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Spencer Penrose Award Finalists named

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goldy_331

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I was surprised I had not seen a thread on this yet, sorry if I missed one. Here are the finalists:

2011-12 AHCA Men's Ice Hockey Spencer Penrose Award Finalists

Norm Bazin, UMass-Lowell - Hockey East Coach of the Year
Rick Bennett, Union - ECAC Coach of the Year and NCAA Semifinalist
Bob Daniels, Ferris State - CCHA Coach of the Year and NCAA Semifinalist*
Don Lucia, Minnesota - NCAA Semifinalist*
Mel Pearson, Michigan Tech - WCHA Coach of the Year
Ryan Soderquist, Bentley College - Atlantic Hockey Coach of the Year
Jerry York, Boston College - NCAA Semifinalist*

Feel free to weigh in on who is most deserving.
 
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Bazin has this thing hands down.


2011-12 Norm Bazin -------------- 24 13 1 NCAA Quarters
2010-11 Blaise Macdonald --------- 5 25 4
 
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Somebody actually bothered putting in other "finalists?" Seriously?
 
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jrobes01 said:
Somebody actually bothered putting in other "finalists?" Seriously?
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I know, it's like why do they bother having the other three teams go to Tampa when everyone knows the title already belongs to BC? Same thing here.
 
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goldy_331 said:
I was surprised I had not seen a thread on this yet, sorry if I missed one. Here are the finalists:

2011-12 AHCA Men's Ice Hockey Spencer Penrose Award Finalists

Norm Bazin, UMass-Lowell - Hockey East Coach of the Year
Rick Bennett, Union - ECAC Coach of the Year and NCAA Semifinalist
Bob Daniels, Ferris State - CCHA Coach of the Year and NCAA Semifinalist*
Don Lucia, Minnesota - NCAA Semifinalist*
Mel Pearson, Michigan Tech - WCHA Coach of the Year
Ryan Soderquist, Bentley College - Atlantic Hockey Coach of the Year
Jerry York, Boston College - NCAA Semifinalist*

Feel free to weigh in on who is most deserving.
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This might be the biggest no-brainer in the history of the award.

Although not everyone feels that way. Noted hack Dave Starman gave his award to Bob Daniels. Because, you know, going from 18-16-5 (.526) to 25-11-5 (.671) is totally on par with Lowell posting a 5-25-4 (.206) under MacDonald to 24-13-1 (.645) with Bazin.

Not to take anything away from Bob Daniels, but this is no contest.
 
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goldy_331 said:
I know, it's like why do they bother having the other three teams go to Tampa when everyone knows the title already belongs to BC? Same thing here.
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Sarcasam aside, it's not the same thing. BC is a heavy favorite, but they still have to play the games, anything could happen, blah blah.

Picking COTY has no direct compeition, it's just voters making a decision. In this case, there is no decision to make. It's a gimme. Fact. Science.
 
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In fact, they should change the award name from Spencer Penrose to the Norm Bazin award.
 
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Rick Bennett has this one in the bag. First year head coach, his team won its first ever league championship, first ever tourney games (including a win over Bazin's team), and now a trip to the Frozen Four.
 
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Norm Bazin
Code: 
2011-12	Norm Bazin		Hockey East	I	24	13	1	.645
2010-11	Blaise MacDonald	Hockey East	I	5	25	4	.206				
2009-10	Blaise MacDonald	Hockey East	I	19	16	4	.538				
2008-09	Blaise MacDonald	Hockey East	I	20	16	2	.553

Rick Bennett
Code: 
2011-12	Rick Bennett	ECAC	I	26	7	7	.738
2010-11	Nate Leaman	ECAC	I	26	10	4	.700
2009-10	Nate Leaman	ECAC	I	21	12	6	.615				
2008-09	Nate Leaman	ECAC	I	19	17	3	.526

Bob Daniels
Code: 
2011-12	Bob Daniels	CCHA	I	25	11	5	.671	
2010-11	Bob Daniels	CCHA	I	18	16	5	.526				
2009-10	Bob Daniels	CCHA	I	21	13	6	.600				
2008-09	Bob Daniels	CCHA	I	12	19	7	.408

Don Lucia
Code: 
2011-12	Don Lucia	WCHA	I	28	13	1	.679	
2010-11	Don Lucia	WCHA	I	16	14	6	.528				
2009-10	Don Lucia	WCHA	I	18	19	2	.487				
2008-09	Don Lucia	WCHA	I	17	13	7	.554

Mel Pearson
Code: 
2011-12	Mel Pearson	WCHA	I	16	19	4	.462				
2010-11	Jamie Russell	WCHA	I	4	30	4	.158				
2009-10	Jamie Russell	WCHA	I	5	30	1	.153				
2008-09	Jamie Russell	WCHA	I	6	25	7	.250

Ryan Soderquist
Code: 
2011-12	Ryan Soderquist	Atlantic Hockey	I	16	16	8	.500				
2010-11	Ryan Soderquist	Atlantic Hockey	I	10	18	6	.382				
2009-10	Ryan Soderquist	Atlantic Hockey	I	12	19	4	.400				
2008-09	Ryan Soderquist	Atlantic Hockey	I	19	17	2	.526

Jerry York
Code: 
2011-12	Jerry York	Hockey East	I	31	10	1	.750		
2010-11	Jerry York	Hockey East	I	30	8	1	.782		
2009-10	Jerry York	Hockey East	I	29	10	3	.726		
2008-09	Jerry York	Hockey East	I	18	14	5	.554
 
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rdf8585 said:
Rick Bennett has this one in the bag. First year head coach, his team won its first ever league championship, first ever tourney games (including a win over Bazin's team), and now a trip to the Frozen Four.
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April 1st is Sunday... a little early with this post.
 
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goldy_331 said:
I know, it's like why do they bother having the other three teams go to Tampa when everyone knows the title already belongs to BC? Same thing here.
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Not everyone. BC fans are confident, as we should be, but it's other fans who are proclaiming BC is a lock.

Anyway, are the finalists really "named"? Isn't it the same thing every year? League COTYs and FF coaches?
 
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rdf8585 said:
Rick Bennett has this one in the bag. First year head coach, his team won its first ever league championship, first ever tourney games (including a win over Bazin's team), and now a trip to the Frozen Four.
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Speaking of in the bag, you must half in the bag right now.
 
Re: Spencer Penrose Award Finalists named

rdf8585 said:
Rick Bennett has this one in the bag. First year head coach, his team won its first ever league championship, first ever tourney games (including a win over Bazin's team), and now a trip to the Frozen Four.
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Taking a team full of Leaman's players to similar record and reaching the NCAA's for the second consecutive years doesn't come close to the turnaround Bazin engineered.
 
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With all due respect to Nate Leaman, a great coach.... Bennett was instrumental in recruiting many of the players on the team. I'd have Bazin second on the ballot.
 
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Patronick said:
Taking a team full of Leaman's players to similar record and reaching the NCAA's for the second consecutive years doesn't come close to the turnaround Bazin engineered.
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So Bazin engineered turning around one consecutive year of single digit wins and Pearson engineering turning around three consecutive years of single digit wins.
 
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flashy man said:
so bazin engineered turning around one consecutive year of single digit wins into an ncaa berth and pearson engineering turning around three consecutive years of single digit wins into a record still under .500.
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fyp
 
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