Six NESCAC men's hockey players named to New England Hockey Writers All-Star Team

Amherst's Brandon Hew

Six NESCAC men's hockey players have been named to the 18 player 2012-13 Division II/III New England Writers All-Star Team. Ollie Koo (D/F, Jr.) , Tim McGarry (D, Sr.) and Dan Weiniger  (F, Sr.) of Bowdoin; Brandon Hew (D, Sr.) of Amherst,  Ben Coulthard (G, Jr.) of Trinity, and Keith Buehler (F, Jr.) of Wesleyan.

Koo made second team All-NESCAC as a forward, while the five other players were named to the first team All-NESCAC. Conference player of the year Buehler and Mcgarry made the AHCA All-American second and third teams, respectively. In addition, Buehler made third team All-USCHO and Koo made first team All-USCHO as a defender. Weiniger is the only NESCAC player to return to the New England All-Star team, having made the squad in 2011 as a sophomore. 

Koo, who saw time at both forward and defense this year, made the team as the only junior among the defensemen. In addition, Trinity's standout netminder Coulthard was the only junior goalie selected.  

For the awards, Norwich’s Colin Mulvey (F, Sr.) grabbed Division II/III Player of the Year honors while Peter Belisle of UMass Boston was named regional Coach of the Year. Last year, Amherst senior goaltender Jonathon La Rose (F, '12) won D-II/III New England Player of the Year and his coach, Jack Arena, won Coach of the Year.

This year’s winners will be formally honored at a banquet on Tuesday, April 16 in Saugus, Mass.  The full list of All-Stars and Award winners can be found below.

Read More: Amherst Athletics - - Hew Named to All-New England All-Star Team
Read More: Bowdoin Athletics - - Bowdoin Men's Ice hockey Lands three on All-New England Team
Read More: New England Hockey Writers Association -- Official All-Star Release 

2012-13 NEW ENGLAND MEN’S DIVISION II/III ALL-STARS AND AWARDS

DIVISION II/III MEN’S COACH OF THE YEAR
Peter Belisle, Massachusetts-Boston

DIVISION II/III MEN’S PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Colin Mulvey, Sr., F, Norwich

GOALTENDERS
Zeke Testa, Sr., G, Babson
Ben Coulthard, Jr., G, Trinity
Jack Astedt , Sr., G, Plymouth State

DEFENSEMEN
Shaun Jameson, Sr., D, Wentworth
Rob Florentino, Sr., D, Massachusetts-Boston
Brett Kaneshiro, Sr., D, Curry
Ollie Koo, Jr., D, Bowdoin
Tim McGarry, Sr., D, Bowdoin
Brandon Hew, Sr., D, Amherst

FORWARDS
Keith Buehler. Jr., F, Wesleyan
Joseph Caveney, Sr., F, Fitchburg State
Colin Mulvey, Sr., F, Norwich
Travis Janke, Jr., F, Norwich
Travis Daniel, Jr., F, Massachusetts-Boston
Josh Harris, Sr., F, Castleton
Branden Parkhouse, Sr., F, Becker
Pier-Oliver Cotnoir, Sr., F, Norwich
Daniel Weiniger, Sr., F, Bowdoin

Read more: http://www.uscho.com/2013/04/02/new-england-hockey-writers-honor-best-men-women-of-12-13-at-all-levels/#ixzz2PP9MzjhZ