My WCHA awards ballot

Votes had to be turned in on Saturday night for the All-WCHA ballot. It's never easy to choose these. The toughest choice for me was picking the first-team goaltender -- Richard Bachman or Phil Lamoureux. Lamoureux edged Bachman for the goaltending title with a 1.74 GAA to Bachman's 1.75. But Bachman beat Lamoureux in save percentage (.937 to .929) and winning percentage.

If you look at overall numbers, Lamoureux's are even more impressive because of how good he was in nonconference play. That's why, in my opinion, Bachman deserves the WCHA award, but Lamoureux is a stronger Hobey candidate.

First team

F -- T.J. Oshie, UND
F -- Chad Rau, CC
F -- Ryan Lasch, SCSU
D -- Jack Hillen, CC
D -- Chay Genoway, UND
G -- Richard Bachman, CC

Second team

F -- Ryan Duncan, UND
F -- Andreas Nodl, SCSU
F -- Blake Wheeler, Minn
D -- Joe Finley, UND
D -- Taylor Chorney, UND
G -- Jean-Philippe Lamoureux, UND

Third team

F -- Chris VandeVelde, UND
F -- Garrett Roe, SCSU
F -- Trevor Bruess, MSU-Mankato
D -- Robbie Bina, UND
D -- Jamie McBain, UW
G -- Alex Kangas, Minn

Rookie team

F -- Garrett Roe, SCSU
F -- Tyler Bozak, DU
F -- Kyle Turris, UW
D -- Ben Youds, MSU-Mankato
D -- Cade Fairchild, Minn
G -- Richard Bachman, CC

Player of the year

T.J. Oshie, UND

Rookie of the year

Richard Bachman, CC

Coach of the year

Troy Jutting, MSU-Mankato

Posted by: Schlossman on Monday, March 10 at 2:17 AM | Comments (23) | Permalink