{"id":23840,"date":"2001-02-17T22:38:38","date_gmt":"2001-02-18T04:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2001\/02\/17\/hamele-named-sunyac-player-of-the-year\/"},"modified":"2010-08-17T19:54:12","modified_gmt":"2010-08-18T00:54:12","slug":"hamele-named-sunyac-player-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2001\/02\/17\/hamele-named-sunyac-player-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamele Named SUNYAC Player of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"
Fredonia goalie Will Hamele led the way with Player of the Year honors, as the SUNYAC announced its 2000-2001 awards today.<\/p>\n
The sophomore Hamele ended the regular season with a 2.40 GAA and a .926 save percentage. Hamele was also named to the All-SUNYAC First Team.<\/p>\n
Oswego’s Mike Lukajic took the Rookie of the Year honors. He scored 13 goals and four assists for 17 points in his first year.<\/p>\n
Coach of the Year honors went to Cortland’s Tim Vanini, a Cornell alumnus. Vanini led the Red Dragons to their first conference postseason action since 1993. In his fourth year at the helm, Vanini guided Cortland to a 4-8-2 conference record, and 9-14-2 overall.<\/p>\n
Plattsburgh led the way with players named to the All-SUNYAC teams. Forwards Brendon Hodge and Jason Kilcan, along with defenseman Bryan Murray, were named to the First Team. Goaltender Niklas Sundberg was named to the Second Team.<\/p>\n
Oswego, Potsdam, Fredonia, and Geneseo each placed two players on the elite teams.<\/p>\n
Name School Pos. Yr. Ht. Wt. Hometown<\/b>
Aaron Coleman Geneseo F Sr. 6-0 190 Buffalo, N.Y.
Brendon Hodge Plattsburgh F So. 6-2 196 Lynnfield, N.Y.
Jason Kilcan Plattsburgh F So. 5-8 182 London, Ont.
Bryan Murray Plattsburgh D Sr. 6-1 194 Barry's Bay, Ont.
Dave Weagle Potsdam D So. 5-11 180 Smith Falls, Ont.
Will Hamele Fredonia G So. 5-9 160 Dearborn, Mich.<\/pre>\nSECOND TEAM<\/h4>\n
Name School Pos. Yr. Ht. Wt. Hometown\/Last Team<\/b>
Sean Darke Potsdam F Sr. 5-11 190 Grosse Pt. Park, Mich.
Derek Kern Oswego F Sr. 5-9 165 Kings Park, N.Y.
John Sullivan Oswego F Sr. 5-9 170 Suffern, N.Y.
B.J. Bouschor Fredonia D Sr. 5-10 165 Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.
Kyle Langdon Geneseo D Sr. 6-0 175 Rochester, N.Y.
Niklas Sundberg Plattsburgh G Jr. 6-3 220 Stockholm, Sweden<\/pre>\n2000-01 Player of the Year<\/b>: Will Hamele, Fredonia
2000-01 Rookie of the Year<\/b>: Mike Lukajic, Oswego 2000-01
Coach of the Year<\/b>: Tim Vanini, Cortland<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fredonia goalie Will Hamele led the way with Player of the Year honors, as the SUNYAC announced its 2000-2001 awards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":140328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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