TROY, Mich. – (March 19, 2019) – The American Collegiate Hockey Association announced today the 2018-2019 ACHA All-Region Teams, including the Most Valuable Player and Coach of the Year for the Atlantic and South Regions for Men’s Division II, as voted by a committee made of ACHA coaches, General Managers, and League Commissioners.

 

2018-19 ACHA First Team All-Northeast Region

Goaltender     Carlin Testa     Keene State College

Defense           Matt Lambert University of New Hampshire

Defense           Matt Poulin    University of Massachusetts-Amherst

Forward          Cam Fisher      University of Massachusetts-Amherst

Forward          Patrick Holmes           University of New Hampshire

Forward          Lindy Vicari     Boston College

 

2018-19 ACHA Second Team All-Northeast Region

Goaltender     Liam Bain        Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Defense           Owen Klinger  Bucknell University

Defense           Lucas Poulin    Keene State College

Forward          Mitch Bougerie           Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Forward          Ruston Keene Northeastern University

Forward          Tim Pellitteri   Erie Community College

 

2018-19 ACHA All-Northeast Region Player of the Year

Forward          Lindy Vicari     Boston College

 

2018-19 ACHA All-Northeast Region Coach of the Year

Head Coach    Mike DeFazio  University of Massachusetts-Amherst

 

 

2018-19 ACHA First Team All-Southeast Region

Goaltender     Jordan Bustard           Florida Gulf Coast University

Defense           Drew Crilly      Liberty University

Defense           Nick Okada     University of Cincinnati

Forward          Danny Mateja University of Cincinnati

Forward          Yannis Soukas University of Louisville

Forward          David Wong    Florida Gulf Coast University

 

2018-19 ACHA Second Team All-Southeast Region

Goaltender     Will Holtfoster Pennsylvania State University

Defense           Matt Salera     Florida Gulf Coast University

Defense           Mike Lassik     Pennsylvania State University

Forward          Sam Banasiewicz        North Carolina State University

Forward          Ryan Conlin    Rowan University

Forward          Justin Tiso       Rider University

 

2018-19 ACHA All-Southeast Region Player of the Year

Forward          David Wong    Florida Gulf Coast University

 

2018-19 ACHA All-Southeast Region Coach of the Year

Head Coach    Cory Myers     Pennsylvania State University

 

 

2018-19 ACHA First Team All-West Region

Goaltender     Aaron Nelson  University of Mary

Defense           Jacob Eisenstat           Brigham Young University

Defense           Anthony Newsome     Metro State University-Denver

Forward          Ryan Gruszka  Williston State College

Forward          Josh Kerkvliet  Utah State University

Forward          Marshall Tschida        University of Mary

 

2018-19 ACHA Second Team All-West Region

Goaltender     Jared Mazella Brigham Young University

Defense           Willy Fobar     Weber State University

Defense           Jordan Nolan  Northern Arizona University

Forward          Lucas Lomax   Northern Arizona University

Forward          Luke Miller      California State University-Long Beach

Forward          Ryan Padden  Montana State University

 

2018-19 ACHA All-West Region Player of the Year

Goalie Aaron Nelson  University of Mary

 

2018-19 ACHA All-West Region Co-Coach of the Year

Head Coach    Dave Pitcher   Brigham Young University

Head Coach    Dave Weaver  Montana State University

 

 

2018-19 ACHA First Team All-Central Region

Goaltender     Roman Malkov           Aquinas College

Defense           Paul Kinder     Marian University

Defense           Daniel Nordlander      McKendree University

Forward          Ty Ennis          Lindenwood University

Forward          Christian Schurmann-Colicchio          Indiana University

Forward          Ty Wilson        McKendree University

 

2018-19 ACHA Second Team All-Central Region

Goaltender     Tyler Hough    Trine University

Defense           Tommy Feldman        DePaul University

Defense           Riley Fisher     North Dakota State University

Forward          Andrew Bond  Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville

Forward          Mike Curran    Aquinas College

Forward          Eric Svejda      Northern Illinois University

 

2018-19 ACHA All-Central Region Player of the Year

Forward          Ty Wilson        McKendree University

 

2018-19 ACHA All-Central Region Coach of the Year

Head Coach    Gary Gardner  Lindenwood University

 

In partnership with the Dallas Stars, Visit Frisco and Children’s Health StarCenters, the 2019 ACHA Men’s Division II National Championships begin March 22 at the Children’s Health StarCenter Plano community ice rink. The championship game will be played at the newly named Comerica Center in Frisco, Texas on March 26. More details about the ACHA National Championships event can be found here.