Minnesota State freshman forward Jean-Paul LaFontaine was named to the WCHA's all-rookie team, which was announced along with the league's other awards and all-conference teams on Thursday. LaFontaine is the third MSU player to be named all-rookie, joining forward David Backes in 2004 and goalie Dan Tormey in 2006. LaFontaine is tied with fellow freshman Matt Leitner atop the Mavericks' scoring list with 28 points.
Here are the other WCHA awards:
Player of the year: Jack Connolly, C, Minnesota Duluth
Rookie of the year: Joey LaLeggia, D, Denver
Defensive player of the year: Justin Schultz, D, Wisconsin
Coach of the year: Mel Pearson, Michigan Tech
First-team All-WCHA
F-Jack Connolly, UMD
F-Nick Bjugstad, UM
F-J.T. Brown, UMD
D-Justin Schultz, UW
D-Joey LaLeggia, DU
G-Kent Patterson, UM
Second-team All-WCHA
F-Jaden Schwartz, CC
F-Drew Shore, DU
F-Jason Zucker, DU
D-Gabe Guentzel, CC
D-Nate Schmidt, UM
G-Kenny Reiter, UMD
Third-team All-WCHA
F-Mark Zengerle, UW
F-Brock Nelson, UND
F-Travis Oleksuk, UMD
D-Nick Jensen, SCSU
D-Ben Blood, UND
G-Josh Thorimbert, CC
All-WCHA rookie team
F-Kyle Rau, UM
F-Jean-Paul LaFontaine, MSU
F-Jayson Megna, UNO
D-Joey LaLeggia, DU
D-Andrew Prochno, SCSU
G-Juho Olkinuora, DU
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