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January
21, 2003
Go-To Guys: The Spencer Penrose Award
Welcome to Inside
College Hockey's latest weekly feature, Go-To Guys, in which we
take a look at the candidates for major college hockey awards.
This week we
look at the national coach of the year award: The Spencer Penrose
Award.
Inside College
Hockey editors and staff, in consultation with coaches and media
from around the country, compiled this list of how we would vote
today – not necessarily how we think the race will turn out.
And stay tuned, because a lot can change each weekend.
| THE
SPENCER PENROSE AWARD –
Jan. 21, 2003 |
1.
Don Cahoon
Massachusetts |
If
waking a sleeping giant isn’t enough to convince you that
he’s at the top of this list, take a look at Princeton’s
record. The guy can coach.
13-10-1
(7-8-0 Hockey East) |
2.
Bob Daniels
Ferris State |
He
does a great coaching job year after year in the relative seclusion
of Big Rapids. This could be the year the Bulldogs make waves
nationally.
17-6-1
(12-3-1 CCHA) |
3.
Scott Owens
Colorado College |
Seamlessly
blended heralded freshmen and unproven returnees with battle-tested
veterans to produce one of the nation's best teams. Everyone
contributes.
17-2-5
(10-1-5 WCHA) |
4.
Tim Whitehead
Maine |
Since
its inception in 1951, there has never been a repeat winner
of the Penrose. With Maine near the top again, he deserves consideration.
19-2-3
(9-1-2 Hockey East) |
5.
Troy Jutting
Minnesota State, Mankato |
High-flying
Grant Stevenson and Shane Joseph have Jutting's Mavericks just
four points out of first in the WCHA.
10-7-7
(8-5-5 WCHA) |
| Second
unit |
Chris Serino
(Merrimack), Bob Gaudet (Dartmouth), Doug Ross (Alabama-Huntsville),
Ryan Soderquist (Bentley), Dean Blais (North Dakota) |
| Third
unit |
Roger Grillo
(Brown), Scott Sandelin (Minnesota-Duluth), John Markell (Ohio
State), Rick Gotkin (Mercyhurst), Tim Taylor (Yale) |
| Could
be making a late run |
Rick Comley
(Michigan State) |
Feedback
It's
literally incredible that you could list sixteen coaches who should
be considered for the Spencer Penrose Award without including Cornell's
Mike Schafer.
Are you paying attention to what's happening this season?
– Al DeFlorio
How
could you put Bob Gaudet, Roger Grillo, and Tim Taylor, from the
ECAC, on the list and not Mike Schafer? Just what are those coaches
doing that Coach Schafer is not?
–
Jim Hyla
Were
your Spencer Penrose Award candidates a joke? I didn't realize that
it
was April Fool's Day already. Of course, come April Fool's Day,
Cornell
University will be poised to make a run at the national championship
and
you'll feel terribly silly for leaving Mike Schafer's name off your
list.
All he's done is taken one of the very few teams in the nation that
is not
allowed to offer scholarships and coached them to a Top 5 spot nationally.
Get with the picture, or get out of the business.
–
Adam J. Simons
Washington, D.C.
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