All-League & All-Rookie Teams Announced
ALBANY, N.Y. -- In conjunction with the upcoming 50th annual
2011 ECAC Men’s Hockey Championship weekend the league office
announced today the three all-league teams and an all-rookie team
as selected after a nomination and voting process conducted by the
league’s coaches.
Four of the League’s participant teams have members on the
first-team, including Rensselaer. Last season’s reigning Most
Outstanding Player senior forward Chase Polack was named to the
league’ first-team. Polacek led the league in scoring for the
second consecutive season netting 11 goals and 16 assists for 27
points. The Edina, Minnesota has been a clutch performer for the
Engineers during his four seasons. He led the conference with five
game-winning goals in 22 conference games this season.
Forward Brian O’Neill helped spark the high-scoring Bulldogs
offense once again this season. The junior forward ranked in the
top ten in nearly every offensive category this season in league
play. O’Neill was third in the conference in scoring with 25
points; second in goals scored with 12; fourth in power-play points
with 11; first in power-play goals with six; and ninth in assists
with 13. The Yardley, Pennsylvania native helped lead Yale to a
program win record (25) and ranks 20th nationally with .56 goals
per game and 1.25 points in overall games.
Rounding out the forward position on the league’s first-
team is fellow Bulldog Andrew Miller. The sophomore was voted "best
passer" by his teammates and is No. 7 in the nation with .91
assists per game (tops in ECAC Hockey). More impressive is that 19
of his 29 assists are primary ones. Miller leads the team with 29
helpers (8th best at Yale) this year while his 40 points are tied
for the most.
Anchoring the first-team all-league defense are a pair of solid
two-way defenders in Nick Bailen from Rensselaer and
Princeton’s Taylor Fedun and goaltender Keith Kinkaid from
Union.
Engineers’ defender Nick Bailen ranked second among his
counterparts in league-play this season averaging 0.91 points in 22
league games this season on five goals and 15 assists. The
sophomore developed into a solid two-way player helping backbone a
resilient RPI defense that allowed 52 goals in 22 conferrence games
and led the special teams assault registering 10 points on the
power-play.
A four-year letterwinner at Princeton, Fedun served as team
captain for the 2010-11 season following an outstanding junior year
in which he was a key player on a defensive unit. The Edmonton,
Alberta native was a team leader on the both the Tigers’
power-play unit and penalty-kill team. Fedun finished his career at
Princeton with 20 goals and 48 assists which ranks second all-time
among his counterparts. Fedun was also a vital cog on the
Tiger’s special teams, scoring six of his eight conference
goals on the power-play.
Union sophomore, Keith Kinkaid posted a conference record of
17-3-2 (.818), leading the league. Overall he set the school
single-season wins record this year (25), breaking Corey
Milan’s previous record of 19 set in 2008-09. He also moved
into second on the school’s all time wins list with 36 career
victories, trailing only Kris Mayotte (46 win from 2002-06) on the
list. He is the first Union goaltender to record a sub 2.00
goals-against average after regular-season play (1.90 GAA).
The league also recognized its top rookies, with the high-scoring
trio at the forward positions, from Princeton, Andrew Calof, Greg
Carey, St. Lawrence, along with Dan Carr from Union. Mat Bodie,
Union and Dennis Robertson from Brown earned top defender
accolades, while Cornell’s Andy Iles anchors the defense from
the goaltender position.
Eleven other student-athletes were also recognized with
second-team and third-team honors.
2010-11 ECAC HOCKEY ALL-LEAGUE SELECTIONS
FIRST TEAM ALL-LEAGUE
Forward Chase Polacek,
Rensselaer
Forward Brian O'Neill,
Yale
Forward Andrew Miller,
Yale
Defense Nick Bailen,
Rensselaer
Defense Taylor Fedun,
Princeton
Goaltender Keith Kinkaid, Union
SECOND TEAM ALL-LEAGUE
Forward Jack Maclellan,
Brown
Forward Joe Devin,
Cornell
Forward Kelly Zajac,
Union
Defense Brock Matheson,
Union
Defense Danny Biega,
Harvard
Goaltender James Mello, Dartmouth
THIRD TEAM ALL-LEAGUE
Forward Andrew Calof,
Princeton
Forward Chris Cahill,
Yale
Forward Jeremy Welsh,
Union
Defense Mike Devin,
Cornell
Defense Joe Stejskal,
Dartmouth
Goaltender Allen York, Rensselaer
ALL-ROOKIE TEAM
Forward Andrew Calof,
Princeton
Forward Greg Carey, St.
Lawrence
Forward Dan Carr, Union
Defense Mat Bodie, Union
Defense Dennis Robertson,
Brown
Goaltender Andy Iles, Cornell