Ten Eagles Named to HEA All-Academic Team

WAKEFIELD, Mass. - The Boston College men's hockey program boasted ten members on the 2017-18 Hockey East All-Academic Team announced Thursday afternoon by the conference. In all, Hockey East declared 144 male student-athletes have been named to the league's 2017-18 All-Academic Team.

Each student-athlete achieved a grade point average of 3.0 or better in each of the two academic periods during which he was actively competing.

Captains Christopher Brown and Michael Kim are two-time members of this award as are juniors Zach Walker and Joseph Woll.

Junior Michael Booth, Jesper Mattila and Michael Merulla are first-time recipients of this award since donning the maroon and gold while Michael Karow and Aapeli Rasanen earned a spot their freshmen seasons. Graduate transfer Kevin Lohan also qualified in his one season on defense on The Heights.

The entire award winners list is below:

Boston College
Michael Booth
Chris Brown **
Michael Karow
Michael Kim **
Kevin Lohan
Jesper Mattila
Michael Merulla
Aapeli Rasanen
Zach Walker **
Joseph Woll **

Boston University
Drew Melanson
Max Prawdzik **
Cameron Crotty
Shane Switzer **

UConn
Adam Karashik
John Austin +
Spencer Naas +
Alexander Pajusovs
Karl El-Mir **
Jesse Schwartz ***
Max Kalter
Jeff Wight +
Kasperi Ojantakanen +
Philip Nyberg **
Maxim Letunov **
Bradley Stone

Maine
Samuel Becker ***
Tim Doherty **
Mitchell Fossier **
Cedric Lacroix ***
Robert McGovern **
Keith Muehlbauer **
Stephen Mundinger **
Jake Pappalardo **
Chase Pearson **
John Quinlivan
Brendan Robbins **
Cameron Spicer ^
Veli-Matti Tiuraniemi
Eduards Tralmaks
Emil Westerlund

Massachusetts
Marco Bozzo
Mitchell Chaffee
Oliver Chau
Jake Gaudet
Niko Hildenbrand
Jake Horton +
Griff Jeszka **
Kurt Keats **
Philip Lagunov
George Mika
Matt Murray
Austin Plevy **
Jack Suter **
Eetu Torpstrom
Ryan Wischow **

UMass Lowell
Anthony Baxter
Avni Berisha ***
Ryan Dmowski
John Edwardh **
Croix Evingson
Mattias Goransson
Kenny Hausinger **
Christoffer Hernberg *
Jake Kamrass
Charlie Levesque
Ryan Lohin **
Nick Marin **
Nick Master **
Colin O'Neill **
Tommy Panico
Cole Paskus
Chris Schutz
Connor Sodergren
Tyler Wall
Connor Wilson **

Merrimack
Mike Babcock ***
Thomas Bales
Marc Biega **
Ryan Cook **
Dominic Dockery
Logan Halladay
Jace Hennig +
Tyler Irvine **
Jared Kolquist +
Jonathan Kovacevic **^
Alfred Larsson +^
Ludvig Larsson ***
Simon Loof
Laine McKay
Craig Pantano
Derek Petti ***
Brett Seney ***
Jeffery Solow
Mathieu Tibbet +
Aaron Titcomb +
Drew Vogler

New Hampshire
Dylan Chanter ***
Adam Clark +
Patrick Grasso **
Joe Lazzaro **
Benton Maass
Cameron Marks +
Ara Nazarian
Danny Tirone +
Brendan van Riemsdyk **

Northeastern
William Carrabino
Austin Goldstein
Patrick Jordan
Cayden Primeau
Patrick Schule ***
Ryan Solomon
Jacob Theut
Eric Williams

Providence
Jake Beaton
Kasper Bjorkqvist **
Jacob Bryson **
Alex Cromwell +
Vincent Desharnais **
Garrett Gamez ***
Hayden Hawkey ***
Robert Hennessey +
Gabe Mollot-Hill
Brian Pinho **
Vimal Sukumaran **
Spenser Young **

Vermont
Matthew Alvaro
Matt Beck
Drew Best
Travis Blanleil **
Ross Colton **
Ace Cowans
Rob Darrar +
Alex Esposito
Owen Grant
Max Kaufman
Brian Kelly
Stefanos Lekkas
Derek Lodermeier **
Jake Massie
Conor O'Neil **
Anthony Petruzzelli **
Jarrid Privitera **^
Cory Thomas

** two-time honoree
*** three-time honoree
+ Distinguished Scholar (3.0 in each semester of four varsity seasons)
^ Top Scholar Athlete (Highest GPA in Hockey East)

2017-18 Hockey East All-Academic All-Star Team
G: Gabe Mollot- Hill, Providence
D: Cameron Spicer, Maine
D: Jonathan Kovacevic, Merrimack
F: Griff Jeszka, Massachusetts
F: Alfred Larsson, Merrimack
F: Jarrid Privitera, Vermont

Ten Eagles Named to HEA All-Academic Team

Players Mentioned

Christopher Brown

Michael Karow

Michael Kim

Kevin Lohan

Jesper Mattila

Zach Walker

Joseph Woll

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