5th Annual ECRHA Awards Banquet Recap

Trevose, PA - Neumann, Farmingdale, Yeshiva and Saint Joseph's (PA) were the big winners at the 5th Annual ECRHA Awards Banquet, with each team taking home multiple awards.

Neumann lead the way with 5 awards. Tyler Kraft took home the Division 1 Player of the Year after lapping the field in the D1 scoring race this season and leading the Knights to a perfect regular season. Coach Lee Strofe took home his second Coach of the Year award in as many years. In Division 3, it was was a pair of DeSalvo's taking home awards and Nicholas DeSalvo was named the Player of the Year and Jeffrey DeSalvo was the Goaltender of the Year.

Neumann and Farmingdale were voted as the top rivalry this season, with both teams expected to face-off in the D1 Championship game as the top two seeds.

Dustin Muccio-Schrimpe took home the Goaltender of the Year Awards for Division 1, while teammate Christopher Sharkey took home the Rookie of the Year after leading Farmingdale in scoring.

Saint Joseph's Matt Engle collected a trio of awards for the Hawks, claiming his second straight Division 2 Player of the Year award. Engle was also honored for winning the Breakaway Competition during the All-Star Event. Saint Joseph's Club was honored with the Sportsmanship Award, an award voted on by the officials of the ECRHA.

Yeshiva saw multiple players earn individual awards as Avi Marguiles took home Rookie of the Year Honors and Joseph Robin was named as the Top Goaltender. Daniel Genachowski took home the Scholar Athlete Awards, finishing his academic career appearing on the Dean's List every semester in addition to keeping an above 3.9 GPA. Yeshiva was unable to attend the Banquet because of Sabbath Commitments, but the honors were still well deserved.

Dan Trunk from Robert Morris took home D2 Rookie of the Year Honors and Jordan Davis from Massachusetts took the title as the Goaltender of the Year.

Andrew Parrish from Niagara was named the D4 Player of the Year for his outstanding season for the Purple Eagle.

Brian Danziger was chosen as the winner of the "Golden Comb" Award for having the best flow in the ECRHA. If you were to ask DHO Kevin Murphy, this is the biggest honor up for grabs at the event.

Conall "THE GENERAL" McNelis from Syracuse took home the Team Rep of the Year Award. Conall was an outstanding example of what a Team Rep should be. Patrick Weissinger (ECRHA RIC) gave a great speech in presenting the award.

In the best moment of the evening, Patrick Donohue, from Saint Joseph's (NY) was honored with the Community Service Award. Donohue was honored with the only standing ovation of the evening.

Patrick served in the 101st Airborne in the US Army  and founded Project9Line. He is the Founder and President of Project9line a 501c3 which helps fellow Veterans with PTSD like himself. Project9line in 2 years has helped hundreds, possibly thousands of veteran.

He has motivated so many others as Project9line is a 100% volunteer organization. He has volunteered 40-60 hours a week for the last 2 years to Project9line and its his dream and passion to help his fellow Veterans. At 34 he graduated college and now goes to St Joseph's for his MBA and is a vital part of the roller hockey team.

Patrick serves on 3 Veterans service/advisory committees at the Federal (Congressman Zeldin), State (Senator Croci), and Town level (Brookhaven). Patrick also served on the planning committee for the Suffolk Marathon that raised 160,000 dollars for local not for profits.

Check out the PHOTO GALLERY for pictures from the Banquet.