{"id":41781,"date":"2012-02-14T14:37:44","date_gmt":"2012-02-14T20:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=41781"},"modified":"2012-02-14T20:17:18","modified_gmt":"2012-02-15T02:17:18","slug":"commentary-throwing-open-the-door-to-starzies-award-nominations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2012\/02\/14\/commentary-throwing-open-the-door-to-starzies-award-nominations\/","title":{"rendered":"Commentary: Throwing open the door to Starzies Award nominations"},"content":{"rendered":"
In the spirit of everything sports these days, let’s open up the nomination process for the fourth annual Starzies Awards to the frenzied, passionate and unbiased fans of NCAA hockey. Believe it or not, we want your opinion.<\/p>\n
We know you won’t campaign for your favorite player or choose a player to win an award because he plays for your team. We also realize there will be no grudges against players who play for your rival. We expect a ton of support from East Lansing when we consider Shawn Hunwick for the Ken Dryden Award as top goalie. Likewise, I’m sure no one in the Twin Cities will oppose Jack Connolly of Minnesota-Duluth as a potential top forward recipient. <\/p>\n
Now that we have acknowledged there will be absolutely no ballot stuffing or agendas in your voting, those of us at CBS Sports Network now open the platform to you to nominate your choices. Each award is named after someone who represents what the award means. The player namesakes of the awards are players who played all four years of their college eligibility and made a strong impression in the category they represent. The awards and the names attached to them are the handiwork of myself, Matt McConnell and the late Mike Lockert.<\/p>\n
Our goal is to hammer this out before the weekend of March 2-3, when Hockey East and the WCHA are wrapping up the regular season and Atlantic Hockey, the CCHA and ECAC Hockey are starting the postseason. The awards will be presented between periods of the CBS Sports Network broadcast of Vermont at Boston College on Saturday, March 3.<\/p>\n
We ask that you limit your nominations to two or three players per category. Add them in the comments below or tweet them @DaveStarmanCBS<\/a>.<\/p>\n