Michigan Hockey: Five Wolverines Earn Postseason Honors
The No. 11 Michigan hockey team had five players collect postseason honors on Tuesday.
Junior forward Cooper Marody was named first-team All-Big Ten after leading the league in scoring. He finished the regular season with 46 points, 14 of them goals and 32 assists. He is the third Michigan player to be the Big Ten scoring champion, joining Zach Hyman (2015) and Kyle Connor (2016).
He had the ninth most points in the NCAA and the third most assists nationwide.
Senior forward Tony Calderone and freshman defenseman Quinn Hughes both were named to the All-Big Ten second team.
Calderone led Michigan and the Big Ten in goals, with 23 — which ranks eighth in the country. He tallied 40 points total, the most ever by a Michigan captain.
Hughes recorded four goals and 24 assists to finish as the team's third-leading scorer. He also was named to the All-Freshman team.
His 24 assists are the most all-time by a Michigan freshman and his 28 points are third. He finished the regular season third in the NCAA in assists.
Sophomore goaltender Hayden Lavigne was awarded an honorable mention. He missed out on Goaltender of the Year, which was given to Notre Dame sophomore Cale Morris, who also won Big Ten Player of the Year over Marody.
This season, Lavigne played in 30 games, starting 28, and finished with a 16-10-3 record. He had a save percentage of .910 and had a goals against average of 2.79. He had three shutouts this year as well.
Senior defenseman Sam Piazza was named Michigan's Big Ten Sportsmanship Award Honoree. It's the second straight year he's won the award. According to MGoBlue.com, Piazza set a career high in games played (35), assists (13), points (15) and shots (64) this season.
Piazza was also nominated as a finalist for the Senior CLASS award. This award recognizes student-athletes who excel both on and off the ice.
Ohio State coach Steve Rohlik was named Big Ten Coach of the Year over Michigan's Mel Pearson. OSU was picked to finish fifth in the Big Ten this season and came in second, while Michigan was picked to finish sixth and came in third in the conference.
The full All-Big Ten teams and honors are listed below.
2017-18 All-Big Ten Ice Hockey Team
As selected by Big Ten coaches and media voting panel
FIRST TEAM
Cooper Marody, F, Michigan
Jake Evans, F, Notre Dame
Tanner Laczynski, F, Ohio State
Jordan Gross, D, Notre Dame
'Trevor Hamilton, D, Penn State
Cale Morris, G, Notre Dame
SECOND TEAM
Tony Calderone, F, Michigan
Taro Hirose, F, Michigan State
Mason Jobst, F, Ohio State
Quinn Hughes, D, Michigan
Sean Romeo, G, Ohio State
HONORABLE MENTION
Mitch Lewandowski, F, Michigan State
Tyler Sheehy, F, Minnesota
Matthew Weis, F, Ohio State
Andrew Sturtz, F, Penn State
Trent Frederic, F, Wisconsin
Carson Gatt, D, Michigan State
Ryan Lindgren, D, Minnesota
Wyatt Kalynuk, D, Wisconsin
Peter Tischke, D, Wisconsin
Hayden Lavigne, G, Michigan
ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM
MITCH LEWANDOWSKI, F, MICHIGAN STATE
Casey Mittelstadt, F, Minnesota
Linus Weissbach, F, Wisconsin
Quinn Hughes, D, Michigan
Wyatt Kalynuk, D, Wisconsin
Tommy Nappier, G, Ohio State
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Cale Morris, G, Notre Dame
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR (Defenseman or Forward)
Trevor Hamilton, D, Penn State
GOALTENDER OF THE YEAR
Cale Morris, G, Notre Dame
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
Mitch Lewandowski, F, Michigan State
COACH OF THE YEAR
Steve Rohlik, Ohio State
SCORING CHAMPION
Cooper Marody, F, Michigan
Unanimous selections in ALL CAPS
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