Minnesota State head coach Troy Jutting and senior captain Joel Hanson were both recognized at the annual WCHA post-season banquet. Jutting was named the WCHA Coach of the Year while Hanson received the Student-Athlete of the Year award.
More surprisingly, no Maverick was named to the WCHA first, second, third or even all-rookie team. I wasn't terribly surprised to see that the first three teams had no Mavericks because frankly none of them had the numbers to be there. That is why they had so much success, however, because they get contributions from so many players that no individual had overly impressive numbers. An argument could be made for MSU goalie Mike Zacharias to be on the third team, because Denver's Peter Mannino had a very forgettable season but may have made it due to his reputation and strong first half of the season. Also, I was surprised that neither Kurt Davis or Ben Youds made the all-rookie team as they were two of the top young defenders in the league, quite obviously in my opinion.
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