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Former Wings Brooks and Kaufer Named DIII All Americans

March 25, 2016 - North American Hockey League (NAHL)
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MINNEAPOLIS - The 2016 AHCA/CCM Division III Men's All-Americans were unveiled at the Frozen Four banquet on Thursday night.

Spearheading this year's recipients is a large contingent of players who will be participating in this weekend's Frozen Four.

In the East Region, SUNY Geneseo landed three on this year's teams as junior forward Stephen Collins scored first team accolades and junior forward Trevor Hills claimed second team honors, while sophomore defensemen Pat Condon received third team honors. UMass Boston placed two on the teams as senior forward Matt Lemire got a first team not and junior forward Tyler Bishop landed on the second team.

In the West Region, a UW-Stevens Point and St. Norbert both featured a pair of honorees. For Stevens Point, senior forward Joe Kalisz and senior defenseman Alex Brooks both were named to the first team. For St. Norbert, senior forward Erik Cooper was named to the first team and junior defenseman Blake Thompson was named to the second team.

Seniority ruled the West Region as all-six first teamers are seniors, while it also factored heavily in the East as five of the six first team recipients are seniors.

Hobart led all teams with four selections overall, Geneseo had three, and UMass Boston, Babson, Adrian, Hamline, St. Norbert, UW-Eau Claire, and UW-Stevens Point all had two apiece. Plattsburgh State, Williams, Neumann, Brockport State, Salem State, Nichols, Trinity, Augsburg and St. Scholastica all had a single representative.

This year's teams featured a combined 18 seniors, nine juniors, two sophomores and one freshman.

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