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| Dan Carr |
In the beginning of this season, many might have thought that Carr might be falling into a sophomore slump. After scoring 20 goals in his freshman campaign, the power-play specialist only scored two goals in his first 11 games this season. But since the middle of November, Carr has proven that this is not the case, scoring nine goals in his past 10 games, and five goals in his past six games. The Sherwood Park, Alberta native was a catalyst for the Dutchmen offense this weekend, specifically on the power-play. Six of Union's 10 goals on the weekend game via the man advantage, and Carr had a big hand in that success. In the 3-3 tie with Harvard on Friday, Carr scored on the power-play to give the Dutchmen a 3-1 lead late in the second period. The following night he connected twice more on the power-play, and assisted on Trevor Mingoia's first goal of the game, also on the power-play. If Carr keeps producing on the power-play, Union could once again have the nation's top power-play percentage in the nation by season's end.
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| Jack Maclellan |
Another weekend, another great performance by Brown's captain. Even though the Bears only picked up one point in the league standings this weekend, Maclellan did all that he could to produce a better result. The Bears scored four goals on the weekend, and Maclellan had a hand in all four. In the 3-2 OT loss against Princeton, he assisted on Ryan Jacobson's goal and scored the game-tying goal midway through the third period. The following night against Quinnipiac he helped the Bears jump out to 2-0 first period lead when he assisted on Dennis Robertson's power-play goal and then added a tally of his own with 1:20 left in the period. Maclellan has scored a goal in six straight games, and has picked up 10 points over that span. Also, he's only gone pointless in four of Brown's 15 games.
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| Andy Iles |
While Iles has slowed down from his unbelievable pace where he allowed only two goals over a six game span from mid-November to early December, Iles has been the key factor in Cornell's rise in the national polls lately. After this past weekend where the Big Red took three points at Colorado College (right after Union lost in Colorado Springs the weekend before), Cornell now seems like the team to beat in the ECAC. Iles was on top of his game on Friday night, putting in a 39 save performance on his way to a 3-1 win over the Tigers. It sounded like he was the reason why Cornell was able to win that game. The following night he made 23 saves in a 3-3 tie with CC. The Ithaca native is currently fourth in the nation in GAA (1.91). While Union's Troy Grosenick and Clarkson's Paul Karpowich have better a better GAA and save percentage, respectively, there is a very legitimate argument that Iles is the best goaltender in the league.
Honorable Mention:
Josh Jooris (Union): 2 assists vs. Harvard; 2 assists vs. Dartmouth
Trevor Mingoia (Union): 2 goals, 1 assist vs. Dartmouth
Brian O'Neill (Yale): 1 goal vs. Quinnipiac; 1 goal, 2 assists vs. Princeton
Eric Hartzell (Quinnipiac): 24 saves (W) vs. Yale, 26 saves (T) vs. Brown
Greg Carey (SLU): 2 assists vs. Minnesota-Mankato; 1 goal vs. Minnesota-Mankato
Kyle Flanagan (SLU): 1 goal, 1 assist vs. Minnesota-Mankato; 1 assist vs. Minnesota-Mankato
Andrew Calof (Princeton): 2 goals vs. Brown
Michael Sdao (Princeton): 1 goal, 2 assists vs. Brown
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