ALBANY, N.Y. - ECAC Hockey men’s weekly awards were announced Tuesday, November 17 as senior forward Nick Lappin, Brown was selected as the league’s Player of the Week; first-year Rensselaer netminder Cam Hackett was voted the Rookie of the Week; while Mitch Gillam, Cornell earned Goaltender of the Week honors.

Player of the Week

Nick Lappin, Brown

(Senior, Forward - Geneva, Illinois)



Lappin paced Brown to a three-point road weekend with four points in league play, including three goals, in consecutive two-point games. He first scored the game-tying goal against Union with 1:38 left in regulation to force overtime before the eventual victory. He also scored back-to-back third period goals in a hard fought tie at Rensselaer. Lappin ranks fifth nationally in goals per game (0.80) and has recorded seven points on four goals and three assists in just five contests for the Bears.



Other nominees: Tim Clifton, Quinnipiac, Jimmy Vesey, Harvard & Reece Willcox, Cornell

Rookie of the Week

Cam Hackett, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

(Freshman, Goaltender - Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario)



Hackett made a career-high 41 saves, including 15 in each of the first two periods, in the Engineers 3-2 overtime win over 10th-ranked Yale on Friday night at Houston Field House. It marked his second straight win over a ranked opponent. He then followed it up recording 29 stops in a 3-3 tie with Brown on Saturday. He finished with a .933 save percentage and a 2.35 goals-against average over the weekend. Hackett improved to 2-0-2 on the season.



Other nominees: Andrew Gaus, Yale, Tommy Marchin, Brown, Merrick Madsen, Harvard, Chase Priskie, Quinnipiac & Mitch Vanderlaan, Cornell

Goaltender of the Week

Mitch Gillam, Cornell University

(Junior, Goaltender - Peterborough, Ontario)



Gillam anchored the Big Red in a weekend sweep of fellow Central New York foe Colgate. He made 23 saves while allowing just one goal on Friday, including five saves in the first five minutes of the third period. Gillam then made 26 stops in the rematch Saturday, including a pivotal kill of a 68-second two-man disadvantage late in the first period. He is now 5-1-0 on the season and sports a 2.14 goals-against average and .915 save percentage.



Other nominees: Michael Garteig, Quinnipiac, Kyle Hayton, St. Lawrence, Merrick Madsen, Harvard & Colton Phinney, Princeton

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