CENTERVILLE, Mass. - Interim Commissioner Steve Bamford of the Eastern College Athletic Conference announced today the ECAC Northeast allconference hockey teams for the 2012-2013 season. The team is voted on by the coaches of the league each year.
Senior defenseman Shaun Jameson (Long Beach, Calif./St. Louis, NAHL) of Wentworth Institute of Technology earned Player of the Year in the ECAC Northeast. Jameson finished the season with 4 goals and 18 assists for 22 points during conference play, helping to lead the Leopards to a first-place finish in the regular season. He was first in the ECAC Northeast in assists (18) and tied for second in points (22).
Freshman goaltender Alex Larson (Madison, Ala./Cleveland Jr. Lumberjacks, NA3HL) of Nichols College was voted Goalie of the Year, compiling a .932 save percentage and a 2.02 goals-against average in ECAC Northeast league play. Rinn was ranked second in the ECAC Northeast in goals against average, second in save percentage, and first in shutouts (2). Nichols earned a No. 2 seed in this year's ECAC Northeast Ice Hockey Championship Tournament.
Tyler Beasley (Indianapolis, Ind./Rochester Ice Hawks, MNJHL) from Nichols College was voted Rookie of the Year for his outstanding play this season. He concluded the conference season with 8 goals and 8 assists for 16 points, leading all conference freshmen.
Kevin Swallow of Nichols and Andy Boschetto of Salve Regina were voted ECAC Northeast League Co-Coaches of the Year. Nichols finished No. 2 in the league with a 9-4-1 record. Salve Regina finished No. 5 in the league with a 5-7-2 league record, a great improvement from a seventh place finish last year and a 2-12 record.
Joining Jameson and Larson on the All-ECAC Northeast First Team is Wentworth sophomore forward Kevin Crowe (Galloway, N.J./St. Louis, NAHL), who finished the regular season with 19 points on 10 goals and 9 assists. Fellow sophomore forward Brandon Stroud (Clarksville, Ind./New Jersey Hitmen, EJHL), from Western New England College finished with 9 goals and 13 assists for 22 points to earn his spot on the first team. Rounding out the First Team forwards is senior Ian Delong from Curry College, who finished with 23 points on 10 goals and 13 assists. Senior defenseman Brett Kaneshiro of Curry College also earned First Team honors after helping to lead the Colonels to a No. 3 finish in league standings with 12 points on 1 goal and 11 assists.
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