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Big Ten Hockey Postseason Honors Announced

Big Ten Hockey Postseason Honors Announced


ROSEMONT, Ill. The Big Ten Conference and Big Ten Network announced the hockey individual award winners and All-Big Ten teams on Tuesday. Voting was conducted by conference coaches and a media panel.

Minnesota’s Matthew Knies was named Big Ten Player of the Year and teammate Brock Faber chosen as Defensive Player of the Year for the second-straight season.

Notre Dame’s Ryan Bischel was tabbed Goaltender of the Year while Adam Fantilli of Michigan earned Freshman of the Year honors.

Minnesota’s Logan Cooley and Jimmy Snuggerud finished as conference co-scoring champions with 36 points each. In addition, Minnesota’s Bob Motzko was named Coach of the Year for the third time.

The Big Ten also recognized seven Sportsmanship Award honorees. The students chosen are individuals who have distinguished themselves through sportsmanship and ethical behavior. These students must also be in good academic standing and have demonstrated good citizenship outside of the sports-competition setting.

2022-23 BIG TEN HOCKEY AWARD WINNERS/ALL-BIG TEN TEAMS

PLAYER OF THE YEAR:
Matthew Knies, So., F, MINN

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR:

Brock Faber, Jr., D, MINN

GOALTENDER OF THE YEAR:

Ryan Bischel, Sr., G, ND

FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR:

Adam Fantilli, Fr., F, MICH

COACH OF THE YEAR:

Bob Motzko, MINN

CO-SCORING CHAMPIONS:

Logan Cooley, Fr., F, MINN (36 points)

Jimmy Snuggerud, Fr., F, MINN (36 points)

All-BIG TEN – FIRST TEAM

Adam Fantilli, Fr., F, MICH

Logan Cooley, Fr., F, MINN

Matthew Knies, So., F, MINN

Luke Hughes, So., D, MICH

Brock Faber, Jr., D, MINN

Ryan Bischel, Sr., G, ND

ALL-BIG TEN – SECOND TEAM

Mackie Samoskevich, So., F, MICH

Jimmy Snuggerud, Fr., F, MINN

Jake Wise, 5th, F, OSU

Jackson LaCombe, Sr., D, MINN

Mason Lohrei, So., D, OSU

Justen Close, Sr., G, MINN

ALL-BIG TEN – HONORABLE MENTION

Gavin Brindley, Fr., F, MICH

T.J. Hughes, Fr., F, MICH

Jagger Joshua, Sr., F, MSU

Stephen Halliday, Fr., F, OSU

Connor MacEachern, Sr., F, PSU

Kevin Wall, Sr., F, PSU

Ryan Johnson, Sr., D, MINN

Nick Leivermann, Gr., D, ND

Corson Ceulemans, So., D, WIS

Dylan St. Cyr, Gr., G, MSU

Jakub Dobeš, So., G, OSU

ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM:

Adam Fantilli, Fr., F, MICH *

Logan Cooley, Fr., F, MINN

Jimmy Snuggerud, Fr., F, MINN

Seamus Casey, Fr., D, MICH

Luke Mittelstadt, Fr., D, MINN

(no goaltender)

SPORTSMANSHIP AWARDS:

Jay Keranen, Sr.,…

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