2014-2015 SCHEDULE RELEASED

The 2014-2015 schedule is now out! You can see it in the tool bar on the right side of this blog.

AWARD WINNERS

The team had their annual end-of-year awards presentation yesterday. Here are the recipients of the honors:

BRIAN CAVANAUGH MOST OUTSTANDING PLAYER—Chris Cangro
CHRIS PALIN ROOKIE OF THE YEAR—Jake Taylor
EJ McGUIRE 7th PLAYER AWARD— Chris Luker
JIMMY MAC MOST IMPROVED PLAYER— Aaron Green
BOB PEDERSEN COACHES AWARD— Matt DeLuca

Congratulations to all. Well-deserved!

In addition to the major awards these 7 seniors were awarded their Senior Chair:

Chris Cangro
Bobby Conner
Matt DeLuca
Joe Reagan
Brendon Rothfuss
Steve Sachman
Sean Wallace

DeLUCA IS OUTSTANDING SENIOR

Yesterday at the Annual Student Leadership Awards Ceremony on campus, which celebrates student excellence, Matt DeLuca -- 2013-2014 team captain -- was named the recipient of the George M. Rich Outstanding Senior Award for the Athletics Department.

This award is named after George Rich, “Mr. Brockport,” who was a constant fixture around the college and a fan of intercollegiate athletics. The winner of this award must be a four year letter winner who has demonstrated outstanding sportsmanship, citizenship, ethical conduct and leadership throughout his/her career beyond what is generally expected of student-athletes at Brockport.

Congratulations to Matt -- a well-deserved honor by the man who was the leader of the hockey team, on the ice and off of it.

VERBEKE COMMITS TO BROCKPORT

The Granite City Lumberjacks of the NA3HL have announced that several members of the 2013-14 team have made college commitments. The list includes eight different players, five of which have committed to NCAA Division III schools.

Among them is the Lumberjacks second leading scorer, Aidan Verbeke,who is headed to Brockport. Verbeke was second in team scoring this season.

REGULAR SEASON
YEAR	TEAM	Lge.	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	PP	PPA	SH	SHA	GWG
2013/2014	Granite City	NA3HL	47	34	35	69	+33	51	11	13	7	0	5
2012/2013	Granite City	NA3HL	46	24	32	56	+32	45	6	13	1	1	5
TOTALS			93	58	67	125	+65	96	17	26	8	1	10

Following the 2011-12 Minnesota Junior Hockey League season, Verbeke, playing with the Dells Ducks was chosen as the league's Most Valuable Player. The Elmwood Park, Ill. native burst onto the MnJHL scene with a breakthrough season for the expansion Ducks. Verbeke played in all 48 regular season games, finishing with 37 goals and 39 assists. In the process, he amassed four hat tricks that winter, and posted 22 multiple point games. Verbeke was held pointless in just 11 games. He also had points in each of the Ducks’ two playoff games, assisting on all three goals in a 6-3 loss to Hudson, then scoring the Ducks lone goal in a 2-1 season ending defeat to the Crusaders. In all, Verbeke had 80 points as an MnJHL rookie, leading the Ducks to a 20-24-4 inaugural season.

SAVORY COMMITS TO BROCKPORT

Trenton Golden Hawks forward Dylan Savory has confirmed his commitment to join The College at Brockport Golden Eagles, beginning with the 2014-15 SUNYAC season.

The 20-year old Oshawa, Ontario native made his OJHL debut as a member of the Stouffville Spirit in 2010-11.  Savory would spend three full seasons from 2010-13 with the club.  He helped lead the team to it's first-ever OJHL title in 2011-12, defeating the Whitby Fury in six games, and was the club's leading scorer in 2012-13 with 22 goals and 48 points in 52 regular season games played.

After a stint with the GOJHL's Niagara Falls Canucks to start this season, Savory was picked-up by the Golden Hawks, adding some depth to their forward corps.  He would record 18 points in 24 contests with Trenton and another four points in 12 post-season games to close out his junior career.

Regular Season Playoffs Season Team Lge GP G A Pts PIM +/- GP G A Pts PIM 2010-11 Stouffville Spirit OJHL 42 4 11 15 37   7 0 0 0 2 2011-12 Stouffville Spirit OJHL 39 2 8 10 38   16 1 1 2 4 2012-13 Stouffville Spirit OJHL 52 22 26 48 94   -- -- -- -- -- 2013-14 Trenton Golden Hawks OJHL 24 5 13 18 43   2013-14 Trenton Golden Hawks OJHL -- -- -- -- -- -- 12 2 2 4 32

DeLUCA, ROTHFUSS RECEIVE ACADEMIC HONORS

The College at Brockport Athletic Department recognized 26 student-athletes as the 2014 Chi Alpha Sigma National College Athletic Honor Society honorees at the annual Senior Student-Athlete Recognition Luncheon last week.

The yearly event honors the seniors from each sport for their time, commitment and dedication to Brockport Athletics.

In order to receive the prestigious Chi Alpha Sigma honor, a student-athlete must maintain a minimum 3.4 cumulative grade point average and earn a letter in his or her particular sport.

The 2014 honorees from the ice hockey team -- Matt DeLuca and Brendon Rothfuss.

Congrats on being excellent student-athletes!