Goaltender Kyle Jones of St. Norbert leads the field of 2007-2008 Division III All-Americans announced prior to the Division III championships, held this weekend at Herb Brooks Arena. Jones, a three-time All-American, was named the winner of the Sid Watson Award, given annually of the nation’s best Division III men’s hockey player. Norwich’s Rick Cleaver was named runner-up. <\/p>\n
Jones, who will play in this weekend’s championships, is having one of the best seasons ever by a Division III goaltender. In 23 games this season, he has 1.18 goals against average and a save percentage of .945. Jones holds the NCAA Division III record for wins (85) and shutouts (23). He is the only Division III player selected to play in the annual “Skills Challenge” during the NCAA Division I Men’s Frozen Four in Denver, Colo.<\/p>\n
Below are the All-American squads:<\/p>\n
First Team East<\/p>\n
Goalie\t\tKeith Longo, Jr., Hobart (Hopedale, Mass.)<\/p>\n
Defense\t\tArthur Fritch, Sr., Colby* (South Boston, Mass.)
\nDefense\t\tTom Maldonado, Sr, Middlebury* (Bronx, N.Y.)
\nForward\t\tRick Cleaver, Sr., Norwich*@ (Parksville, British Columbia)
\nForward\t\tT.J. Kelly, Sr., Colby, (Ridgefield, Conn.)
\nForward\t\tMike Richard, SR, Elmira (LaSalle, Quebec)
\nFirst Team West
\n
\nGoalie\t\tKyle Jones, Sr., St. Norbert@% (North Delta, British Columbia)
\nDefense\t\tJim Henkemeyer, Sr., UW-River Falls* (St. Cloud, Minn.)
\nDefense\t\tJoe Long, Jr., Hamline (Dayton, Minn.)
\nForward\t\tMarc Belanger, Sr., St. Norbert* (Nanaimo, British Columbia)
\nForward\t\tT.J. Dahl, Sr., UW-River Falls* (Burnsville, Minn.)
\nForward\t\tDustin Fulton, Jr., Hamline (Brooklyn Park, Minn.)<\/p>\n
Second Team East<\/p>\n
Goalie\t\tCasey Tuttle, So, Elmira (Chelsea, Maine)
\nDefense\t\tNic Dumoulin, Jr, Elmira (Prevost, Quebec)
\nDefesne\t\tMike Westerman, Sr, Bowdoin (Ann Arbor, Mich.)
\nForward\t\tRyan Ellis, Jr., Oswego (Georgetown, Ontario)
\nForward\t\tNikita Kashirsky, Jr, Norwich (Moscow, Russia)
\nForward\t\tNeil Trimm, Sr, Neumann* (Westmearth, Ontario)<\/p>\n
Second Team West<\/p>\n
Goalie\t\tTyler Chestnut, So., St. Thomas (Faribault, Minn.)
\nDefense\t\tJohn Paulson, Sr., St. Olaf# (Eden Prairie, Minn.)
\nDefense\t\tJack Wolgemuth, Jr., UW-Stout (Anchorage, Alaksa)
\nForward\t\tPat Borgestad, Sr., UW-River Falls (St. Paul, Minn.)
\nForward\t\tAdam Krug, Jr., Adrian College (Livonia, Mich.)
\nForward\t\tNick Pernula, Sr, St. Thomas# (Osseo, Minn.)<\/p>\n
* First Team in 2007; # Second Team in 2007; @ Second Team in 2006; % Second Team in 2005<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Goaltender Kyle Jones of St. Norbert leads the field of 2007-2008 Division III All-Americans announced prior to the Division III championships, held this weekend at Herb Brooks Arena. Jones, a three-time All-American, was named the winner of the Sid Watson Award, given annually of the nation’s best Division III men’s hockey player. Norwich’s Rick Cleaver […]<\/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