Gridiron Club of Greater Boston president Dave O’Brien announced Wednesday that Boston University goaltender John Curry is the winner of the 55th Walter Brown Award, the nation’s oldest college hockey honor.<\/p>\n
Presented annually to the best American-born college hockey player in New England, the Walter Brown Award was established in 1953 by the members of the 1933 Massachusetts Rangers, a team coached by Brown to America’s first world championship in ice hockey. Criteria for the selection committee include leadership, character, sportsmanship, and ability as well as on-ice achievement. The Gridiron Club of Greater Boston has been steward of the Walter Brown Award since 1977.<\/p>\n
Curry, a Terrier senior from Shorewood, Minn., ranks third in the nation with a 1.92 goals-against average and leads the country in shutouts with seven. His save percentage of .931 places him second in the country in that category. He posted a 17-9-8 record in backstopping Boston University to a third-place regular season finish in Hockey East.<\/p>\n
Curry, Boston University’s all-time leader in goals-against average with 2.05 and in save percentage with .924, was a semifinalist for the Walter Brown Award in both his sophomore and junior years.<\/p>\n
Curry edged out Quinnipiac senior defenseman Reid Cashman and New Hampshire junior goaltender Kevin Regan in the final balloting. Cashman finished the season as the nation’s highest-scoring rearguard, collecting three goals and 38 assists. The Red Wing, Minn., resident led the Bobcats to a fifth seed in the ECACHL and playoff upsets of fourth-seeded Cornell and first-place St. Lawrence. Also a Walter Brown Award semifinalist in 2006, Cashman ended his collegiate career with 148 points.<\/p>\n
Regan’s stout netminding was a primary reason that the Wildcats, picked to finish fourth in Hockey East, emerged as the circuit’s pennant winner. The South Boston, Mass., native is currently the national leader in save percentage with .936, and fifth in the country in goals-against average with a 2.06 mark. He posted a 24-8-2 record for the year.<\/p>\n
“Once again, we had a superb field of semifinalist candidates for the Walter Brown Award. This was no surprise, because it was a tremendously competitive and defense-oriented year in both Hockey East and the ECACHL,” said selection committee chairman Tim Costello.<\/p>\n
Curry will receive the 2007 Walter Brown Award at the New England Hockey Writers’ Dinner on Wednesday, April 11 in Saugus, Mass.<\/p>\n
Walter Brown Award Winners<\/b><\/p>\n
1953 Ray Picard, Northeastern
\n1954 Bob Babine, Boston College
\n1955 Bill Cleary, Harvard
\n1956 R.J. Cavanaugh, Northeastern
\n1957 Bob Cleary, Harvard
\n1958 Bob Cleary, Harvard
\n1959 Mike Karin, Middlebury
\n1960 Art Chisholm, Northeastern
\n1961 Tom Martin, Boston College
\n1962 Dave Grannis, Harvard
\n1963 Bill Hogan, Boston College
\n1964 Richie Green, Boston University
\n1965 Bob Gaudreau, Brown
\n1966 John Cunniff, Boston College
\n1967 Jerry York, Boston College
\n1968 Tim Sheehy, Boston College
\n1969 Paul Hurley, Boston College
\n1970 Tim Sheehy , Boston College
\n1971 Joe Cavanagh, Harvard
\n1972 Bob McManama, Harvard
\n1973 Tom Mellor, Boston College
\n1974 Ed Walsh, Boston University
\n1975 Ron Wilson, Providence
\n1976 Richie Smith, Boston College
\n1977 Bob Miller, New Hampshire
\n1978 Joe Mullen, Boston College
\n1979 Ralph Cox, New Hampshire
\n1980 Bill Army, Boston College
\n1981 Mark Switaj, Boston College
\n1982 Chuck Marshall, Northeastern
\n1983 Mark Fusco, Harvard
\n1984 Cleon Daskalakis, Boston University
\n1985 Tim Army, Providence
\n1986 Scott Fusco, Harvard; Scott Harlow, Boston College
\n1987 Brian Leetch, Boston College
\n1988 Mike McHugh, Maine
\n1989 Lane MacDonald Harvard
\n1990 Greg Brown, Boston College
\n1991 Dave Emma, Boston College
\n1992 Rob Gaudreau, Providence
\n1993 Dave Sacco, Boston University
\n1994 Jacques Joubert, Boston University
\n1995 Mike Grier, Boston University
\n1996 Jay Pandolfo, Boston University
\n1997 Chris Drury, Boston University
\n1998 Chris Drury, Boston University
\n1999 Mike Mottau, Boston College; Mike Omicioli, Providence
\n2000 Mike Mottau, Boston College
\n2001 Ty Conklin, New Hampshire; Brian Gionta, Boston College
\n2002 Jim Fahey, Northeastern
\n2003 Mike Ayers, New Hampshire
\n2004 Steve Saviano, New Hampshire
\n2005 Dov Grumet-Morris Harvard
\n2006 Chris Collins, Boston College
\n2007 John Curry, Boston University, <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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