February 3, 2010

Atlantic Hockey Names Monthly Award Winners for January

Atlantic Hockey Names Monthly Awards for January


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Atlantic Hockey Player of the Month

 

Nick Johnson - Sacred Heart

Senior, Forward, Windsor, Conn.

Leads the Nation in Goals with 21 and goals per game at 0.81...Set Sacred Heart Division I record for goals in a single season (previously 19)...Notched Game Winning goal against Air Force as SHU swept the Falcons for the first time in program history...Also netted game winner against Canisius...Has scored at least one goal in each of the Pioneers last seven games....Posted seven multi-point games this month.

OTHER PLAYERS NOMINATED:  Bobby Preece, Bentley; Cory Conacher, Canisius; Tyler Mazzei, R.I.T.

     

Atlantic Hockey Goaltender of the Month

  Steven Legatto - Sacred Heart

Freshman, Goaltender, Kelowna, British Columbia

Posted his first career shutout January 9th against Army...Ranks 1st  in Atlantic Hockey and 11th in the NCAA with a .643 win percentage...Ranks 5th in the AHA in saves with 651 and a save percentage of .913 for the season...Notched at least 30 saves 6 times this month...Longest unbeaten streak for a goaltender in school history.


OTHER GOALIES NOMINATED:  Thomas Tysowsky, Holy Cross; Jared DeMichiel, R.I.T.
     

Atlantic Hockey Rookie of the Month

  Joe Campanelli - Bentley

Freshman, Forward, Pierrefonds, Quebec

Campanelli was Bentley's second leading scorer during January with a 2-6-8 line. Campanelli had a five-point weekend against Canisius on Jan. 8 and 9, scoring two goals and handing out three assists. In a 5-4 win on Jan. 8, he had a goal and two assists, including an assist on the game-winning goal. Campanelli was named the Atlantic Hockey co-Rookie of the Week three days later for the second time this season. He also had two assists in a 5-4 win over RIT on Jan. 30. Campanelli is tied for second in scoring among rookies in Atlantic Hockey at 6-13-19.

OTHER ROOKIES NOMINATED:  Preston Shupe, Canisius; Chris Tanev, R.I.T.