SAINTS NAME 2007-08 TEAM AWARD WINNERS

May 3: Junior Brock McBride was named Most Valuable Player and senior goaltender Justin Pesony became the first two-time winner of the Brian “Jinx” Doyle Memorial Award as the 2007-08 St. Lawrence University men’s hockey team was feted at the annual Friends of St. Lawrence Hockey banquet Saturday night.

 

McBride, who led the Saints in scoring with 12 goals and 22 assists for 34 points, is the first junior to win the Dr. Stuart P. Winning MVP Award since TJ Trevelyan in 2005 and has a chance to join Trevelyan as a two-time winner of the award.

 

Pesony, who was the first junior to win the Doyle Award for leadership, character and athletic ability, becomes the first two-time winner of that award and is just the second goaltender to win the award in its 45-year history. The Saint senior goalie also won the Brian McFarlane Award for athletic and academic accomplishment for the second straight year.

 

John Hallas, a graduate student who emerged as the starting goalie for the Saints in the playoffs after appearing in just six games prior to this season, was named the winner of the Most Improved Player Award. Hallas played in 15 games this season and compiled a 2.59 goals against average with a .910 save percentage and a 6-7-1 record.

 

Zach Miskovic, a junior who was a third team All ECAC Hockey selection and the leading defensive scorer for the Saints was named the Peter McGeough Award winner as the outstanding defenseman. Miskovic scored eight goals and had 12 assists for 20 points in addition to outstanding play in the defensive end and finished among the leaders in defensive scoring overall in the league.

 

Jordan Hack, a senior who had seven goals and eight assists in 35 games, was named the winner of the Coaches Award while classmate Charlie Giffin, who had eight goals and 14 assists for 22 points in 37 games was selected as the Friends’ Seventh Player Award winner.

 

Pat Muir, a graduate student who played in 12 games this season, scoring his first collegiate goal on the final weekend of the regular season, was selected as the winner of the Terry Slater Perseverance Award.

Freshman Aaron Bogosian, who had five goals and seven assists for 12 points and played both forward and defense in his rookie season was named the Saint Rookie of the Year.

 

The Saints also announced their captains for 2008-09 with Jared Ross and Shawn Fensel returning as team captains. Ross and Fensel become the first players to be two-time captains since Josh Anderson in 2003-04 and 2004-05 and the seventh and eighth players who have worn the “C” of captain in two consecutive years.

 

 

 

SAINTS NAME HURLBUT ASSISTANT MEN’S HOCKEY COACH

April 10: St. Lawrence University men’s hockey coach Joe Marsh did not have to look far, nor long for a replacement for associate head coach Chris Wells on the Saint men’s coaching staff when Wells was named Saint head women’s coach last week.

 

Had it been game time, it would have been a glance to the right as volunteer assistant coach Mike Hurlbut has officially joined the Saint staff as a full-time assistant coach after six years in the volunteer role.

 

“You couldn’t ask for a better situation for us in terms of finding a replacement for Chris Wells,” said Marsh. “Chris has a tremendous opportunity to run his own program with the women, and we can replace him with a former All America who played 14 years of professional hockey and was an all-star and captain on the professional level. Mike did a lot for us as a volunteer assistant, and now in his full-time role he can help in recruiting, which is something he couldn’t do as a volunteer under NCAA rules. Any young player will have to be impressed with Mike’s hockey resume.”

 

Hurlbut, who is the owner and managing partner of Hurlbut Tent Rental, LLC, a family-owned business, graduated from St. Lawrence in 1989 and was a first-team All America and first-team All ECAC player as a senior. He was named to the ECAC Championship All Tournament Team and as the Peter McGeough Award winner as the Most Valuable Defenseman in 1989. A native of Massena, and a member of the Saint ECAC Championship teams in both 1988 and 1989, he was drafted by the New York Rangers in 1988 and played in 29 NHL games with the Rangers, Quebec Nordique and Buffalo Sabres in addition to 810 American Hockey League/International Hockey League regular season games and 115 AHL/IHL playoff games.

 

“We are pleased to welcome Mike Hurlbut to a full-time position on our hockey staff,” said Saint athletic director Margie Strait. “Mike brings a presence, knowledge and level of experience to our coaching staff which creates a perfect combination for a smooth transition within our hockey programs.”

 

Hurlbut has worked with the Saint defensemen in his term as a volunteer assistant and will continue in that role as well as taking on responsibilities in recruiting.

 

He was selected for and named captain for the 2001 American Hockey League All Star game as a player for the Rochester Americans and also played in the 1999 and 1994 All Star games. He was a second team AHL All Star in 1993 and 1994 and was Defenseman of the Year for the Binghamton Rangers in 1991-92 and the Rochester Americans in 1998-99. He captained the Rochester team from 1997-2002 and was captain of the Cornwall Aces from 1993-95. He scored a goal and had eight assists in 29 NHL games and had 141 goals and 399 assists in AHL/IHL regular season and playoff games.