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Salem State goalie Marcus Zelzer won 16 games this season for the Vikings (photo: Salem State Athletics).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Salem State junior goaltender Marcus Zelzer has been named the 2015-16 MASCAC Player of the Year.<\/p>\n

Zelzer finished the regular season first in the MASCAC in both GAA (1.76) and save percentage (.932). He also tallied a 16-1-0 record, which was the best winning percentage in the conference at .941 and recorded four shutouts on the year.<\/p>\n

Earning the 2015-16 MASCAC Rookie of the Year honor is Matthew Volonnino of Plymouth State. He tallied 10 goals and nine assists for 19 points during his first year with the squad.<\/p>\n

For his efforts in leading his team to 20 conference wins, the top seed in the tournament and a first-round bye, Salem State’s Bill O’Neill has been named the 2015-16 Coach of the Year.<\/p>\n

Additionally, the conference coaches also selected a pair of All-Conference Teams.<\/p>\n

2015-16 First Team All-MASCAC<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Player's Name<\/th>Position<\/th>Class<\/th>School<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Andrew Wigg<\/td>F<\/td>Sr.<\/td>Plymouth State<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cam Moniz<\/td>F<\/td>Sr.<\/td>Salem State<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dalton Jay<\/td>F<\/td>Sr.<\/td>Westfield State<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gabriel Cromp<\/td>D<\/td>Sr.<\/td>Salem State<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kyllian Kirkwood<\/td>D<\/td>Sr.<\/td>Westfield State<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Marcus Zelzer<\/td>G<\/td>Jr.<\/td>Salem State<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

2015-16 Second Team All-MASCAC<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Player's Name<\/th>Position<\/th>Class<\/th>School<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Michael Economos<\/td>F<\/td>Jr.<\/td>Plymouth State<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brandon Platt<\/td>F<\/td>Jr.<\/td>Salem State<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Casey Shea<\/td>F<\/td>So.<\/td>Massachusetts-Dartmouth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brad Jones<\/td>D<\/td>Jr.<\/td>Salem State<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jerry Laasko<\/td>D<\/td>So.<\/td>Massachusetts-Dartmouth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gordon Ceasar<\/td>G<\/td>Sr.<\/td>Plymouth State<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Salem State junior goaltender Marcus Zelzer has been named the 2015-16 MASCAC Player of the Year. Zelzer finished the regular season first in the MASCAC in both GAA (1.76) and save percentage (.932). He also tallied a 16-1-0 record, which was the best winning percentage in the conference at .941 and recorded four shutouts on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":115994,"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":"\nMASCAC selects Salem State goalie Zelzer top player, O'Neill coach of the year - College Hockey | USCHO.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Salem State junior goaltender Marcus Zelzer has been named the 2015-16 MASCAC Player of the Year. 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