Men's HCA November Honors Are Announced
Thursday, December 4, 2025
The Men’s Hockey Commissioners Association has announced Forward, Goaltender, Defender and Rookie of the Month for November. ECAC Hockey leads the way with both the top goalie and top rookie in this month’s selections. (A separate release with Women’s Hockey Commissioners Association honorees is also being released today.)
Men’s Forward of the Month: Will Horcoff, SO F, Michigan
(Birmingham, MI)
Horcoff led the NCAA with nine goals in nine games in a 9-4-13 month. Five of his goals were game-winners for the nation’s #1 team. A first-round Penguins pick, he has 18 goals in 18 games.
Runners-Up:
Ben Buhr, SR F, Union
(North Vancouver, BC) (9 GP, 8-4-12)
Stiven Sardarian, SR F, Michigan Tech
(St. Petersburg, Russia) (9 GP, 6-7-13)
Ben Strinden, SR F, North Dakota
(Fargo, ND) (7 GP, 7-5-12)
Matt DeBoer, SR F, Holy Cross
(Las Vegas, NV) (7 GP, 6-6-12)
Men’s Goalie of the Month: Emmett Croteau, JR G, Dartmouth
(Bonnyville, AB)
Croteau went 4-0 in Dartmouth’s perfect 8-0 month, sporting a 0.75 GAA and a .970 save percentage.
Runners-Up:
Trey Augustine, JR G, Michigan State
(South Lyon, MI) (5-2-0, .946, 1.57, 1 ShO)
Alex Tracy, SR G, Minnesota State
(Chicago, IL) (6-1-2, .939, 1.74, 2 ShO)
Philip Svedeback, SR G, Providence
(Vaxjo, Sweden) (4-3-1, .934, 1.86)
Quentin Miller, FR G, Denver
(Montreal, PQ) (6-2-0, .932, 2.08)
Men’s Defenders of the Month: Chris Hedden, SR D, Air Force
(Kalamazoo, MI)
Evan Murr, JR D, Minnesota State
(Stillwater, MN)
Eric Pohlkamp, JR D, Denver
(Baxter, MN)
Hedden and Murr led all NCAA blueliners in points
with 11. Hedden went 5-6-11 in nine games for the
Falcons while Murr was 3-8-11 in nine games as well.
Pohlkamp’s 7-3-10 included the most goals by any
defenseman and he did all of that in eight games.
Men’s Rookie of the Month: Ethan Wyttenbach, FR F, Quinnipiac
(Roslyn, NY)
The Bobcats ended the month on a 6-game win streak and Wyttenbach was a big part of that. He led NCAA rookies with 4-10-14 in eight games.
Runners-Up:
Lukas Swedin, FR G, Bentley
(Stockholm, Sweden) (5-1-0, 1.82, .930)
Porter Marone, FR F, Michigan State
(Peterborough, ON) (8 GP, 7-3-10)
Louka Cloutier, FR G, Boston College
(Sherbrooke, PQ) (6-1-0, 1.88, .927, 2 ShO)
Will Zellers, FR F, North Dakota
(Maple Grove, MN) (7 GP, 7-1-8, 1.0 GPG)
