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AMERICAN HOCKEY COACHES ASSOCIATION

For immediate release: Friday, April 12, 2019

MEN’S CCM/AHCA HOCKEY DIVISION I ALL-AMERICANS ANNOUNCED BUFFALO, NY — Nineteen different Division I hockey-playing schools can celebrate players honored as CCM/AHCA Hockey All-Americans for the 2018-19 season. The nation's top 25 college hockey players were announced tonight at the NCAA Men's Division I Frozen Four in Buffalo. St. Cloud State led the way with four honorees, followed by two selections each from UMass, Minnesota Duluth and Northeastern. Noteworthy this year: • Six players had been recognized as All-Americans previously. • There are 20 players from 12 different U.S. states, 4 Canadian players from three provinces and one player from Germany. • The source of the most players: six from Minnesota. • The junior class dominates: no freshmen, 6 sophomores, 13 juniors and six seniors. • The conference breakdown: six each from and the NCHC, five from the Big Ten, four from ECAC Hockey, two from Atlantic Hockey and one each from the WCHA and independent Arizona State, the first ever from ASU. • 18 players participated in the NCAA Tournament. Five of them advanced to the NCAA Frozen Four in Buffalo, NY. The CCM HOCKEY ALL-AMERICAN TEAMS are sponsored by CCM HOCKEY and chosen by members of the AMERICAN HOCKEY COACHES ASSOCIATION. CCM is the legendary hockey brand dedicated to the endless pursuit of performance by delivering game- changing, head-to-toe innovative hockey equipment to players worldwide. 2018-2019 AHCA/CCM Hockey Men's Division I All-American Teams First Team East West Cayden Primeau, SO, Northeastern University Goalie Hunter Shepard, JR, University of Minnesota Duluth (Voorhees, NJ) (Cohasset, MN) Adam Fox, JR, Harvard University*# Defense , SO, University of Michigan (Jericho, NY) (Orlando, FL) Cale Makar, SO, University of Massachusetts Defense Jimmy Schuldt, SR, St. Cloud State University# (, AB) (Minnetonka, MN) Mitchell Chaffee, SO, University of Massachusetts Forward Taro Hirose, JR, Michigan State University (Rockford, MI) (Calgary, AB) Ryan Kuffner, SR, Princeton University @ Forward Patrick Newell, SR, St. Cloud State University (Ottawa, ON) (Thousand Oaks, CA) Nico Sturm, JR, Clarkson University Forward Rem Pitlick, JR, University of Minnesota (Augsburg, Germany) (Plymouth, MN)

Second Team East West Andrew Shortridge, JR, Quinnipiac University Goalie Joey Daccord, JR, Arizona State University (Anchorage, AK) (North Andover, MA) Jeremy Davies, JR, Northeastern University# Defense Jack Ahcan, JR, St. Cloud State University (Sainte Anne-de-Bellevue, QC) (Savage, MN) Defense Bobby Nardella, SR, University of Notre Dame (Rosemont, IL) Joseph Duszak, JR, Mercyhurst University Defense , SO, University of Minnesota Duluth# (Franklin Square, NY) (Hibbing, MN) Blake Christensen, JR, American International College Forward Mason Jobst, SR, The Ohio State University% (Coral Springs, FL) (Speedway, IN) David Cotton, JR, Boston College Forward Blake Lizotte, SO, St. Cloud State University (Parker, TX) (Lindstrom, MN) Josh Wilkins, JR, Providence College Forward Troy Loggins, SR, Northern Michigan University (Raleigh, NC) (Huntington Beach, CA)

# First Team in 2017-18; @ Second Team in 2017-18 — * First Team in 2016-17; % Second Team in 2016-17

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