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Nice job by UMass-Lowell River Hawk defenseman Barry Goers. His “Cellphones for Soldiers” campaign collected 412 phones – more than double the original goal of 200 phones.  Goers signed with the Las Vegas Wranglers after Lowell’s season ended.  He scored 2 G/4A in eleven games with the Wranglers.

Congratulations to UMass-Lowell River Hawk Carter Hutton – after getting to serve backup duties for a game with the Philadelphia Flyers while on an ATO, he has signed with the San Jose Sharks.  (previous blog gallery)

Great move by the NHL Players Association to rename the Pearson Award after Ted Lindsay.  The Ted Lindsay Award is the top award an individual NHL player can receive as it is for the “Most Outstanding Player” as voted on by the players.  By the way, Gordie “Mr. Hockey Union Buster” Howe does not have any major awards named after him. 

Nice story you’ve probably already seen – Brooks Laich stops to help a mother and daughter stuck on a bridge with a flat tire after Game 7 loss.

Maine Black Bear Will O’Neill started his birthday yesterday helping clean Alfond Arena – Youtube video from Maine.  (previous blog gallery)

Atlanta Thrashers article on Zach Bogosian (previous blog gallery)

Nice touch – at the end of this Maine cleaning video, you can see that they have the nameplates from former locker occupants in the back of each locker.  (And yes, I’m going through a bunch of saved URLs in no particular order.)

Stephane Da Costa will be playing for France at the Worlds (previous blog galleries 1   2)

Rookies Matt Duchene, Jimmy Howard and Tyler Myers are up for the Calder Trophy.

First-Team

Brian Gibbons, Boston College (previous blog galleries 1  2)

Gustav Nyquist, University of Maine (previous blog gallery)
Bobby Butler, University of New Hampshire (previous blog galleries  1  2)
Colby Cohen, Boston University (previous blog gallery)

Blake Kessel, University of New Hampshire

Surprised I hadn’t done a post including Blake before.  He is a sibling – younger brother of Phil (previous blog gallery) and older brother of Amanda who has committed to the University of Minnesota for next season.

Justin Braun, University of Massachusetts-Amherst (previous blog galleries  1  2)
Brian Foster, University of New Hampshire, University of New Hampshire (previous blog gallery)

Second-Team

Cam Atkinson, Boston College (previous blog gallery)

Stephane Da Costa, Merrimack College (previous blog galleries 1   2)
James Marcou, University of Massachusetts-Amherst (previous blog gallery)

Jeremy Dehner, University of Massachusetts-Lowell (previous blog gallery)
Jeff Dimmen, University of Maine (previous blog gallery)

 
Carter Hutton, University of Massachusetts-Lowell (previous blog gallery)

Honorable Mention

Carl Sneep, Boston College (previous blog gallery)
 

Mark Fayne, Providence College

 
Nick Bonino, Boston University (previous blog gallery)

Brian Flynn, University of Maine (previous blog galleries  1  2)
Casey Wellman, University of Massachusetts-Amherst (previous blog gallery)
Alex Beaudry, Providence College (previous blog gallery)

Len Ceglarski Sportsmanship Award:  Ben Smith, Boston College (3 previous galleries  1  2  3)

 
Player of the Year:  Bobby Butler, University of New Hampshire (previous blog gallery).  Runner-up:  Gustav Nyquist, University of Maine (previous blog gallery)

Rookie of the Year:  Stephane Da Costa, Merrimack College (previous blog galleries 1  2).  Runner-up:  Chris Rawlings, Northeastern University (4 previous blog galleries  1  2  3  4)

Coach of the Year:  Mark Dennehy, Merrimack College and Dick Umile, University of New Hampshire.  Runner-up:  Tim Whitehead, University of Maine

Best Defensive Defenseman:  Justin Braun, University of Massachusetts-Amherst (previous blog gallery)

Goaltending Champion: Carter Hutton, University of Massachusetts-Lowell (previous blog gallery)

Best Defensive Forward:  Ben Holmstrom, University of Massachusetts-Lowell (previous blog gallery)

Ryan Thang has signed an ATO with the Milwaukee Admirals. He was a third round pick of the Nashville Predators in 2007.
 

Ben Holmstrom has been signed by the Philadelphia Flyers and assigned to the Adirondack Phantoms.  Expected to make his professional debut tonight against Hamilton.