Sansbury Named as Atlantic Hockey Defensive Player of the Month

BOSTON (February 1, 2024) – Junior Hunter Sansbury (Lomita, Calif.) of the Sacred Heart University men's ice hockey team has been named as Atlantic Hockey Defensive Player of the Month for the month of January, as announced on Thursday afternoon by the league office.

Sansbury played in all 10 games the Pios played last month, and piled up 30 blocked shots, far and away the highest total on the team and the nation's best in the month as well. He also contributed five points (1-4-5) and 26 shots on goal at the offensive end of the ice, with the latter number ranking third on the squad. He blocked at least four shots on four separate occasions in January.

Sansbury was at his best in SHU's home-and-home series with Holy Cross on Jan. 19-20. At home on Friday night, he established a new career high with seven blocks in a 2-1 (OT) win. Sansbury equaled the new career best with seven more blocks on the road the very next night.

Sansbury capped the month with the 100^th game of his collegiate career, last Saturday against Yale at CT Ice. He has played in all 27 of Sacred Heart's games this season and is second among team blue liners in scoring, with 4-8-12. Sansbury leads not just Atlantic Hockey, but the entire country, with 76 blocked shots.

It is Sansbury's second career selection as Atlantic Hockey Defensive Player of the Month (February 2023).

SHU (11-14-2, 11-7-1 AHA) is back in action this weekend, as it opens the season's final month with a pair of games at home against American International. Puck drop is 7 p.m. both Friday and Saturday at Martire Family Arena, and tickets are available through Ticketmaster.

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Sansbury Named as Atlantic Hockey Defensive Player of the Month

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