I took part in the 2nd Annual Blogger/Website All-WCHA poll, and I thought I would post my picks here as well. Keep in mind that I only took conference statistics into consideration as I made my selections.
All-WCHA Rookie Team:
F – Alex Petan (MTU) 11-18-29
F – Tony Cameranesi (UMD) 11-17-28
F – Rocco Grimaldi (UND) 10-16-26
D – Andy Welinski (UMD) 3-12-15
D – Nolan Zajac (DU) 4-10-14
G – Stephon Williams (MSUM) 15-9-1, 1.93 GAA, .927 SV%, 3 SO
All-WCHA Third Team:
F – Rylan Schwartz (Sr, CC) 12-23-35
F – Nick Bjugstad (Jr, MN) 15-8-23
F – Alexander Krushelneski (Jr, CC) 11-21-32
D – Andrew Prochno (So, SCSU) 3-19-22
D – Andrej Sustr (Jr, UNO) 7-11-18
G – Adam Wilcox (Fr, MN) 16-6-5, 2.13 GAA, .914 SV%, 1 SO
All-WCHA Second Team
F – Corban Knight (Sr, UND) 12-23-35
F – Drew LeBlanc (Sr, SCSU) 10-25-35
F – Josh Archibald (So, UNO) 18-15-33
D – Mike Boivin (Sr, CC) 13-10-23
D – Joey LaLeggia (So, DU) 10-13-23
G – Landon Peterson (So, UW) 5-2-3, 2.01 GAA, .928 SV%
All-WCHA First Team
F – Ryan Walters (Jr, UNO) 16-24-40
F – Danny Kristo (Sr, UND) 17-20-37
F – Erik Haula (Jr, MN) 13-24-37
D – Nate Schmidt (Jr, MN) 7-19-26
D – Nick Jensen (Jr, SCSU) 4-19-23
G – Stephon Williams (Fr, MSUM) 15-9-1, 1.93 GAA, .927 SV%, 3 SO
WCHA Coach of the Year – Mike Hastings, MSUM
WCHA Rookie of the Year – Stephon Williams, G, MSUM
WCHA Defensive Player of the Year – Nate Schmidt, D, MN
WCHA Player of the Year – Ryan Walters, F, UNO
Agree with all of your picks but how can you omit Leitner’s 35 WCHA pts but add Bjugstad’s 23? The rest of your picks seemed to be based on the total pts since you included them in your post. Juuuuuust curious Coooop, UND ’79 (Banner Runner
PS GO FIGHTING SIOUX! Fight for the NCAA crown (means play hardest; top trait the Spirit Lake Sioux admire! It’s NOT negative)