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On the strength of an unblemished regular season, Minnesota took home all but one major award at the WCHA awards ceremony March 7 in Madison, Wis.<\/p>\n

Amanda Kessel was named player of the year and scoring champion, Megan Bozek defensive player of the year, Hannah Brandt rookie of the year, Noora Räty goaltending champion and Brad Frost earned top coach honors.<\/p>\n

Kessel, Bozek and Räty are also the three Patty Kazmaier Award finalists.<\/p>\n

North Dakota’s Jocelyn Lamoureux picked up student-athlete of the year honors.<\/p>\n

The WCHA also announced its All-WCHA First, Second and Third Teams and its All-WCHA Rookie Team.<\/p>\n

2013 All-WCHA First Team<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Player's Name<\/th>Position<\/th>Class<\/th>School<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Amanda Kessel<\/td>F<\/td>Jr.<\/td>Minnesota<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brianna Decker<\/td>F<\/td>Sr.<\/td>Wisconsin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hannah Brandt<\/td>F<\/td>Fr.<\/td>Minnesota<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Megan Bozek<\/td>D<\/td>Sr.<\/td>Minnesota<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Monique Lamoureux<\/td>D<\/td>Sr.<\/td>North Dakota<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Noora R\u00e4ty<\/td>G<\/td>Sr.<\/td>Minnesota<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

2013 All-WCHA Second Team<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Player's Name<\/th>Position<\/th>Class<\/th>School<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Jocelyne Lamoureux<\/td>F<\/td>Sr.<\/td>North Dakota<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Michelle Karvinen<\/td>F<\/td>Jr.<\/td>North Dakota<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jenna McParland<\/td>F<\/td>So.<\/td>Minnesota-Duluth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brigette Lacquette<\/td>D<\/td>So.<\/td>Minnesota-Duluth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jessica Wong<\/td>D<\/td>Sr.<\/td>Minnesota-Duluth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alex Rigsby<\/td>G<\/td>Jr.<\/td>Wisconsin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

2013 All-WCHA Third Team<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Player's Name<\/th>Position<\/th>Class<\/th>School<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Lauren Smith<\/td>F<\/td>Sr.<\/td>Minnesota State<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Josefine Jakobsen<\/td>F<\/td>So.<\/td>North Dakota<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kelly Terry<\/td>F<\/td>Jr.<\/td>Minnesota<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mira Jalosuo<\/td>D<\/td>Sr.<\/td>Minnesota<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rachel Ramsey<\/td>D<\/td>So.<\/td>Minnesota<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kayla Black<\/td>G<\/td>Fr.<\/td>Minnesota-Duluth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

2013 All-WCHA Rookie Team<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Player's Name<\/th>Position<\/th>Class<\/th>School<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Hannah Brandt<\/td>F<\/td>Fr.<\/td>Minnesota<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maryanne Menefee<\/td>F<\/td>Fr.<\/td>Minnesota<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Meghan Dufault<\/td>F<\/td>Fr.<\/td>North Dakota<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Milica McMillen<\/td>D<\/td>Fr.<\/td>Minnesota<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Courtney Burke<\/td>D<\/td>Fr.<\/td>Wisconsin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kayla Black<\/td>G<\/td>Fr.<\/td>Minnesota-Duluth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On the strength of an unblemished regular season, Minnesota took home all but one major award at the WCHA awards ceremony March 7 in Madison, Wis. Amanda Kessel was named player of the year and scoring champion, Megan Bozek defensive player of the year, Hannah Brandt rookie of the year, Noora Räty goaltending champion and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":140328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nKazmaier finalist Kessel picks up top WCHA player honors - College Hockey | USCHO.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"On the strength of an unblemished regular season, Minnesota took home all but one major award at the WCHA awards ceremony March 7 in Madison, Wis. 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