April 9, 2010

Scrivens, Nash Named First-Team All-America

Brendon Nash (l) and Ben Scrivens
Brendon Nash (l) and Ben Scrivens

DETROIT, Mich. -- Cornell seniors Ben Scrivens and Brendon Nash were both named a Reebok Division I All-American as selected by the American Hockey Coaches Association. The pair become the first Cornell players to earn All-America honors since David McKee was named to the first-team and Charlie Cook and Matt Moulson earned second-team accolades after the 2005 season.

Both Scrivens and Nash were selected to the first team, the first time Cornell had a pair of first-team honorees since Cornell placed three players on the first team in 2003 (Stephen Baby, Douglas Murray, David LeNeveu).

Scrivens, the top goaltender in ECAC Hockey this season, finished the year second in the nation in goals-against average (1.87) and first in save percentage (.934). He also posted seven shutouts on the season, tying his total from his junior season, and posted the third-longest shutout streak in NCAA history at 267:11. That also marked the longest shutout streak in ECAC Hockey history.

Scrivens closed out his Cornell career with a second-team all-league award as a junior and the first-team selection this year, in addition to the Ken Dryden Award for the best goaltender. He finished as Cornell's career leader in career saves (2,873) and shutouts (19).

Nash, meanwhile, was selected to the ECAC Hockey first-team as a senior after leading all Cornell defensemen with 19 points on two goals and 17 assists. He finished seventh among all players in ECAC Hockey in power-play points (16) and was tied for seventh in the league in scoring among defensemen.

Like Scrivens, Nash earned second-team All-ECAC Hockey honors as a junior before garnering a spot on the first team in 2010. He was also selected to the all-newcomer team as a freshman in 2007.