We had a great senior banquet on April 15th at Saint John’s. It was an interesting day to say the least. We went back and forth on weather to cancel the event due to the 12+ inches of snow in the twin cities and the 6+ inches of snow in the Collegeville. In true hockey style we kept the date and only had a couple people not able to make it. At this event we honored our four seniors and handed out our season ending awards.
Below are the four seniors that we honored at the event.
#9 Huba Sekesi – Germany – Bismarck Bobcats (NAHL)
Hockey: 25 goals – 40 assists – 65 points in 94 games
Academic Major: Global Business Leadership and Hispanic Studies
GPA: 3.7
#19 Tyler Dunagan – Maple Grove, MN – Bismarck Bobcats (NAHL)
Hockey: 20 goals – 24 assists – 44 points in 98 games.
Major: Mathematics
GPA: 3.3
#27 Sam Dockry – Burnsville, MN./Burnsville (HS)
Hockey: 22 career games and 2018 Hard Hat Award Winner
Major: Psychology
GPA: 3.36
#28 Sam Valerius – Maple Grove, MN./Maple Grove (HS)
Hockey: 27 goals – 41 Assists – 68 points in 84 games.
Major: Global Business Leadership
GPA: 3.6
We also handed out our season awards. Below are the awards and the players that won them.
SJU Hockey Season Awards:
Most Improved – Adam Orn
Played in 16 games his freshmen year and 22 games this past season. Relied on a lot more this year as defensive defensemen. Played a lot of minutes and did a great job. Recognized by his teammates with this award.
Freshmen of the year –
Ryan Kero
12 points in 25 games and was a +4. Played in a lot of situations as a freshmen. 52% faceoff in freshmen year.
Travis Brown
11 points in 25 games and was a +7 3rd on the team in +-. Was given a lot of responsibility throughout the year as a freshmen d-man.
Hard Hat Award – Sam Dockry
Unsung hero on this team. Showed up every day with a smile on his face and ready to work. Played Defense his whole life and we made him a forward his senior year of college. Great teammate and friend to all the guys. Never complained and did everything he was asked.
Most Valuable Player – Brady Heppner
Lead the team with 13 goals and 24 points. Was also a +4. Started the season more as a PK guy and earned his way into a PP role with his start to the year. Lead the team with 2 short handed goals. Played an energy role and works hard day in and day out.
We had a great group of guys this year and we are looking forward to another great year in 2018-19.
Keep your eye out for the next blog as that will start our SJU Hockey Japan trip blog. We fly out on Monday, May 14th to Los Angeles and then on May 15th to Tokyo Japan. I will get a blog out explaining the trip early next week.
Thanks for following Johnnie Hockey and I look forward to keeping you up to date on our trip to Japan.
