Former Viper Brothers Selected To First Team All-WCHA & All-Academic Team:

Former Vernon Vipers forward Steven Jandric made First Team All-WCHA while former Vernon Vipers defenceman Chris Jandric was one of 16 players who made the All-Academic team. 

Steven Jandric was in his third season at the University of Alaska-Fairbanks before the season was cancelled due to COVID-19. Steven Jandric played two seasons in Vernon (2015-2017) Played in 115 regular season games with the Vipers collected (34-goals-39-assists-73-points).

Steven Jandric's Player Profile:

http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=268055

Chris Jandric was in his second season at the University of Alaska-Fairbanks when the season was cancelled due to COVID-19. Chris Jandric Played three seasons in Vernon (2015-2018) In 108 games with the Vipers Jandric collected (6-goals-45-assists-51-points).

Chris Jandric's Player Profile:

https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/332112/chris-jandric

This is posted on the Nanooks website:

Men's Ice Hockey 3/16/2020  Nathan Kyle Pearsall

Steven Jandric Lands Spot on First Team All-WCHA and All-Academic Team; 15 Others Join on All-Academic

FAIRBANKS, Alaska – The Western Collegiate Hockey Association announced their 2019-20 All-WCHA and All-Academic Teams this morning. The Nanooks were represented by one player on the All-WCHA team as Steven Jandric made First Team All-WCHA while 16 players made the All-Academic team.

Jandric, the junior forward from Prince George, B.C, and Alaska Nanooks top-scorer, was selected to the All-WCHA First Team alongside; Marc Michaelis, Connor Mackey and Dryden McKay from Minnesota State, Adam Brady from Bemidji State and Alec Rauhauser from Bowling Green. On the season, Jandric put up a total of 33 points while scoring 13 goals and assisting on 20 other. In conference play, Jandric scored the third most points with 30, trailing only Griffin Loughran and Michaelis.

This is Jandric's third WCHA end of the year award, after he was named to the All-WCHA Rookie team for the 2017-18 season before being named to Third Team All-WCHA last season.

The Nanooks were well represented on the All-Academic WCHA 2019-20 Team as 16 Nanooks, including Steven Jandric, were selected. To be chosen to the All-Academic team, you must have completed one full year of eligibility at the school and held a 3.0 or above GPA for the prior two semesters or three quarters. Transfers are eligible for the list if they held a 3.0 or higher for all terms at their new institution.

Here is a complete list of the Nanooks who made the 2019-20 All-Academic team: Brennan Blaszczak (Jr., F, Troy Mich.), Tyler Cline (Sr., F, Blaine, Minn.), Colin Doyle (So., F, Cambellford, Ont.), Caleb Hite (So., F, Grand Blanc, Mich.), Kylar Hope (Sr., F, Lashburn, Sask.), Chris Jandric (So., D, Prince George, B.C.), Steven Jandric (Jr., F, Prince George, B.C.), James LaDouce (Sr., D, Saginaw, Mich.), Colton Leiter (Sr., F, Edmonton, Alta.), Kyle Marino (Sr., F, Niagara Falls, Ont.), Anton Martinsson (Sr., G, Klippan, Sweden), Jordan Muzzillo (So., D, Capron, Ill.), Max Newton (Jr., F, Vancourver, B.C.), Tristan Thompson (Sr., D, Canmore, Alta.), Troy Van Tetering (Sr., F, Carstairs, Alta.), Antti Virtanen (So., D, Kittila, Finland), Jack Weiss (Sr., D, Bloomington, Minn.) and Justin Young (Jr., F, Leduc, B.C.).

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