WCHA End of the Year Awards

[thebrain]

Best Team
Rookie of year the year
MVP of the WCHA
MVP of each team
All WCHA Team
All WCHA Rookie Team
Coach of the Year

Who do you think's been the best of the best?

[taz91]

Best Team: Gophers
Rookie of the Year: Bobbi Ross
League MVP: Krissy Wendell
Team MVPs: Minnesota - Wendall
UMD - Ouellette
Wisconsin - Bauer
Ohio State - Creary
MSU - Brennan/Kehler
St Cloud - Kristy Oonincx
Bemidji - Brookshaw/Leubke
UND - Cara Wooster
All WCHA - Wendall, Darwitz, Ouellette, Engstrom, Wall, Horak
All Rookie WCHA - Ross, McKenzie, Cara Wooster, Wallace, Drazen, Kehler
Coach of the Year - Jackie Barto

[GWH Fan]

Who do you think's been the best of the best?

Well, I suppose I'll take a crack. Well at least a first stab, if anyone (ha, when) they want to debate I'm open.

Best Team - Minnesota

Rookie of year the year - Wooster, Cara

MVP of the WCHA - Wendell

MVP of each team
U of M - Wendell
UMD - Ouellette
Wisc - Macy
OSU - Creary (Guess)
MSU - Stohr (Guess)
SCSU - Carrie Holldorf (I think you got to give props for her work defeating UMD)
BSU - Hart (Guess)
UND - Wooster, Cara

All WCHA Team - Wendell, Darwitz, Ouellette, Wall, Engstrom, Horak

All WCHA Rookie Team - Cara Wooster, Ross, Zaugg, Miller, Wallace, Brookshaw

Coach of the Year - Johnson

[dave1381]

I'd pick the same All-WCHA as everyone else...
except I think I'd support Shannon Miller for coach of the year over all else.
What's the case for Barto or Johnson this season? I thought Johnson was a good choice last season. And Barto was a good choice, maybe in 2000-01, that was a good year for OSU.

[Bemidji Beaver Fan]

My picks:

Best Team: No Question....After the UMD/SCSU Games, there is no question the best team in the WCHA is The U of M.

Rookie of the Year: Emily Brookshaw (BSU)

MVP of the WCHA: Oullette (UMD)

MVP of each team:
U of M: Darwitz
UMD: Oullette
Wis: Bauerr
MSU: Brennan
OSU: Harrigan
SCSU: A. Stewart and K. Stewart (Co)
BSU: Napier
UND: Cara Wooster and Cami Wooster (Co)


All WCHA Team

F: Darawtiz (U of M)
F: Oullette (UMD)
F: Wendell (U of M)
D: Wall (U of M)
D: K. Stewart (SCSU)
G: Schaublin (UMD)


All WCHA Rookie Team

F: Ross (U of M)
F: Cari Wooster (UND)
F: Cami Wooster (UND)
D: Miller (U of M)
D: Balcom (BSU)
G: Brookshaw (BSU)


WCHA Coach of the Year: Shantel Rivard (UND)

[ARM]

Best Team: Minnesota

Rookie of year the year: Tie - Cara Wooster, Cami Wooster (hate to penalize someone for getting mono)

MVP of the WCHA: Krissy Wendell

MVP of each team:
Bemidji St. - Emily Brookshaw
Minnesota - Wendell
Minnesota-Duluth - Caroline Ouellette
Minnesota St. - Laura Brennan
North Dakota - Jessica Kovacevich
Ohio St - Jana Harrigan
St. Cloud St. - Lauri St. Jacques
Wisconsin - Molly Engstrom

All WCHA Team:
Wendell, Darwitz, Ouellette, LyndsayWall, Engstrom, Riita Schaublin

All WCHA Rookie Team
Wooster, Wooster, Tara Hiscock, Kerri Wallace, Lisa Chesson, Brookshaw

Coach of the Year
Shannon Miller

[brookyone]

Best Team: Minnesota...hope you weren't expecting UMD. :)

ROTY: Bobbi Ross

WCHA MVP: Natalie Darwitz

MVP of each team:
U of M: Krissy
UMD: Ouellette
Wis: Burish or possibly Bonhomme...Bonhomme, :rolleyes: Yea right smuck.
MSU: Goalies, pick one ? Kehler
OSU: Creary
SCSU: Ashley Stewart
BSU: Goalies, pick one ? Luebke
UND: The highest scoring Wooster, both good...I get them mixed up

All WCHA

Darwitz
Ouellette
Wendell
Wall
Bonhomme or Engstrom
Horak

WCHA All Rookie

B. Ross
C. Wooster
C. Wooster
What the heck, reunite the old line
Honorable mention to E. McKenzie
A. Miller
R. Drazen
E. Brookshaw

WCHA Coach of the Year: Shantel Rivard (UND)

Edit: Hate to omit solid UMD defenders

[ARM]

Wis: Burish or possibly Bonhomme

That's it! Confused reader, throw away his ballot.

[GWH Fan]

I redid this post because it was too impossible to read. I hope this is better. I probably won’t redo it again.

