ALBANY, N.Y. - ECAC Hockey men’s weekly awards were announced Tuesday, November 4 as Riley Bourbonnais, Rensselaer earned Player of the Week honors; Quinnipiac’s Landon Smith was tabbed as Rookie of the Week; and Jason Kasdorf, Rensselaer was selected as the league’s Goaltender of the Week.



Player of the Week

Riley Bourbonnais, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

(Sophomore, Forward - Rochester, New York)



Bourbonnais led the Engineers to a 6-1 win over No. 2 Union in the first game of an ECAC Hockey home-and-home series by recording a hat trick - the first three goals of his career - on a game-high five shots with a plus-3. He had single goals in each period. The next night in a 2-1 overtime win in Schenectady, he had one shot and was a plus-1 when he was on the ice for the game-winning goal.



Other nominees: Mike Borkowski, Colgate, Kyle Hayton, St. Lawrence, Eric Robinson, Dartmouth, Landon Smith, Quinnipiac & Tyler Steel, Brown

Rookie of the Week

Landon Smith, Quinnipiac University

(Freshman, Forward - Greenwood Village, Colorado)



Smith's four point weekend (2g, 2a) not only led all ECAC Hockey skaters, but also gave him twice as many points as the next freshmen in the league for the week. Smith's totals for the Bobcats' weekend sweep of Northeastern led all NCAA Division I freshmen as well. On Saturday, Smith set-up the Bobcats first goal of the game in a 3-2 victory. On Sunday, Smith had a hand in Quinnipiac's first three goals, scoring twice and assisting on Quinnipiac's game-tying goal late in the second period.



Other nominees: Charlie Corcoran, Brown, Spencer Foo, Union, Kyle Hayton, St. Lawrence, Ryan Hitchcock, Yale & Viktor Liljegren, Rensselaer

Goaltender of the Week

Jason Kasdorf, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

(Junior, Goaltender - Winnipeg, Manitoba)



Kasdorf backstopped the Engineers to a pair of wins in an ECAC Hockey home-and-home series with No. 2 Union, stopping 24 of 25 shots Friday and 34 of 35 shots in Schenectady Saturday. He had 15 saves in the second period Friday during a game in which the only goal he allowed came on the power-play with RPI leading 4-0 in the third period. On Saturday he stopped 12 shots in the first period and 12 more in the second, nine in the third and one in overtime.



Other nominees: Charlie Finn, Colgate, Mitch Gillam, Cornell, Kyle Hayton, St. Lawrence, James Kruger, Dartmouth, Alex Lyon, Yale & Tyler Steel, Brown

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