PRESS RELEASE contact: Brian Smith | [email protected] | 339.227.2988 | @brismi22 591 North Avenue #2 | Wakefield, MA | 01880 | 781.245.2122 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MARCH 20, 2019 Hockey East Names 2018-19 Pro Ambitions All-Rookie Team Six Other Award Winners Announced Ahead of 35th Annual Championship WAKEFIELD, Mass. - The Hockey East Association today announced the 2018-19 Pro Ambitions All-Rookie Team and six other sea- son-long awards as voted by the league’s 11 head coaches in advance of the 2019 Hockey East Championship, March 22 and 23, at TD Garden. The honorees will be recognized at Thursday night’s annual awards banquet. The 2018-19 Pro Ambitions All-Rookie Team consists of six players and includes goaltender Tomáš Vomáčka (Trutnov, Czech Repub- lic/UConn), defenseman Marc Del Gaizo (Basking Ridge, N.J./Massachusetts) and four forwards, including Jack Dugan (Rochester, N.Y./Providence), Joel Farabee (Cicero, N.Y./Boston University), Chase Gresock (Powell, Ohio/Merrimack, and the lone unanimous selection in Northeastern’s Tyler Madden (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) Also set to be recognized at Thursday night’s ceremonies will be a pair of defensive awards, as Providence senior Vincent Deshar- nais (Laval, Que.) has been named the ‘47 Brand Best Defensive Defenseman and Maine junior Chase Pearson (Alpharetta, Ga.) was voted as the Gladiator Custom Mouthguards Best Defensive Forward. Two statistical awards will also be handed out, including the league’s top scorer in Massachusetts sophomore Mitchell Chaffee (Rockford, Mich./9g, 22a, 31p) and Hockey East Three Stars champion in Northeastern sophomore goaltender Cayden Primeau (Voorhees, N.J.) Hockey East’s two sportsmanship awards will be bestowed upon the same recipients as a year ago, as Providence junior defenseman Jacob Bryson (London, Ont.) will be presented with the Len Ceglarski Sportsmanship Award and the UMass Lowell River Hawks will be acknowledged with the Charlie Holt Team Sportsmanship Award for accruing the fewest penalty minutes in Hockey East games. The 35th Hockey East Tournament championship will take place this weekend, Friday, March 22, and Saturday, March 23, at the TD Garden in Boston. No. 3 Northeastern will square off with No. 5 Boston University Friday at 4 p.m., while No. 1 Massachusetts and No. 7 Boston College take the ice at 7:30 p.m. The winners advance to Saturday’s championship tilt at 7 p.m. Fans can purchase tickets online at Ticketmaster.com or by calling 800-745-3000. Pro Ambitions All-Rookie Team ‘47 Brand Best Defensive Gladiator Custom Mouthguards G: Tomáš Vomáčka, UConn Defenseman Award Best Defensive Forward Award D: Marc Del Gaizo, Massachusetts Vincent Desharnais, Providence Chase Pearson, Maine F: Jack Dugan, Providence (Sr., Laval, Que.) (Jr., Alpharetta, Ga.) F: Joel Farabee, Boston University F: Chase Gresock, Merrimack Runner-up: Runner-up: F: Tyler Madden, Northeastern * Ryan Shea, Northeastern Kasper Björkqvist, Providence * denotes unanimous selection (Jr., Milton, Mass.) (Jr., Espoo, Finland) Hockey East Three Stars Award Hockey East Scoring Champion Len Ceglarski Individual Cayden Primeau, Northeastern Mitchell Chaffee, Massachusetts Sportsmanship Award (So., G; Voorhees, N.J.) (So., F; Rockford, Mich.) Jacob Bryson, Providence 9g, 22a, 31p (Jr., D; London, Ont.) Runner-up: David Cotton, Boston College Runner-up: Runner-up: (Jr., Parker, Texas) Cale Makar, Massachusetts Charlie Kelleher, New Hampshire (So., D; Calgary, Alta.) (So., F; Longmeadow, Mass.) 8g, 22a, 30p Charlie Holt Team Sportsmanship Award UMass Lowell River Hawks Runner-up: Providence Friars # HEA #.