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Atlantic Hockey unveiled its 2012 awards Thursday and Air Force defenseman Tim Kirby was named player of the year, as well as best defenseman.<\/p>\n

The AHA also named three all-conference teams and its all-rookie team.<\/p>\n

2012 AHA First Team All-Conference<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Player<\/th>Position<\/th>School<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Kyle De Laurell<\/td>F<\/td>Air Force<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brett Gensler<\/td>F<\/td>Bentley<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cole Schneider<\/td>F<\/td>Connecticut<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tim Kirby<\/td>D<\/td>Air Force<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scott Mathis<\/td>D<\/td>Air Force<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shane Madolora<\/td>G<\/td>RIT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

2012 AHA Second Team All-Conference<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Player<\/th>Position<\/th>School<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Michael Colavecchia<\/td>F<\/td>RIT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
John Kruse<\/td>F<\/td>Air Force<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Adam Schmidt<\/td>F<\/td>Holy Cross<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alex Gerke<\/td>D<\/td>Connecticut<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chris Haltigin<\/td>D<\/td>RIT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chris Noonan<\/td>G<\/td>Niagara<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

2012 AHA Third Team All-Conference<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Player<\/th>Position<\/th>School<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Matt Gingera<\/td>F<\/td>Sacred Heart<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Adam Pleskach<\/td>F<\/td>American International<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cody Crichton<\/td>F<\/td>Robert Morris<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Trent Bonnett<\/td>D<\/td>Bentley<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nick Jones<\/td>D<\/td>Mercyhurst<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Branden Komm<\/td>G<\/td>Bentley<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

2012 AHA All-Rookie Team<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Player<\/th>Position<\/th>School<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Alex Grieve<\/td>F<\/td>Bentley<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dan Bahntge<\/td>F<\/td>Mercyhurst<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brett Switzer<\/td>F<\/td>Bentley<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tyson Wilson<\/td>D<\/td>Robert Morris<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tyler Shiplo<\/td>D<\/td>Mercyhurst<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Matt Ginn<\/td>G<\/td>Holy Cross<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

2012 Atlantic Hockey Awards<\/span><\/strong>
\nRegular Season Scoring Trophy – Brett Gensler, Bentley
\nRegular Season Goaltending Trophy – Chris Noonan, Niagara
\nTeam Sportsmanship Award – Air Force
\nIndividual Sportsmanship Award – Mark Cornacchia, Rochester Institute of Technology
\nBest Defensive Forward – Nick Chiavetta, Robert Morris
\nCoach of the Year – Ryan Soderquist, Bentley
\nRookie of the Year – Alex Grieve, Bentley
\nBest Defenseman – Tim Kirby, Air Force
\nPlayer of the Year – Tim Kirby, Air Force<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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