All-NESCAC Teams announced

NESCAC Player of the Year Zander Masucci scores OT
goal to lift Williams past Trintiy on 2/5/16

On Tuesday, the NESCAC announced the 2015-16 men's ice hockey All NESCAC First and Second Teams, as well as Player of the Year, Coach of the Year and Co-Rookies of the year. Everyone is a first time selection except for a pair of juniors: Hamilton's Robbie Murden (2nd Team last year) and Trinity's Ryan Cole (last year's Player of the Year and two time All-First Team selection).

The 2015-16 All-NESCAC First Team is led by smooth passing Williams senior blueliner Zander Masucci, only the second Eph to earn the award and the first defenseman since 2011, when Hamilton's Joe Houk earned the honors before transferring to D-1 UMass-Lowell along with 2011 Coach of the Year Norm Bazin.

Massuci is joined on the blueline by Bowdoin's lone selection, Mitch Barrington, one of three juniors on the First Team. The trio up front includes NESCAC leading scorer Murden, Trinity junior Sean Orlando and Conn College's Tim DiPretoro, one of only two seniors on the First Team along with Massuci. While the Camels became the first team to go winless in NESCAC play for a season, it wasn't DiPretoro's fault, as he scored 14 of the team's 47 goals.  Continentals sophomore Evan Buitenhuis rounds out the top unit and becomes the first Hamilton goalie to earn First Team honors.

Underclassmen owned the goalie spots as Williams frosh Michael Pinios mans the pipe for the Second Team. He is joined in the backline by Middlebury's lone representative, senior defenseman Ronald Fishman and the record third Continental to get All-NESCAC honors, junior Connor Lamberti. Cole and Anthony Sabitsky of Trinity are joined on the frontline by yet another Eph, junior Tyler Young.

For the first time since 2003, the league selected co-rookies of the year in Pinios and Bowdoin's high scoring Cody Todesco. In the coaching department, Bill Kangas earned his second NESCAC COTY honors for leading Williams to their first ever NESCAC regular season crown. Unfortunately for the Ephs, they were then bounced from the playoffs in the Quarterfinals by eighth seed Tufts.

Men's Ice Hockey All-Conference Teams

First Team All-NESCAC Position Name Institution Class Hometown F Tim DiPretoro Conn. College Sr. Philadelphia, Pa. F Robbie Murden Hamilton Jr. Georgetown, Ontario F Sean Orlando Trinity Jr. Ivyland, Pa. D Mitch Barrington Bowdoin Jr. Cambridge, Ontario D Zander Masucci Williams Sr. Far Hills, N.J. G Evan Buitenhuis Hamilton So. Burlington, Ontario           Second Team All-NESCAC Position Name Institution Class Hometown F Ryan Cole Trinity Jr. Anchorage, Alaska F Anthony Sabitsky Trinity So. Sicklerville, N.J. F Tyler Young Williams Jr. Sayville, N.Y. D Ronald Fishman Middlebury Sr. Roslyn, N.Y. D Conor Lamberti Hamilton Jr. Kings Park, N.Y. G Michael Pinios Williams Fy. Montreal, Quebec