Sarah Fillier and Josh Nadeau Headline HCA Monthly Honors
Friday, January 5, 2024
A veteran women’s Olympian from Princeton and a rookie who is part of a talented brother tandem at Maine lead the monthly honors for December, as chosen by the Hockey Commissioners Association.
Women’s Player of the Month: Sarah Fillier
SR Forward, Princeton (Georgetown, ON)
Fillier had the goal scorer’s touch in December, scoring seven goals in just four games, her total line being 7-2-9.
Runners-Up:
Abbey Murphy, SR F, Minnesota
(Evergreen Park, IL) (5 GP, 6-4-10, 2.00 PPG)
Mikayla Lantto, SR F, Long Island University
(Wasilla, AK) (6 GP, 5-0-5, 1.0 GPG)
Men’s Player of the Month: Josh Nadeau
FR Forward, Maine (St-François-de-Madawaska, NB)
Nadeau averaged two points per game with his 6-6-12 line in six games played for the red hot Black Bears (6-0-0 in December). Among the month’s highlights: a hat trick in a 5-2 win over UNH to start the month and a pair of goals in a 3-2 win over Bentley.
Runners-Up:
Collin Graf, JR F, Quinnipiac
(Lincoln, MA) (4 GP, 4-5-9, 2.25 PPG)
Ben Steeves, SO F, Minnesota Duluth
(Bedford, NH) (6 GP, 7-1-8, 1.17 GPG)
Women’s Rookie of the Month: Sam Taber
FR Forward, Boston College (Tewksbury, MA)
Played in just three games but averaged nearly three points per game (2.67), going 2-6-8 and leading the Eagles to a 2-0-1 record on the month.
Runner-Up:
Kahlen Lamarche, FR F, Quinnipiac
(Sudbury, ON) (4 GP, 3-5-8, 2.00 PPG)
Men’s Rookie of the Month: Alfred Lindberg
FR Forward, AIC (Hallsberg, Sweden)
Lindberg led all freshmen with 13 points in December. He went 6-7-13, good for 1.86 PPG, He had at least one point in each game and finished with six points in road wins at Canisius and Lowell.
Runners-Up:
Bradly Nadeau, FR F, Maine
(St-François-de-Madawaska, NB) (6 GP, 5-6-11, 1.83 PPG)
Zeev Buium, FR D, Denver
(San Diego, CA) (4 GP, 1-6-7, 1.75 PPG)
Women’s Co-Goaltender of the Month: Sanni Ahola
SR Goalie, St. Cloud State (Helsinki, Finland)
Top HCA goalie for the second time, Ahola was 2-0-1, includ-
ing a 46 save performance in the Huskies’ 2-1 victory over #1
Ohio State. Her save percentage was .973 and her GAA was
0.97.
Women’s Co-Goaltender of the Month: Josie Bothun
SR Goalie, Penn State (Wyoming, MN)
Bothun backstopped PSU to a 3-1-0 record and finished the
month with a 1.26 goals-against average and a .954 save
percentage. She picked up a win against Yale, allowing four
goals in a two-game split.
Men’s Goaltender of the Month: Kyle McClellan
SR Goalie, Wisconsin (Manchester, MO)
McClellan recorded three shutouts in five games in the month of December. Included in that trio were back-to-back 3-0 shut- outs in the Kwik Trip Holiday Faceoff in Milwaukee. Overall, he stopped 130 of 134 shots in a 5-0-0 month. His GAA was 0.80 and his save percentage was .970.
Runner-Up:
Blake Pietila, SR G, Michigan Tech
(Howell, MI) (6 GP, 2.31 GAA, 3-2-1, .932, 54 saves GLI Final)
