Eight WCHA Players Honored as 2004-05 CCM All-Americans
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April 7, 2005
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COLUMBUS, Ohio Eight Western Collegiate Hockey Association-member team players including five First Team honorees have been named CCM All-Americans for 2004-05, as announced here today (April 7) by the American Hockey Coaches Association (AHCA). Leading the way was Colorado College with four West First Team selections, followed by defending NCAA champion University of Denver with three honorees overall. Michigan Tech also had one honoree.
Named to the CCM All-American First Team from Colorado College were senior goaltender Curtis McElhinney (Calgary, AB) who was the 2004-05 WCHA goaltending champion, junior defenseman Mark Stuart (Rochester, MN), who was the 2004-05 WCHA Defensive Player of the Year, junior forward Marty Sertich (Roseville, MN), who was the 2004-05 WCHA Player of the Year and conference scoring champion, and junior forward Brett Sterling (Pasadena, CA), who was an All-WCHA First Team honoree and leads the country in goal-scoring heading into the NCAA Frozen Four with 34. Both Sertich and Sterling are among the three finalists for the Hobey Baker Memorial Award, along with Cornell goaltender David McKee, which will be awarded here on Friday afternoon.
Also named to the 2004-05 CCM All-American West First Team was University of Denver sophomore defenseman Matt Carle (Anchorage, AK), who was a member of the 2004-05 All-WCHA First Team.
Named as West Second Team All-Americans from the WCHA were University of Denver junior defenseman Brett Skinner (Brandon, MB), University of Denver junior forward Gabe Gauthier (Buena Park, CA), and Michigan Tech University senior forward Colin Murphy (Fort MacMurray, AB). Skinner and Murphy were members of this season¹s All-WCHA First Team while Gauthier was a All-WCHA Second Team honoree. Also noteworthy among the selections: seven of the honorees are competing in this week's 2005 NCAA Frozen Four... the only player who repeated as a First Team selection was Boston College defenseman Andrew Alberts... four honorees had been Second Team choices in the past and one, Dartmouth forward Lee Stempniak, was First Team in 2004 but Second Team this year... only 11 of the 24 selections are seniors and just three of those from the West... the honorees hail from nine states, four Canadian provinces, and Finland. The leading sources are Minnesota (4), followed by Massachusetts (3) and Michigan (3).
The CCM All-American Ice Hockey Teams are sponsored by CCM, an international leader in hockey equipment, and chosen by members of the American Hockey Coaches¹ Association.
2004-05 CCM All-American West First Team
G - Curtis McElhinney, Sr, Colorado College (Calgary, AB); D - Matt Carle, So, University of Denver (Anchorage, AK); D - Mark Stuart, Jr, Colorado College (Rochester, MN); F - T.J. Hensick, So, University of Michigan (Howell, MI); F - Marty Sertich, Jr, Colorado College (Roseville, MN); F - Brett Sterling, Jr, Colorado College (Pasadena, CA).
2004-05 CCM All-American West Second Team
G - Tuomas Tarkki, Sr, Northern Michigan University (Rauma, Finland); D - Andy Greene, Jr, Miami University (Trenton, MI); D - Brett Skinner, Jr, University of Denver (Brandon, MB); F - Gabe Gauthier, Jr, University of Denver (Buena Park, CA); Colin Murphy, Sr, Michigan Tech University (Fort MacMurray, AB); F - Jeff Tambellini, Jr, University of Michigan (Port Moody, BC).
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