ALBANY, N.Y. - ECAC Hockey men’s weekly awards were announced Tuesday, January 20 as the duo from Rensselaer - Matt Neal and Jason Kasdorf - earned Player of the Week and Goaltender of the Week honors, respectively; while St. Lawrence’s Kyle Hayton was selected as the league’s Rookie of the Week.

Player of the Week

Matt Neal, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

(Senior, Forward - Minesing, Ontario)



Neal helped the Engineers to a 2-0-0 week with league wins over No. 18 Colgate, 4-1, and Cornell, 3-0. In Friday's victory over the Raiders, he had two goals and an assist, including the eventual game-winning goal early in the third period. He then set up RPI's third goal and scored into an empty net to seal the victory. The next night against the Big Red, Neal had the lone assist on a goal early in the third period that put the Engineers ahead, 2-0. He finished the weekend with a plus-4.



Other nominees: Sam Anas, Quinnipiac, Daniel Ciampini, Union, Rob O'Gara, Yale, Sam Vigneault, Clarkson & Brian Ward, St. Lawrence

Rookie of the Week

Kyle Hayton, St. Lawrence University

(Freshman, Goaltender - Denver, Colorado)



Hayton backstopped the Saints to their second ECAC Hockey road sweep of the season making 16 of his 36 saves against Dartmouth in the third period and 21 of his 46 saves in the third in a 5-1 win at No. 4/4 Harvard. He has allowed five goals in his last four starts and one was an extra-attacker goal at Dartmouth. He finished the weekend with a 1.50 goals-against average and a .965 save percentage.



Other nominees: Janick Asselin, Clarkson, Nate Repensky, Yale, Ryan Scarfo, Union & Jared Wilson, Rensselaer

Goaltender of the Week

Jason Kasdorf, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

(Sophomore, Goaltender - North Vancouver, British Columbia)



Kasdorf backboned Rensselaer to a 2-0-0 week, defeating league foes No. 18 Colgate and Cornell at Houston Field House. In a 4-1 win over the Raiders, he made 17 saves, including nine in the second period. He then posted a 26-save shutout of the Big Red, 3-0, with 14 stops coming in the third period. The shutout was his first of the season. In both games, the game was tied or a one-goal game in the third period. He finished the weekend with a 0.50 goals-against average and a .977 save percentage mark.



Other nominees: Kyle Hayton, St. Lawrence, Greg Lewis, Clarkson & Alex Lyon, Yale

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