HCA Tabs Ferlin as National Rookie of Month

ITHACA, N.Y. – Men’s hockey freshman Brian Ferlin’s November to remember piled up one more accolade Friday afternoon, when the Hockey Commissioners Association announced that the Big Red forward has been named its National College Hockey Rookie of the Month.
 
Ferlin beat out a field of college hockey’s other Division I conferences’ Rookies of the Month, including Mercyhurst’s Daniel Bahntge (AHA), Miami’s Austin Czarnik (CCHA), Nebraska-Omaha’s Jayson Megna (WCHA) and New Hampshire’s Grayson Downing (Hockey East). He was named ECAC Hockey’s Rookie of the Month earlier in the week.
 
The 6-foot-2, 201-pounder is the first Jacksonville, Fla. native to ever be selected in the NHL Entry Draft, having been scooped up by the Boston Bruins in the fourth round of June’s draft. He is a natural choice for Rookie of the Month since he currently leads the nation in rookie scoring with an average of 1.22 points per game. He had five goals and six assists for 11 points, all during a seven-game point streak that included a five-game Cornell winning streak. Seven of those points came over a span of three road games early in the month, helping the Big Red close out November atop the ECAC Hockey standings with a 5-1 league mark.
 
Ferlin leads ECAC Hockey in scoring with 10 points in six conference games, leading to consecutive ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Week selections on Nov. 8 and Nov. 15. He has been reliable at both ends of the ice, posting a plus-9 rating while also holding down a spot on the first power-play unit.
 
Ferlin is also eligible for the U.S. team at the World Junior Championships, which runs from Dec. 26 through Jan. 5 in Alberta. Originally an emergency fill-in at the National Junior Evaluation Camp in August, Ferlin had an outstanding showing to become a legitimate candidate for the WJCs. The preliminary roster is expected to be announced Monday, Dec. 5.
 
Cornell, which is ranked 17th in the latest USCHO.com poll, closes out the fall semester portion of its schedule with games against visiting St. Lawrence and Clarkson on Friday, Dec. 2 and Saturday, Dec. 3, respectively.

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