www.HockeyEastOnline.com Pete Souris Director of Public Relations MEN’S Hockey East Association 591 North Ave – #2 MONTHLY Wakefield, MA 01880 Office: (781) 245-2122 Celebrating 25 Years of Success Cell: (603) 512-1166 AWARDS [email protected] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2008 MONTHLY RELEASE #1 NU’s THIESSEN NAMED CCM/RBK PLAYER OF THE MONTH FOR OCTOBER ~Foster wins ITECH Goalie honor; UML’s Vallorani named Pro Ambitions Top Rookie~ CCM/RBK Player of the Month Oct. Opponent Result Min Svs GA Brad Thiessen – Northeastern 10 vs. Alaska T, 2-2 OT 65:00 29 2 Junior Goaltender; Aldergrove, B.C. 11 at UAA W, 4-2 60:00 21 2 17 at Providence W, 4-0 60:00 35 0 Thiessen led No. 9 ranked Northeastern to its best October ever, play- 18 Boston College W, 4-3 60:00 38 3 ing every minute in net as NU went 5-1-1. He posted two shutouts, a win over No. 1 Boston College and was named to the Kendall Hockey Classic 24 at Maine W, 5-0 60:00 29 0 All-Tournament team in Alaska. In seven games he had a 1.55 GAA and 25 at Maine W, 2-1 60:00 26 1 a .950 save percentage in the month. He recorded two shutouts in the 31 at UNH L, 2-4 59:18 33 3 month vs. Providence and Maine. Thiessen allowed two goals or fewer in Totals 5-1-1 424:48 211 11 five of his seven starts in the month and has 25+ saves in six starts. 7GP, 5-1-1, 1.55 GAA, .950 save% Runners-up: Nick Bonino, BU (So., F, Unionville, Conn.) 5GP, 8 points (3g,5a) Peter Lenes, UVM (Sr., F, Shelburne, Vt.) 4GP, 7 points (2g,5a) James Marcou, UMass (So., F, Kings Park, N.Y.) 5GP, 8 points (4g,4a) James van Riemsdyk, UNH (So., F, Middletown, N.J.) 6GP, 7 points (4g,3a) ITECH Goaltender of the Month Oct. Opponent Result Min Svs GA 11 Wisconsin W, 5-1 60:00 30 1 Brian Foster – New Hampshire 17 Rensselaer W, 1-0 60:00 17 0 Junior Goaltender; Pembroke, N.H. 19 Boston U. W, 2-1 60:00 31 1 Foster led No. 6 New Hampshire with a 4-1-1 record in the month 24 Massachusetts T, 1-1 OT 65:00 38 1 with a 1.49 GAA and a .951 save percentage with three wins against 26 at St. Lawrence L, 1-4 58:08 31 4 nationally ranked opponents. He allowed two goals or less in five of 31 Northeastern W, 4-2 60:00 27 2 those six starts. Foster registered at least 30 saves in four games for the Wildcats. He totaled a season-high 38 saves in the 1-1 tied with Totals 4-1-1 363:05 174 9 UMass on Oct. 24. Foster shutout Rensselaer, 1-0, on Oct. 27 at the 6GP, 4-1-1, 1.49 GAA, .951 save% Whittemore Center for his third career shutout with the ‘Cats. Runners-up: Scott Darling, Maine (Fr., G, Lemont, Ill.) 2-1-0, 1.01 GAA, .955 save % Carter Hutton, UML (Jr., G, Thunder Bay, Ont.) 2-2-0, 1.26 GAA, .947 save% Dan Meyers, UMass (Jr., G, Voorhees, N.J.) 2-1-1, 2.25 GAA, .923 save% Oct. Opponent Result G-A-P Pro Ambitions Rookie of the Month 11 at Colgate L, 1-2 0-1-1 16 at Michigan St. W, 3-0 0-2-2 David Vallorani – UMass-Lowell 17 at Michigan St. L, 1-2 0-0-0 Freshman Forward; Hamilton, Ont. 24 Providence W, 4-1 0-2-2 Vallorani registered five points in the month of October for the River 25 Quinnipiac W, 4-1 0-0-0 Hawks, while leading the team with five assists. Vallorani has assists in Totals 3-2-0 0-5-5 three of the River Hawks five games and two multi-assist efforts in his first five collegiate games. He also owns a +3 rating through his first five contests. Runners-up: Joe Cannata, Merrimack (Fr., G, Wakefield, Mass.) 1-1-1, 1.58 GAA, .950 save% Gustav Nyquist, Maine (Fr., F, Malmo, Sweden) 6GP, 7 points (2g,5a) Kieran Millan, BU (Fr., G, Edmonton, Alb.), 3-0-0, 1.67 GAA, .923 save% Grant Rollheiser, BU (Fr., G, Chilliwack B.C.) , 1-1-0, 1.51 GAA, .919 save% Casey Wellman, UMass (Fr., F, Brentwood, Calif.) 5GP, 5 points (1g,4a) BOSTON COLLEGE • BOSTON UNIVERSITY • UNIVERSITY of MAINE • UNIVERSITY of MASSACHUSETTS • UMASS LOWELL MERRIMACK COLLEGE • UNIVERSITY of NEW HAMPSHIRE • NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY • PROVIDENCE COLLEGE • UNIVERSITY of VERMONT.