Trinity's Jackson Brewer wins 2014 Joe Concannon Award, named runner-up for Sid Watson Award

Jackson Brewer (F, '15) and his flowing locks had quite the season 

Trinity junior forward Jackson Brewer was named the 2014 Joe Concannon Award winner this week by the Gridiron Club of Greater Boston. In addition, the Newton, MA native was also named the runner-up for the 2014 Sid Watson Award, given to the best player in D-III men's hockey by the American Hockey Coaches Association (AHCA).

The Joe Concannon Award is awarded to the best American born D-III men's hockey player in New England. NESCAC players have taken home the hardware in seven of the award's 14 year existence. Brewer becomes the first 'Cacer since Amherst's Jeff Landers (D, '09) won Conncan honors in 2009. The Trinity forward also becomes the first Bantam to win since Joseph Ori (F, '05) in 2005. Back in February, 18 semi-finalists for the award were announced, including Brewer and seven other NESCAC players.

The Sid Watson Award, named after the legendary Bowdoin Coach, is the D-III version of the Hobey Baker Award. This year, St. Norbert's goalie David Jacobson (G, '15) took home the award after posting a 22-1-1 record thanks to a 1.24 Goals Against Average (2nd in D-III) and a .935 Save % (7th in D-III). Jacobson's Knights will play Geneseo in one half of the D-III semifinals, hosted by Bowdoin, this afternoon in Lewiston, ME.

While Jacobson won, Brewer was named the runner-up for the award. The last NESCAC player to win the Sid Watson Award was Amherst goalie Jonathon La Rose (G, '12) in his senior season of 2012 when he took the Jeffs to the national semifinals. La Rose was not eligible for the Concannon Award that year as he is a Canadian national. Seven 'Cacites have won the award since its inception with Middlebury taking home the hardware four times, Amherst twice and Bowdoin once.

The Concannon Award win and Sid Watson runner-up designation cap off an impressive 56 point season for Brewer (14-42-56) in which he was named to First Team All-NESAC and was selected NESCAC Player of the Year. After amassing only 32 points (15-17-32) in his first two seasons in Hartford, Brewer now sits just 12 points from joining the hallowed 100 point club. Brewer will end up leading the D-III nation in points despite Trinity not playing in any NCAA Tournament games. The Bantams lost, 5-4, in the NESCAC semis to eventual tournament champion Bowdoin. Despite coming in at number one in the east in each of the three public NCAA Regional Rankings, Trinity was denied one of three at-large bids for the 11 team NCAA tournament.

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