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03/02/2001

ECAC Announces Division III Northeast All Stars


Contact: Gina Bonante - ECAC, ASA Bushnell Intern

Tufts' Boudrow, Worcester State's Vallas, & Johnson & Wales' Jacob Headline

CENTERVILLE, Mass -- The Eastern College Athletic Conference has announced its 2000-01 Division III Northeast All Stars. In addition, the ECAC has selected its annual player of the year, rookie of the year, goalie of the year, and coach of the year award recipients.

Tufts' forward, Jason Boudrow has been selected as the ECAC/CCM Player of the Year. The junior helped the Jumbos capture the Division III Northeast regular season title (15-1-1) while leading the nation in points per game (2.83) and goals per game (1.33) through the February 25 rankings. Boudrow compiled 51 points, 24 goals and 27 assists, in league play for an average of 3.00 points per game.

Scott Jacob of Johnson & Wales has been named the Goaltender of the year. In 16 league appearances, the senior netminder recorded a 13-2-1 conference mark while registering a .931 save percentage and 2.09 goals against average en route to the team's second place finish in the regular season. Jacob was ranked 11th among Division III goaltenders for his .921 save percentage.

Worcester State's Justin Vallas garnered the Rookie of the Year award. In his first collegiate season, Vallas led the team in scoring recording 31 points, 15 goals and 16 assists, for the regular season. He also ranked third among all of the Northeast rookies in league scoring recording 13 goals and 12 assists in 17 games.

Tufts' Brian Murphy and Johnson & Wales' Lou Izzi have been chosen as Co-Coaches of the Year after posting impressive marks. Murphy, in his third year with the Jumbos, guided Tufts' to a 15-1-1 league record and a regular season championship. Wildcat's coach Lou Izzi, joined Murphy in the coach of the year accolades after leading Johnson and Wales, which was picked to finish sixth in the preseason poll, to a second place regular season league finish (14-2-1) as well as an 18-7-2 overall mark.

ALL LEAGUE FIRST TEAM
Forward-Jason Boudrow, JR, Tufts (Somerville, MA)
Forward-Brian Yingling, SO, Lebanon Valley (Steelton, PA)
Forward- Brian Hannafin, SR, Salve Regina (Medford, MA)
Defense-Tim Rink, SO, Lebanon Valley (Ivyland, PA)
Defense-Dan Mahoney, SR, Tufts (Tewksbury, MA)
Goaltender-Scott Jacob, SR, Johnson & Wales (Milford, CT)

ALL LEAGUE SECOND TEAM
Forward-Tory Jacob, SR, Johnson & Wales (Milford, CT)
Forward-Ivan Filippov, SR, Wentworth (Delta, BC)
Forward-Tim Yakimowsky, JR, Wentworth (Walpole, MA)
Defense-Ben Kwon, SO, Lebanon Valley (McClean, VA)
Defense-John Hourihan, SR, Wentworth (Walpole, MA)
Goaltender-Jamie Vanek, SO, Wentworth (Brampton, ONT)

ALL ROOKIE TEAM
Forward-Chris Thunman, Johnson & Wales (Stockholm,SWE)
Forward-Justin Vallas, Worcester State (Wilimington, MA)
Forward-Pat Byrne, Tufts (Burlington, MA)
Defense-Chris Hartly, Wentworth (Portland, OR)
Defense-John Gambale, Fitchburg (Billerica,MA)
Goaltender-Raj Bhangoo, Wentworth (Caladon East, ONT)

ECAC/CCM PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Jason Boudrow, Tufts

ECAC/CCM ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Justin Vallas, Worcester State

ECAC/HEATON GOALTENDER OF THE YEAR
Scott Jacob, Johnson & Wales

ECAC/KOHO CO-COACHES OF THE YEAR
Brian Murphy, Tufts
Lou Izzi, Johnson & Wales






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