WAKEFIELD, Mass. - Hockey East is proud to announce that 115 student-athletes have been named to the league's 2015-16 All-Academic Team. Each student-athlete achieved a grade point average of 3.0 or better in each of the two academic periods during which he was actively competing.
Six players earned the prestigious honor of being named Hockey East's Top Scholar-Athlete, compiling perfect 4.0 GPA for the season. Those skaters include Maine defenseman Sam Becker (Roseville, Minn.) and five players from Merrimack including defensemen Jonathan Lashyn (Saskatoon, Sask.) and forwards Michael Babcock (Northville, Mich.), Hampus Gustafsson (Ljungby, Sweden), Jace Hennig (Port Moody, B.C.), and Alfred Larsson (Malmo, Sweden). Eight players reached "Distinguished Scholar" status in 2015-16, having qualified for the All-Academic team in each of four seasons of varsity play, while 13 others are three-time honorees.
The Hockey East Association is a 12-team Division-I men's college hockey conference founded in 1984, and also sponsors a nine-team Division-I women's league which began play in 2002-03.
Boston College
Alexander Joyce (Jr., G)**
Scott Savage (Jr., D)**
Boston University
Bobo Carpenter (Fr., F)
Jakob Karlsson (Fr., F)
Ahti Oksanen (Sr., F)
Max Prawdzik (Fr., G)
UConn
John Austin (So., D)**
Karl El-Mir (Fr., F)
Joseph Ferriss (Sr., F)**
Kyle Huson (Sr., D)**
Patrick Kirtland (Sr., F)
Joona Kunnas (Jr., D)
Spencer Naas (So., F)**
Kasperi Ojantakanen (So., F)**
Shawn Pauly (Sr., F)**
Jesse Schwartz (So., F)
Stephen Thulin (So., G)**
Jeff Wight (So., F)**
Maine
Sam Becker (Fr., D)
Brady Campbell (Jr., F)***
Stephen Cochrane (Fr., D)
Mark Hamilton (So., D)**
Cedric Lacroix (So., F)
Will Merchant (Sr., F)
Brian Morgan (Jr., F)***
Jack Musil (So., F)
Bill Norman (Sr., D)**
Jaspreet Rai (Fr., F)
Sean Romeo (So., G)**
Eric Schurhamer (Jr., D)***
Steven Swavely (Sr., F)****
Massachusetts
Brennan Baxandall (Jr., D)***
Carmine Buono (Fr., D)
Benjamin Gallacher (Sr., D)***
Marc Hetnik (Jr., D)**
Jacob Horton (So., D)**
Patrick Lee (So., F)
Evan Stack (Sr., F) ***
Aleaxander Wakaluk (Jr., G)***
UMass Lowell
Avni Berisha (Fr., D)
Sean Cleary (Fr., G)
Chris Forney (So., D)
Robert Francis (Sr., F)**
Joe Gambardella (Jr., F)**
Gage Hough (So., F)**
Jake Kamrass (So., F)**
Michael Louria (So., F)**
Nick Master (Fr., F)
Tyler Mueller (So., D)**
C.J. Smith (So., F)
Jake Townsend (Fr., D)
Dylan Zink (Jr., D)**
Merrimack
Michael Babcock (Fr., F)
Benjamin Bahe (Sr., F)****
Brian Christie (Sr., F)***
Matthew Cronin (Sr., D)****
Collin Delia (So., G)
Hampus Gustafsson (Jr., F)***
John Gustafsson (Sr., F)**
Jace Hennig (So., F)**
Jared Kolquist (So., D)**
Alfred Larsson (So., F)**
Ludvig Larsson (Fr., F)
Jonathan Lashyn (Jr., D)***
Christopher LeBlanc (Jr., F)
Derek Petti (Fr., F)
Brett Seney (So., F)
Ethan Spaxman (Fr., D)
Mathieu Tibbet (So., F)**
Aaron Titcomb (So., D)**
Notre Dame
Steven Fogarty (Sr., F)**
Sam Herr (Sr., F)
Jack Jenkins (Fr., F)
Chad Katunar (Jr., G)***
Dylan Malmquist (Fr., F)
Andrew Oglevie (Fr., F)
Cal Petersen (So., G)**
Nick Stasack (Sr., G)**
New Hampshire
Dylan, Chanter (So., D)
Adam Clark (So., G)**
Matias Cleland (Jr., D)***
Maxim Gaudreault (Sr., F)****
Collin MacDonald (Sr., F)****
Dylan Maller (Jr., D)**
Cameron Marks (So., D)**
Michael McNicholas, So., F)
Andrew Poturalski (So., F)**
Harrison Quast (Sr., D)****
James Regan (Sr., G)****
Kyle Smith (Sr., F)**
Daniel Tirone (So., G)**
Northeastern
Matthew Benning (Jr., D)
Samuel Kurker (Jr., F)
Patrick Schule (Fr., F)
John Stevens (Jr., F)**
Providence
Brooks Behling (Sr., F)****
Alex Cromwell (So., F)**
Garrett Gamez (Fr., F)
Hayden Hawkey (Fr., G)
Robert Hennessey (So., F)**
Conor MacPhee (Jr., F)
Steven McParland (Sr., F)**
Josh Monk (Jr., D)
Thomas Parisi (Sr., D)**
Nick Saracino (Sr., F)
Vermont
Drew Best (Fr., F)
Travis Blanleil (So., F)**
Rob Darrar (So., F)**
Mitch Ferguson (So., D)
Tom Forgione (Jr., F)***
Chris Muscoby (Jr., D)**
Yvan Pattyn (Sr., D)
Anthony Petruzzelli (So., F)
Dan Senkbeil (Sr., D)**
Jonathan Turk (Sr., F)***
2015-16 Hockey East All-Academic All-Star Team
G: Alexander Wakaluk, Massachusetts (3.83)
D: Sam Becker, Maine (4.0)
D: Jonathan Lashyn, Merrimack (4.0)
F: Michael Babcock, Merrimack (4.0)
F: Hampus Gustafsson, Merrimack (4.0)
F: Jace Hennig, Merrimack (4.0)
F: Alfred Larsson, Merrimack (4.0)