GRAND FORKS, N.D. – University of North Dakota sophomore
forward Brock Boeser and junior goaltender Cam Johnson were among the six
players named today to the 2016-17 NCHC Preseason All-Conference Team by a vote
of conference media.
Boeser, the reigning conference scoring champion, was the
only unanimous selection to the team, while Johnson received 27 of a possible
30 votes. Denver sophomore forward Dylan Gambrell and senior defenseman Will
Butcher, Omaha senior forward Austin Ortega, and Miami junior defenseman Louie
Belpedio rounded out the team.
Boeser was named the NCHC Rookie of the Year last season
after racking up a conference-leading 60 points in 42 games. That included 20
goals and 35 points in 24 NCHC games, both of which also led the conference.
The Burnsville, Minn., native was named to the AHCA
All-America West First Team, joining Ed Belfour (1986-87) and Kevin
Maxwell (1978-79) as the only UND freshmen to earn All-America honors.
Johnson joined his teammate Boeser on the AHCA
All-America Team, earning second-team accolades after going 24-4-2 with a 1.66
goals against average and school-record .935 save percentage in his first
season as a starter. The Troy, Mich., native led the nation in winning
percentage (.833) and amassed a school-record shutout streak of 298 minutes, 25
seconds, that was the
second-longest in NCAA Division I men’s hockey history.
Boeser, Johnson and the Fighting Hawks, the defending NCAA
champions, open the 2016-17 season on Saturday, Oct. 1, with an exhibition game
against the University of Manitoba. UND will raise its eighth national
championship banner in a pre-game ceremony.
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