Pioneers Score AHA Individual Awards
3/17/2022 1:09:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey
Neil Shea was named Co-Scoring Champion
WINTHROP, Mass.– The Sacred Heart University men's ice hockey team captured two Atlantic Hockey Association individual awards on Thursday as Neil Shea was named the association's Co-Scoring Champion while the Pioneers were awarded the Team Sportsmanship Award for registering the lowest penalties in minutes per game during the regular season.
Shea was the top point scorer for the Pioneers as he led the team in assists and points during the regular season. The Marshfield, Mass. native accounted for 11 goals and 20 assists on the year for a total of 31 points and shared the Atlantic Hockey Scoring Champion honors after posting 25 points on 10 goals and 15 assists in AHA play.
The Northeastern transfer recorded a total of six multi-point games during the season and he garnered one AHA Player of the Week honor as well as one Player of the Month nod.
Head coach C.J. Marottolo and the Pioneers ended the 2021-22 regular season as the least-penalized team in NCAA Division I. SHU averaged just 3.3 penalties and 7.41 penalty minutes a game this season. Sacred Heart was whistled for only 112 penalties totaling 252 minutes in 34 contests this season. The Pioneers have now won the last two AHA Team Sportsmanship awards that have been presented (2019-20 and 2021-22).
Shea was the top point scorer for the Pioneers as he led the team in assists and points during the regular season. The Marshfield, Mass. native accounted for 11 goals and 20 assists on the year for a total of 31 points and shared the Atlantic Hockey Scoring Champion honors after posting 25 points on 10 goals and 15 assists in AHA play.
The Northeastern transfer recorded a total of six multi-point games during the season and he garnered one AHA Player of the Week honor as well as one Player of the Month nod.
Head coach C.J. Marottolo and the Pioneers ended the 2021-22 regular season as the least-penalized team in NCAA Division I. SHU averaged just 3.3 penalties and 7.41 penalty minutes a game this season. Sacred Heart was whistled for only 112 penalties totaling 252 minutes in 34 contests this season. The Pioneers have now won the last two AHA Team Sportsmanship awards that have been presented (2019-20 and 2021-22).
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