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).

Strong February cements USCHO Rookie of the Year award for Boston College’s Newhook

Last June, the name Alex Newhook became internationally-known in the world of hockey when the 18-year-old was selected in the first round (16th overall) by the Colorado Avalanche in the 2019 NHL Draft. To say that Newhook entered Boston College with high expectations on his shoulders as part of a highly-touted freshman class would be an understatement (photo: Rich Gagnon).

Wesleyan’s Harris does ‘so much for this team,’ named winner of 2020 Joe Concannon Award as top American-born player in New England at the Division II/III level

The Gridiron Club of Greater Boston announced Thursday that Wesleyan senior forward Walker Harris is the winner of the 20th Joe Concannon Award, presented annually to the best American-born college hockey player in New England at the Division II/III level (photo: Wesleyan Athletics).