Thursday, January 03, 2013

WCHA Mid-Season Awards

Halfway through the WCHA season, it's time for my annual look back at what we've seen so far, complete with a look at what my All-WCHA ballot would look like if I had to fill it out now.

(Which, thankfully, I do not.)

We'll start with all-league teams.

FIRST TEAM
Forwards
Corban Knight, North Dakota
Ryan Walters, Omaha
Nic Dowd, St. Cloud State

Defensemen 
Nick Jensen, St. Cloud State
Joey LaLeggia, Denver

Goalie
Adam Wilcox, Minnesota

SECOND TEAM
Forwards
Drew LeBlanc, St. Cloud State
Alexander Krushelnyski, Colorado College
Erik Haula, Minnesota

Defensemen
Andy Welinski, UMD
Nate Schmidt, Minnesota

Goalie
Stephon Williams, Minnesota State

THIRD TEAM
Forwards
Tony Cameranesi, UMD
Danny Kristo, North Dakota
Chris Knowlton, Denver

Defensemen
Derek Forbort, North Dakota
Jake McCabe, Wisconsin

Goalie
Juho Olkinuora, Denver

APOLOGIES TO
Forwards
Ben Hanowski, St. Cloud State; Kalle Kossila, St. Cloud State; JP Lafontaine and Matt Leitner, Minnesota State; Rylan Schwartz, Colorado College; Mike Seidel, UMD; Scott Winkler, Colorado College; Dominic Zombo, Omaha.

Defensemen
Wade Bergman, UMD: Mike Boivin, Colorado College; Andrew Prochno, St. Cloud State; Dillon Simpson, North Dakota.

Goalie
Joel Rumpel, Wisconsin; Clarke Saunders, North Dakota

ALL ROOKIE TEAM
Forwards
Tony Cameranesi, UMD
Kalle Kossila, St. Cloud State
Austin Farley, UMD

Defensemen
Andy Welinski, UMD
Mike Reilly, Minnesota

Goalie
Adam Wilcox, Minnesota

WCHA PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Ryan Walters, Omaha
WCHA COACH OF THE YEAR: Mike Hastings, Minnesota State

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