March 8, 2011
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ECAC Announces 9th Group of Top 50 All-Time
CHN Staff Report
ALBANY, N.Y. — The ECAC announced its ninth batch of five members to its Top 50 players of all-time list, part of a celebration of the league's 50th anniversary.
The top 50 players were determined by a selection committee made up of former coaches and media members. These honorees were tallied from 145 players (47 defensemen; 73 forwards; and 25 goaltenders).
The ninth segment of honorees includes: Quinnipiac defenseman Reid Cashman, a two-time all-American (2006 and 2007), who holds the school record for career assists (125) and is one of only six Bobcats to play in 150-plus games (151); Scott Fusco, Harvard, forward, a three-time first-team all-conference selection, who led the Crimson in goals and scoring for three seasons; Tom Mellor, defenseman, Boston College, named 1970 ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Year and 1973 ECAC Hockey Player of the Year, who amassed 135 points in 81 games; Providence defenseman Randy Velischek, a member of the 1980-89 ECAC Hockey All-Decade Team, who helped the Friars to 1981 and 1983 NCAA Tournament appearances; and Terry Yurkiewicz, goaltender, Clarkson, who was helped the Golden Knights to their first-ever regular-season title (1965) and program’s first-ever tournament title in 1966.
The first group of top 50 players released on November 11 included: Bob Brinkworth, forward at Rensselaer (1961-64); Ken Dryden, Cornell goaltender (1967-69); defenseman Mark Fusco, Harvard (1980-83); Brian Mueller, defenseman, Clarkson (1991-95); and Boston College forward Joe Mullen (1975-79).
The League released the second segment of players on November 24 which included: defenseman Ray Giroux, Yale (1994-98); Joe Juneau forward Rensselaer (1987-91); Colgate forward Andy McDonald (1996-00); Joe Nieuwendyk, foward Cornell (1984-87); and defenseman Ron Wilson, Providence (1973-77).
The third assembly release on December 8 included: Joe Cavanagh, Harvard, forward, (1969-71); Yann Danis Brown, goaltender, (2000-04); Clarkson defenseman Dave Fretz (1981-85); Dan Laperriere, St. Lawrence, defenseman, (1988-92); and forward Martin St. Louis, Vermont (1993-97).
On December 22, the fourth collection of top 50 players was released: Ralph Cox, New Hampshire, forward, (1975-79); Union goaltender, Trevor Koenig (1995-98); Boston University forward, Rick Meagher (1973-77); forward Lance Nethery from Cornell (1975-79); and Lee Stempniak, Dartmouth, forward (2001-05).
The League released the fifth segment on January 5 which included: John Cunniff, Boston College, forward (1963-66); Harvard forward, Gene Kinasewich (1964-66); defenseman Douglas Murray from Cornell (1999-03); Vic Stanfield, Boston University defenseman (1972-75); and forward Dave Taylor, Clarkson (1973-77).
The sixth group was announced on January 18 which included the following: Brown defenseman Bob Gaudreau (1964-66); Jeff Halpern, forward at Princeton (1995-99); forward Peter Lappin from St. Lawrence (1984-88); Rensselaer forward Adam Oates (1983-85); and defenseman Jack O’Callahan, Boston University (1975-79).
The seventh group came on Feb. 1 and included: Clarkson defenseman Bill Blackwood (1976-77); Brian Cornell, forward at Cornell (1967-69); Jeff Hamilton, forward, Yale (1997-2001); Harvard forward and Hobey Baker Award winner Lane MacDonald (1985-89); and Tim Thomas, goaltender, Vermont (1993-97).
Group No. 8 was released on February 16 which included: Boston University Defenseman Bob Brown (1970-72); forward Doug Ferguson from Cornell (1964-67); Colgate forward Dan Fridgen (1979-82); Tim Sheehy, Boston College forward, (1967-70); and forward Todd White, Clarkson, (1993-97).
The top 50 players were determined by a vote of a selection committee of 10 individuals, which include Joe Bertagna, former student-athlete at Harvard, former hockey commissioner of the ECAC and current commissioner of Hockey East; Ed Carpenter, former Sports Information Director at Boston U.; Bill Cleary, former student-athlete, head coach and director of athletics at Harvard; John Connolly, long time sports reporter at the Boston Herald; Dan Fridgen, former student-athlete at Colgate and former head coach at RPI; Mike Gilligan, former head coach at Yale (interim) and Vermont; Lou Lamoriello, former student-athlete and head coach at Providence and current CEO/President/General Manager of the New Jersey Devils; Mark Morris, former student-athlete at Colgate and former head coach at Clarkson; Tim Taylor, former student-athlete at Harvard and former head coach at Yale; and Adam Wodon, editor of College Hockey News.