Best Team: Gophers (7)

Rookie of the Year
Bobbi Ross (2)
Wooster, Cara (1 1/2)
Emily Brookshaw (2)
Cami Wooster (1 1/2)

MVP of the WCHA
Krissy Wendell (5)
Oullette
Natalie Darwitz

MVP of each team:

Minnesota
Wendall (5)
Darwitz

UMD
Ouellette (6)

Wisconsin
Bauer (2)
Molly Engstrom (2)
Macy
Burish (1/2)
Bonhomme (1/2)

MSU
Brennan (2 1/2)
Kehler (2 1/2)
Bonhomme (1)
Stohr (1)

Ohio State
Creary (3)
Harrigan (2)

St Cloud
Kristy Oonincx (1 1/2)
Carrie Holldorf
Lauri St. Jacques
Ashley Stewart
Stewart (1/2)
K. Stewart (1/2)
Clarkson (1/2)

Bemidji
Emily Brookshaw (1 1/2)
Luebke (1 1/2)
Hart
Napier
Eckebrecht

UND
Cara Wooster (4)
Cami Wooster (2)
Jessica Kovacevich
(hon. mention- Gagnon-Laplante)

All WCHA
Wendall (6)
Darwitz (6)
Ouellette (6)
Wall (6)
Engstrom (4 1/3)
K. Stewart
Bonhomme (1/2)
Horak (3)
Riita Schaublin (2)

All Rookie WCHA
Cara Wooster (6)
Brookshaw (4)
Ross (5)
Wallace (4)
A. Miller (3)
Cami Wooster (4)
R. Drazen (3)
McKenzie (1)
Kehler (1)
Zaugg (1)
Balcom (1)
Tara Hiscock (1)
Lisa Chesson (1)
Honorable mention to E. McKenzie

Coach of the Year
Shantel Rivard (2)
Shannon Miller (2)
Jackie Barto
Johnson
Halldorson

[hockeytalk]

Best Team
Rookie of year the year
MVP of the WCHA
MVP of each team
All WCHA Team
All WCHA Rookie Team
Coach of the Year

Who do you think's been the best of the best?

When are these official announcements made?

[brookyone]

That's it! Confused reader, throw away his ballot.
Oops...perhaps I should eliminate one of those. :confused: Think I'll toss out Bonhomme on this one. When it comes to ballots... :rolleyes:, at least I didn't write in Sponge Bob as I did for one of those myriad unopposed district court judge seats in the last election.

[Rusty67]

Best Team...Minnesota

Rookie of the year- Cami Wooster

MVP of the WCHA- Wendell

MVP of each team

Minnesota- Wendell
Wisconsin- Engstrom
UMD- Ouellette
Ohio St.- Bonhomme
UND- Cami/Cara Wooster (hon. mention- Gagnon-Laplante)....I know a lot of people get them confused but if you watch them closely they're styles can be quite different. Both players work extremely hard though and it's tough to pick one over the other, especially with Cami playing centre
SCSU- Clarkson/Oonincx
Mankato- Kehler
Bemidji- Eckebrecht


All WCHA Team

Krissy Wendell
Natalie Darwitz
Caroline Ouellette
Molly Engstrom
Lyndsay Wall




All WCHA Rookie Team

Cami Wooster
Cara Wooster
Bobbi Ross
Rachael Drazen
Kerri Wallace



Coach of the Year- Shannon Miller

[thebrain]

I'm not sure when they're named...

Best Team...Gophers
Rookie of the year...Brookshaw
MVP of the WCHA...Krissy Wendell
Coach of the Year...Halldorson

[dave1381]

Last year the actual WCHA awards (MVP, ROY, Two All-League Teams, All-Rookie, Coach of the Year) were named Friday night the week of the tournament. I don't know if they might plan on doing it earlier this year because of the expanded tournament.

[GWH Fan]

Last year the actual WCHA awards (MVP, ROY, Two All-League Teams, All-Rookie, Coach of the Year) were named Friday night the week of the tournament. I don't know if they might plan on doing it earlier this year because of the expanded tournament.

I think last years driving factor for having it on Friday night was that way all teams in the tournament would still be there. Following this logic they would move it to Thursday night. Can't say for sure if that's going to be they way it will work out.

[ARM]

I would think that they have to have the banquet either Wednesday night or during the day on Thursday or Friday. Last year, they had a 4 p.m. game on Friday, then no more games. This year, I believe they have 4 and 7 o'clock games each day.

[Anonymous1980]

What are some of your guys' reasons for picking some over others in these categories?


Rookie of year the year
MVP of the WCHA


Just looking for some more insight...

[ARM]

For ROTY, I figure the Woosters have produced without a great surrounding cast of talent. I could have gone with one of the goalies, but most of them were splitting time on their teams.

For MVP, Wendell is the player who makes the best team in the league go. When she was hurt against UMD, they were instantly a different team.

[dave1381]

Here it is: http://www.uscho.com/news/2005/03/02_010129.php

[Collegehockeynut]

All great players, I take nothing away but am very perplexed how Jana Harrigan from OSU was not named to the second all star team. I guess performance does not not count :mad: