NCHC tabs Minnesota Duluth’s Roth for sportsmanship award; North Dakota’s Kawaguchi, UMD’s Perunovich, CBS Sports’ Starman also nab ’19-20 honors

The NCHC announced Monday that Minnesota Duluth junior forward Kobe Roth is the 2019-20 Sportsmanship Award winner, while North Dakota junior forward Jordan Kawaguchi and UMD junior defenseman Scott Perunovich split the NCHC’s Three Stars Award as co-winners. In addition, Dave Starman of CBS Sports Network was named the conference’s third annual Media Excellence Award winner (photo: Candace Horgan).