Four Dutchmen honored as All-Americans

by Ryan Fay

Four members of the Union men's hockey team were honored on Friday as ACHA/CCM Hockey All-Americans for the 2013-14 season.

Junior defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere and senior defenseman Mat Bodie were named First-Team East All-Americans, while senior forward Daniel Carr and junior goalie Colin Stevens were selected as Second-Team East All-Americans.

"It's a tremendous accomplishment to have four guys in one year to make All-American," said Union head coach Rick Bennett. "That's something they get to live with forever. Their teammates will be the first to tell you they earned it, and the guys who won the award, the first to tell you it was because of their teammates."

The four All-American selections are the most in program history. It beats the three Union had in 2012, when Bodie, forward Jeremy Welsh and goalie Troy Grosenick were honored.

Gostisbehere, a second-team selection last year, has eight goals and 23 assists in 41 games. The Philadelphia Flyers draftee set a new single-season program record with 154 shots on goal this season, surpassing the 153 Jeremy Welsh had in 2010-2011.

Bodie, who was on the Second-Team two years ago, has seven goals and 30 assists in 39 games. He serves as Union's captain and has been particularly good lately with three goals and five assists over his last six games, all postseason contests.

Carr, a first-time All-American, leads Union and ranks eighth in the country with 22 goals and 27 assists in 38 games. His 49 points are the most recorded by a Union player during the program's 23-year history at the Division I level.

Stevens, another first-time selection, is 27-4-2 with a 1.99 goals-against average, a .930 save percentage and six shutouts in 35 games. The 27 wins and six shutouts are both single-season program records.

2013-14 AHCA/CCM Hockey Men's Division I All-American Teams

EAST - FIRST TEAM
Position - Player - Class- School (Hometown)
Goalie - Connor Hellebuyck, SO, UMass Lowell (Commerce, MI)
Defense - Mat Bodie, SR, Union College (East St. Paul, MB)
Defense - #Shayne Gostisbehere, JR, Union College (Margate, FL)
Forward - #Greg Carey, SR, St. Lawrence University (Hamilton, ON)
Forward - *Johnny Gaudreau, JR, Boston College (Carneys Point, NJ)
Forward - Kevin Hayes, SR, Boston College (Dorchester, MA)

WEST - FIRST TEAM
Goalie - Sam Brittain, SR, University of Denver (Calgary, AB)
Defense - Jake McCabe, JR, University of Wisconsin (Eau Claire, WI)
Defense - Mike Reilly, SO, University of Minnesota (Chanhassen, MN)
Forward - Josh Archibald, JR, University of Nebraska-Omaha (Brainerd, MN)
Forward - Nic Dowd, SR, St. Cloud State University (Huntsville, AL)
Forward - Ryan Dzingel, JR, The Ohio State University (Wheaton, IL)

EAST - SECOND TEAM
Goalie - Colin Stevens, JR, Union College (Niskayuna, NY)
Defense - Ben Hutton, SO, University of Maine (Prescott, ON)
Defense - Michael Matheson, SO, Boston College (Pointe-Claire, QC)
Forward - Daniel Carr, SR, Union College (Sherwood Park, ALB)
Forward - Ryan Haggerty, JR, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Stamford, CT)
Forward - Devin Shore, SO, University of Maine (Ajax, ON)

WEST - SECOND TEAM
Goalie - Adam Wilcox, SO, University of Minnesota (South St. Paul, MN)
Defense - Joey LaLeggia, JR, University of Denver (Burnaby, BC)
Defense - Colton Parayko, SO, University of Alaska (St. Albert, AB)
Forward - *Austin Czarnik, JR, Miami University (Washington, MI)
Forward - Cody Kunyk, SR, University of Alaska (Sherwood Park, AB)
Forward - Michael Mersch, SR, University of Wisconsin (Park Ridge, IL)
Forward - Kyle Rau, JR, University of Minnesota ((Eden Prairie, MN)

*First Team in 2012-13; #Second Team in 2012-13

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