Kinkaid Named First Team All-American

On Friday in St. Paul, Minnesota the American Hockey Coaches Association announced that Union sophomore goaltender Keith Kinkaid is a First Team East All-American. Kinkaid is the first Union player to be named an All-American since 1997 when Trevor Koenig received the honor. Three Union players have been named to the DIII All-American Second Team: Wayne McDougall (1986), Ron Kinghorn (1989), and Jack Rankin (1977).

Other ECAC players to receive All-American honors include RPI's Chase Polacek (First Team) and Nick Bailen (Second Team), and Princeton's Taylor Fedun. For the full release by the ECAC click here.

Keith was the backstop and rock of arguably the greatest team in Union College's DI history. This season he posted a 25-10-3 record, a 1.99 GAA (fourth in the nation), and .920 save percentage (tied for 16th in the nation). In ECAC play he went 17-3-2 with a 1.90 GAA and .926 save percentage. He was named the ECAC's Goaltender of the Week three times, and received the Ken Dryden Award for top goaltender in the league.

This has been such a great year for Keith and the Dutchmen. The big question is if he will stick around to lead Union to another NCAA Tourney appearance. Kinkaid is a big NHL prospect and it is uncertain on what his plans are for next season. It is rumored that a number NHL teams are in interested in him. Keith is a tremendous goaltender and is one of the best in college hockey, but I don't think he's quite ready yet for the pros. But, I do think he's better than any of the goaltenders I saw in the Frozen Four yesterday.

The All-American teams are as follows:

First Team

 

East

 

Goalie: Keith Kinkaid, SO, Union College (Farmingville, NY)

Defense: Brian Dumoulin, SO, Boston College (Biddeford, ME)

Defense: Blake Kessel, JR, New Hampshire (Verona, WI)

Forward: Cam Atkinson, JR, Boston College (Greenwich, CT)

Forward: Chase Polacek, SR, Rensselaer * (Edina, MN)

Forward: Paul Thompson, SR, New Hampshire (Derry, NH)

 

West

 

Goalie: Pat Nagle, SR, Ferris State (Bloomfield, MI)

Defense: Chay Genoway, SR, North Dakota (Morden, MB)

Defense: Justin Schultz, SO, Wisconsin (West Kelowna, BC)

Forward: Jack Connolly, JR, Minnesota-Duluth# (Duluth, MN)

Forward: Matt Frattin, SR , North Dakota (Edmonton, AB)

Forward: Andy Miele, SR, Miami University (Grosse Pointe Woods, MI)

 

Second Team

 

East

 

Goalie: John Muse, SR, Boston College (East Falmouth, MA)

Defense: Nick Bailen, SO, Rensselaer (Fredonia, NY)

Defense: Taylor Fedun, SR, Princeton (Edmonton, AB)

Forward: Stephane Da Costa, SO, Merrimack College (Paris, France)

Forward: Gustav Nyquist, JR, Maine*(Malmo, Sweden)

Forward: Paul Zanette, SR, Niagara (Nobleton, ON)

 

West

 

Goalie: Aaron Dell, SO, North Dakota (Airdrie, AB)

Defense: Jake Gardiner, JR, Wisconsin (Minnetonka, MN)

Defense: Zach Redmond, SR, Ferris State (Traverse City, MI)

Forward: Carter Camper, SR, Miami University (Rocky River, OH)

Forward: Mike Connolly, JR, Minnesota-Duluth (Calgary, AB)

Forward: Carl Hagelin, SR, Michigan (Sodertalje, Sweden)

 

* First Team in 2009-10; # Second Team in 2009-10