February 25, 2013
SUNYAC Announces 2013 Men's Ice Hockey Awards
The State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) is pleased to announce the Herb Hammond Player of the Year, Rookie of the Year and Coach of the Year awards for the 2012-13 men’s ice hockey season. The awards are voted on by the conference coaches.
Oswego State's Paul Rodrigues has been named the Herb Hammond Player of the Year, Plattsburgh State's Kevin Emmerling was picked as the Rookie of the Year and Geneseo's Chris Schultz was chosen as the Coach of the Year.
The Player of the Year award is named after Herb Hammond who coached at SUNY Oswego (1969-1980) and Plattsburgh (1981-83). At Oswego he compiled a 176-122-5 mark and at Plattsburgh a 52-17-4 record. He was named the 1982 Division III Coach of the Year. He also coached at Division I Brown University from 1983-88. He left coaching to become a National Hockey League scorer for 11 seasons before his death in 2009.
Rodrigues is a senior from Etobicoke, Ontario. Prior to playing at Oswego, Paul played for the Toronto Jr. Canadiens. He is currently studying criminal justice at SUNY Oswego. Rodrigues improved his statistics from last year to lead the SUNYAC conference in points this season. He played 26 games and was ranked first with 14 goals and 28 assists, averaging 1.62 points per game. He was named SUNYAC Player of the Week twice this season (10/29/12 & 12/10/12).
Rodrigues is ranked second in scoring (42) in Division III and third in assists (28). His success this season helped the Oswego Lakers rank thired nationally. Throughout Rodrigues's time at Oswego, he has played 82 games, accumulated 34 goals, 53 assists, and 87 points.
Emmerling is from Northbridge, Massachusetts and previously attended St. John's Prep. Emmerling is currently studying criminal justice at Plattsburgh State. During his first year at Plattsburgh, he has been one of the top performing freshman. Emmerling played 22 games this season. He is ranked 15th in the conference with 14 goals, and 10 assists. He averaged 1.09 points per game.
Emmerling was named SUNYAC Rookie of the Week three times during the 2012-2013 season (11/12/12, 1/14/13, & 2/18/13). Emmerling's most notable Rookie of the Week award stemmed from his performance against the Oswego Lakers, who are ranked first in the SUNYAC conference. In Plattsburgh's 4-3 win over Oswego, Emmerling had one assist, and two goals, one being the game winner. Kevin Emmerling's contributed to Plattsburgh being ranked ninth nationally.
Geneseo head coach Schultz has been named SUNYAC Coach of the Year for the second time in his career. Schultz first received the award in 2011. He has been head coach at Geneseo for seven seasons, previously serving as assistant coach for three seasons. Schultz led Geneseo to an 11-4-1 conference record, placing them third in the SUNYAC men's ice hockey standings.The Knights were nationally ranked by both d3hockey.com and USCHO.com all season.
Oswego State will host Plattsburgh State in the SUNYAC Championship game Saturday at 7:00 p.m.
Oswego State's Paul Rodrigues has been named the Herb Hammond Player of the Year, Plattsburgh State's Kevin Emmerling was picked as the Rookie of the Year and Geneseo's Chris Schultz was chosen as the Coach of the Year.
The Player of the Year award is named after Herb Hammond who coached at SUNY Oswego (1969-1980) and Plattsburgh (1981-83). At Oswego he compiled a 176-122-5 mark and at Plattsburgh a 52-17-4 record. He was named the 1982 Division III Coach of the Year. He also coached at Division I Brown University from 1983-88. He left coaching to become a National Hockey League scorer for 11 seasons before his death in 2009.
Rodrigues is a senior from Etobicoke, Ontario. Prior to playing at Oswego, Paul played for the Toronto Jr. Canadiens. He is currently studying criminal justice at SUNY Oswego. Rodrigues improved his statistics from last year to lead the SUNYAC conference in points this season. He played 26 games and was ranked first with 14 goals and 28 assists, averaging 1.62 points per game. He was named SUNYAC Player of the Week twice this season (10/29/12 & 12/10/12).
Rodrigues is ranked second in scoring (42) in Division III and third in assists (28). His success this season helped the Oswego Lakers rank thired nationally. Throughout Rodrigues's time at Oswego, he has played 82 games, accumulated 34 goals, 53 assists, and 87 points.
Emmerling is from Northbridge, Massachusetts and previously attended St. John's Prep. Emmerling is currently studying criminal justice at Plattsburgh State. During his first year at Plattsburgh, he has been one of the top performing freshman. Emmerling played 22 games this season. He is ranked 15th in the conference with 14 goals, and 10 assists. He averaged 1.09 points per game.
Emmerling was named SUNYAC Rookie of the Week three times during the 2012-2013 season (11/12/12, 1/14/13, & 2/18/13). Emmerling's most notable Rookie of the Week award stemmed from his performance against the Oswego Lakers, who are ranked first in the SUNYAC conference. In Plattsburgh's 4-3 win over Oswego, Emmerling had one assist, and two goals, one being the game winner. Kevin Emmerling's contributed to Plattsburgh being ranked ninth nationally.
Geneseo head coach Schultz has been named SUNYAC Coach of the Year for the second time in his career. Schultz first received the award in 2011. He has been head coach at Geneseo for seven seasons, previously serving as assistant coach for three seasons. Schultz led Geneseo to an 11-4-1 conference record, placing them third in the SUNYAC men's ice hockey standings.The Knights were nationally ranked by both d3hockey.com and USCHO.com all season.
Oswego State will host Plattsburgh State in the SUNYAC Championship game Saturday at 7:00 p.m.
