Saints Name Captains for 2009-10

Photo by Paige Ozaroski

Seniors Travis Vermuelen and Derek Keller will be the captains of the 2009-10 St. Lawrence University men’s hockey team and three other players will wear the “A” of assistant captains.

Joining Vermeulen and Keller will be rising seniors Mike McKenzie and Alex Curran and junior Aaron Bogosian as assistants.

Vermeulen, a center from Centerville, MN, is coming off his most prolific season offensively after scoring seven goals and assisting on 13 in 39 games as a junior. An outstanding penalty killer, he has four career shorthanded goals and will enter his senior season with 18 goals and 25 assists in 106 career games. He took only three penalties in 39 games in the 2008-09 season.

Derek Keller, a defenseman from Wilkie, SASK, is one of two returning regulars on the blue line for the Saints and is also coming off an outstanding season as a junior. Keller scored his first career goal and finished the season with three goals and five assists for eight points in 33 games. He had a plus-eight plus/minus rating. He has played in 93 career games and has three goals and 16 assists.

McKenzie was the leading scorer for the Saints as a junior with 16 goals and 18 assists for 34 points in 39 games. He was also plus-eight in the plus/minus ratings and should join the 100 point club as a senior as he enters his final collegiate season with 35 goals and 44 assists for 79 points in 104 career games.

Curran, another outstanding penalty killer, also had his best point production as a junior, scoring four goals and adding 14 assists for 18 points in 39 games. He has played 113 career games and has 11 goals and 30 assists for 41 points.

Bogosian has been a standout two-way forward in each of his first two seasons and saw some emergency duty at defense as a rookie. He had three goals and 13 assists and was plus-11 in 34 games as a sophomore and has eight goals and 20 assists in 71 career games through two seasons.

“The captains reflect the vote of their teammates,” said Saint coach Joe Marsh. “This is an indication of how the guys feel and all five received significant support in the voting. I think we will get very strong leadership out of them.”