Former Vernon Vipers forward Steven Jandric was named to the All-WCHA Rookie Team.
Jandric is in his first season at the University of Alaska-Fairbanks, played two seasons in Vernon (2015-2017) Played in 115 regular season games with the Vipers collected (34-goals-39-assists-73-points).
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This was posted on the Nanooks website:
Frye, Jandric Earn All-Conference Honors, while 16 Named to All-Academic Team
3/8/2018
By: Nona Letuligasenoa
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – On Thursday, the Western Collegiate Hockey Association announced that senior defenseman Zach Frye was named to the All-WCHA First Team, while freshman forward Steven Jandric was named to the All-WCHA Rookie Team. Furthermore, 16 of Alaska's 22 retuning players were selected to the WCHA's All-Academic Team for 2017-18, including four repeat honorees.
Frye becomes the first Alaska hockey player to be named to the All-WCHA First Team since Tyler Morley ('16) following the 2015-16 season, while Jandric becomes the first Nanook freshman to make an appearance on the WCHA's All-Rookie Team since Marcus Basara ('17) after the 2013-14 campaign. The all-conference teams are nominated and voted on by each of the 10 head coaches in the WCHA. Points are awarded on a five-point (First Team vote), three-point (Second Team vote), and one-point (Third Team vote) basis, while the WCHA's All-Rookie Team is determined by total votes received. Coaches are not allowed to vote for their own players and the league only takes into account statistics during conference play.
Frye is one of two defensemen named to the All-WCHA First team, sharing the title with Bowling Green's sophomore blueliner Alec Rauhauser. Frye topped the leaderboard in almost every offensive category during league play, leading all conference defensemen in goals (eight), assists (20), points (28), goals per game (0.29), assists per game (0.71), points per game (1.00), game-winning goals (2), shots on goal (102) and shots on goal per games played (3.64). Frye also tied for fifth in blocked shots (41) while appearing in each of Alaska's 28 league games.
In February alone, Frye was the WCHA's Defensive Player of the Week on three occasions and was named the league's Defensive Player of the Month.
The three All-WCHA First Team forwards are now finalists for the 2017-18 WCHA Offensive Player of the Year, while Frye and Rauhauser are candidates for the Defensive Player of the Year.
All-WCHA First Team
Player (Year/Hometown) Position School
*C.J. Suess (Sr. /Forest Lake, Minn.) Forward Minnesota State University
*Marc Michaelis (Fr. /Manheim, Germany) Forward Minnesota State University
Troy Loggins (Jr. /Huntington Beach, Germany) Forward Northern Michigan University
Zach Frye (Sr./Spokane, Wash.) Defenseman University of Alaska Fairbanks
*Alec Rauhauser (So. /Bismarck, N.D.) Defenseman Bowling Green University
*Atte Tolvenan (Jr./Vihti, Finland) Goaltender Northern Michigan University
*denotes previously named to an All-WCHA Team
This season, the WCHA had five skaters in the NCAA's top-20 scoring freshman, eventually resulting in two forwards and a three-way tie for the third forward position in the league's All-Rookie Team this season. Jandric, along with Bowling Green's Max Johnson and Minnesota State's Reggie Lutz all tied for the final forward position.
In his first year with the Nanooks, Jandric posted 14 assists (fourth among WCHA rookies), along with three goals for 17 points and a plus-five rating. Jandric was named the WCHA's Rookie of the Week after a four-point weekend (one goal, three assists) against in-state rival Alaska Anchorage on Dec. 11. The Prince George, British Columbia native also tallied four game-winning assists and four multi-point efforts.
Jandric, along with the other seven players named to the WCHA's All-Rookie Team, are now eligible for the league's Rookie of the Year honor. The conference's Players of the Year will be announced next Tuesday (Mar. 13).
WCHA All-Rookie Team
Player (Year/Hometown) Position School
Jake Jaremko (Fr. /Nowthen, Mich.) Forward Minnesota State University
Brandon Kruse (Fr. /Saline, Mich.) Forward Bowling Green University
^Steven Jandric (Fr. /Prince George, B.C.) Forward University of Alaska Fairbanks
^Max Johnson (Fr. /Lakeville, Minn.) Forward Bowling Green University
^Reggie Lutz (Fr. /Elk River, Minn.) Forward Minnesota State University
Connor Mackey (Fr. /Tower Lakes, Ill.) Defenseman Minnesota State University
Eric Sinclair (Fr. /Kenora, Ont.) Defenseman University of Alaska Anchorage
Eric Dop (Fr. /Lewis Center, Ohio) Goaltender Bowling Green University
WCHA All-Academic Team
A total of 151 student-athletes, representing all 10 WCHA men's league member institutions, have earned the honor of being named to the 2017-18 WCHA All-Academic Team. To earn the distinction of being named to the All-Academic Team, student-athletes must have completed one year of eligibility at their present school prior to the current academic year, have a grade-point average of at least 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) for the previous two semesters, or may qualify if the overall GPA is at least a 3.0 for all terms at their present institution.
Four of Alaska's 16 selectees were also named WCHA Scholar-Athletes by the conference earlier this month.
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