Pete Souris Director of Public Relations MEN’S Hockey East Association 591 North Ave – #2 MONTHLY Wakefield, MA 01880 Office: (781) 245-2122 www.HockeyEastOnline.com RELEASE Cell: (603) 512-1166 [email protected] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 2010 MAINE’s GUSTAV NYQUIST NAMED PLAYER OF THE MONTH FOR DECEMBER ~Merrimack’s Da Costa named Top Rookie; UNH’s Foster earns Top Goalie honors~ Athletic Republic Player of the Month Dec. Opponent Result G-A-P Gustav Nyquist – Maine 4 Providence W, 3-1 2-0-2 5 Providence W, 3-1 1-0-1 Sophomore Forward; Malmo, Sweden 12 Northeastern W, 5-1 0-1-1 Nyquist had four goals and five assists for nine points in four games. He 29 Princeton T, 6-6 1-2-3 scored at least a point in all four games and had multiple points in three of 30 Colorado College W, 3-2 0-2-2 the five games, leading Maine to a unblemished 4-0-1 record in the month. He had two goals, including the game-winner vs. Providence on Dec. 4 Totals 4-0-1 4-5-9 and followed that up with a goal against the Friars the following night. He recorded a goal and two assists against Princeton in the first game of the Florida College Classic. He capped off the tournament with two assists in the 3-2 win vs. No. 4 Colorado College on Wednesday night. Nyquist was named to the FCC All-Tournament Team for his efforts. Runner-up: Stevie Moses, UNH (So., F, Leominster, Mass.) 3GP, 5pts. (0g,5a) Colin Vock, UVM (Sr., F, Orlando, Fla.) 4GP, 6 pts. (1g,5a) Bauer Hockey Goaltender of the Month Dec. Opponent Result Min Svs GA Brian Foster – New Hampshire 4 UMass-Lowell W, 2-1 60:00 29 1 6 at Vermont W, 5-2 60:00 28 2 Senior Goaltender; Pembroke, N.H. Totals 2-0-0 120:00 57 3 Foster won Hockey East Defensive Player of the Week on Dec. 1.50 GAA, .950 save percentage 7 and helped lift the Wildcats to a pair of wins against nation- ally-ranked Hockey East foes stopping 57 of 60 shots over the weekend. He posted an impressive .950 save percentage and a 1.50 save percentage. Foster stopped 29 shots on Friday allow- ing just one goal in a win against eighth-ranked Mass.-Lowell. In Sunday’s 5-2 win over #19 Vermont, Foster turned away 28 shots and surrendered just a pair of power play goals under tough road conditions at Gutterson Fieldhouse. Runners-up: Scott Darling, Maine (So., Lemont, Ill.) 4-0-1, 2.17 GAA, .925 save% Rob Madore, UVM (So., Pittsburgh, Pa.) 2-0-1, 1.96 GAA, .933 save% Pro Ambitions Hockey Rookie of the Month Dec. Opponent Result G-A-P Stephane Da Costa – Merrimack College 4 Northeastern W, 3-1 0-1-1 Freshman Forward; Paris, France 5 at Northeastern L, 1-2 0-1-1 12 at Massachusetts L, 1-4 1-0-1 Da Costa tallied a point in each game in December, extending his Totals 1-2-0 1-2-3 point streak to league-high ten games. Da Costa fired 12 shots in the month, including seven at UMass on December 12, scoring the lone goal in the game for the Warriors. Runners-up: Adam Shemansky, Maine (F, Robbinsville, N.J.) 5GP, 3pts. (2g,1a) 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.