Dutchmen pick up USCHO.com honors

by Ryan Fay

The accolades keep coming for NCAA Hockey champion Union.

Union head coach Rick Bennett was named USCHO.com Coach of the Year. It's Bennett's third Coach of the Year honor this season. He was also selected as the AHCA Spencer Penrose Award winner as national Coach Of The Year and College Hockey News Coach of the Year.

Four Dutchmen cracked the All-USCHO.com teams. Defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere made the first-team, while defenseman Mat Bodie and forward Daniel Carr were on the second-team. Goaltender and Niskayuna native Colin Stevens was on the third-team.

First-team

Connor Hellebuyck, sophomore goaltender, Massachusetts-Lowell

Shayne Gostisbehere, junior defenseman, Union

Mike Reilly, sophomore defenseman, Minnesota

Johnny Gaudreau, junior forward, Boston College

Kevin Hayes, senior forward, Boston College

Greg Carey, senior forward, St. Lawrence

Second-team

Adam Wilcox, sophomore goaltender, Minnesota

Ben Hutton, sophomore defenseman, Maine

Mat Bodie, senior defenseman, Union

Cody Wydo, junior forward, Robert Morris

Nic Dowd, senior forward, St. Cloud State

Daniel Carr, senior forward, Union

Third-team

Colin Stevens, junior goaltender, Union

Jake McCabe, junior defenseman, Wisconsin

Steve Weinstein, junior defenseman, Bentley

Kyle Rau, junior forward, Minnesota

Devin Shore, sophomore forward, Maine

Josh Archibald, junior forward, Nebraska-Omaha

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