this season. I'm not surprised to see Faulk make it, but I thought Olimb deserved it.

1st team:
F - Frattin
F - M. Connelly
F - J. Connelly
D - Schultz
D - Genoway
G - Dell

2nd team:
F - Fontaine
F - Shore
F - Zucker
D - Gardiner
D - Donovan
G - Patterson

3rd team:
F - Gregoire
F - Schwartz
F - LeBlanc
D - Davis
D - Faulk
G - Faulkner

I went 3/5 on the Rookie team. Which I knew would happen. I knew Brown would make it, but I put Bjugstad in there because he's so much better. Jensen deserved the nod, but Makowski was the easy pick.

Rookie team:
F - Zucker
F - Schwartz
F - Brown
D - Makowski
D - Faulk
G - Brittain

No surprises here...

Player of the year: Matt Frattin
Rookie of the year: Jason Zucker
Student-athlete of the year: Chay Genoway
Defensive player of the year: Justin Schultz
Coach of the year: Dean Blais
Scoring champion: Matt Frattin
Goaltending champion: Aaron Dell

Good to see all of those UND boys up there!

JSR · Post by **JSR** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 1:14 pm

MNHockey75 wrote:The WCHA awards are out. I nailed 12/15. I missed Mike Connelly (who I thought I typed in, oops), John Faulkner and Justin Faulk. I don't know how you leave off Brittain who led the Pioneers to a 2nd place finish. He's only a freshman and he had to replace Cheverie. It was supposed to be a time-share in Denver this season. I'm not surprised to see Faulk make it, but I thought Olimb deserved it.

1st team:
F - Frattin
F - M. Connelly
F - J. Connelly
D - Schultz
D - Genoway
G - Dell

2nd team:
F - Fontaine
F - Shore
F - Zucker
D - Gardiner
D - Donovan
G - Patterson

3rd team:
F - Gregoire
F - Schwartz
F - LeBlanc
D - Davis
D - Faulk
G - Faulkner

I went 3/5 on the Rookie team. Which I knew would happen. I knew Brown would make it, but I put Bjugstad in there because he's so much better. Jensen deserved the nod, but Makowski was the easy pick.

Rookie team:
F - Zucker
F - Schwartz
F - Brown
D - Makowski
D - Faulk
G - Brittain

No surprises here...

Player of the year: Matt Frattin
Rookie of the year: Jason Zucker
Student-athlete of the year: Chay Genoway
Defensive player of the year: Justin Schultz
Coach of the year: Dean Blais
Scoring champion: Matt Frattin
Goaltending champion: Aaron Dell

I still would have picked Zengerle over Brown or Schwartz, JMHO

MNHockey75 · Post by **MNHockey75** » Sat Mar 12, 2011 11:46 am

JSR wrote:
MNHockey75 wrote:The WCHA awards are out. I nailed 12/15. I missed Mike Connelly (who I thought I typed in, oops), John Faulkner and Justin Faulk. I don't know how you leave off Brittain who led the Pioneers to a 2nd place finish. He's only a freshman and he had to replace Cheverie. It was supposed to be a time-share in Denver this season. I'm not surprised to see Faulk make it, but I thought Olimb deserved it.

1st team:
F - Frattin
F - M. Connelly
F - J. Connelly
D - Schultz
D - Genoway
G - Dell

2nd team:
F - Fontaine
F - Shore
F - Zucker
D - Gardiner
D - Donovan
G - Patterson

3rd team:
F - Gregoire
F - Schwartz
F - LeBlanc
D - Davis
D - Faulk
G - Faulkner

I went 3/5 on the Rookie team. Which I knew would happen. I knew Brown would make it, but I put Bjugstad in there because he's so much better. Jensen deserved the nod, but Makowski was the easy pick.

Rookie team:
F - Zucker
F - Schwartz
F - Brown
D - Makowski
D - Faulk
G - Brittain

No surprises here...

Player of the year: Matt Frattin
Rookie of the year: Jason Zucker
Student-athlete of the year: Chay Genoway
Defensive player of the year: Justin Schultz
Coach of the year: Dean Blais
Scoring champion: Matt Frattin
Goaltending champion: Aaron Dell
I still would have picked Zengerle over Brown or Schwartz, JMHO

Schwartz would've been first team if not for his injury and Zengerle's numbers faded down the stretch.

JSR · Post by **JSR** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 10:53 am

MNHockey75 wrote:
JSR wrote:
MNHockey75 wrote:The WCHA awards are out. I nailed 12/15. I missed Mike Connelly (who I thought I typed in, oops), John Faulkner and Justin Faulk. I don't know how you leave off Brittain who led the Pioneers to a 2nd place finish. He's only a freshman and he had to replace Cheverie. It was supposed to be a time-share in Denver this season. I'm not surprised to see Faulk make it, but I thought Olimb deserved it.

1st team:
F - Frattin
F - M. Connelly
F - J. Connelly
D - Schultz
D - Genoway
G - Dell

2nd team:
F - Fontaine
F - Shore
F - Zucker
D - Gardiner
D - Donovan
G - Patterson

3rd team:
F - Gregoire
F - Schwartz
F - LeBlanc
D - Davis
D - Faulk
G - Faulkner

I went 3/5 on the Rookie team. Which I knew would happen. I knew Brown would make it, but I put Bjugstad in there because he's so much better. Jensen deserved the nod, but Makowski was the easy pick.

Rookie team:
F - Zucker
F - Schwartz
F - Brown
D - Makowski
D - Faulk
G - Brittain

No surprises here...

Player of the year: Matt Frattin
Rookie of the year: Jason Zucker
Student-athlete of the year: Chay Genoway
Defensive player of the year: Justin Schultz
Coach of the year: Dean Blais
Scoring champion: Matt Frattin
Goaltending champion: Aaron Dell
I still would have picked Zengerle over Brown or Schwartz, JMHO
Schwartz would've been first team if not for his injury and Zengerle's numbers faded down the stretch.

I can give credence to Schwartz in what you are saying but he wa sinjured so we'll never know for sure. Zengerle's numbers weren't great pts wise int he last 7 games, in fact only 1 assist in the last 7 games but they were pretty stellar and consistant up until then. I mean to me that is somewhat the difference between us talking about all rookie team and all WCHA team, if he put up his' averages down the stretch he might have been all-conference but I still think his numbers and considering his role on the team were deserving of all-rookie team. Even if his numbers were down, down the stretch he still finished second in assists overall in the league, that is pretty stellar and his 36 total points were pretty darn good for a rookie. Now to be fair, I will knock him in one regard and that was his +/- he needs to improve in that area and become a better two way player but again, he's a freshman/rookie. Still not too bad.

That said Michael Mersch was a bit overlooked even to us Badger fans. His 19 points were ok, nothing too special but his +23 in +/- overall and +17 in conference games both lead his entire team. Not sure where that ranks in the WCHA but that is pretty salty for a rookie who played in every game this season.....