photo by Connor Koehler

It was all Green and Gold at the ECAC Women's Hockey Championship Tournament Banquet held at Clarkson University on Friday night as the Golden Knights came away with a record haul of league awards. ECAC Hockey regular season co-champions, Clarkson earned the six major conference awards, placed four standouts of the first-team all-star squad, two more on the second team and one on the all-rookie team.
 
Heading the list was junior left wing Loren Gabel who was named ECAC Hockey Player of the Year and the conference's Best Forward.
 
For the second consecutive year, Savannah Harmon was the recipient of the league's Best Defenseman honor.
 
Goaltender of the Year honors went to senior Shea Tiley, who also won the award as a freshman.
 
The Knights' freshman sensation Elizabeth Giguere was recognized as Rookie of the Year.

Gabel, Harmon, Tiley and Giguere were also named ECAC Hockey First-Team All-Stars.
 
Leading Clarkson to its fourth regular-season title in five seasons, Matt Desrosiers was named Coach of the Year for the third time in his 10 years behind the Golden Knights' bench.
 
Named second-team all-stars for the Green and Gold were sophomores, forward Michaela Pejzlova and defenseman Ella Shelton. 



Gabel was ECAC Hockey's leading scorer in points and goals both in conference play and league action.  She produced 42 points on 22 goals and 20 assists in 22 league games. The Kitchener, Ont. native, who is a Top-3 Finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Award, enters the weekend third in the nation in points (69) and goals (33) and leads the NCAA in plus/minus at 52. She was second in ECAC assists both in league and overall, behind linemate Elizabeth Giguere, and second in ECAC league power-play points (4-10-14). Gabel recorded at least one point in 18 of the 22, conference games, including 16 multiple-point league outings. Gabel was named three times as ECAC Hockey Player of the Month (October, December, January), HCA National Player of the Month for January along with earning NCAA First Star of the Week twice and NCAA Third Star of the Week once. Gabel was named ECAC Hockey Player of the Week six times and selected to league's weekly Honor Roll three times.
 
Clarkson's senior captain, Harmon led the Knights to ECAC Hockey regular-season co-championship and the #1 seed in the playoffs. She anchored Clarkson's league-leading defense and posted the best plus/minus among ECAC Hockey defenders both in league play ( 35) and overall ( 46). A Top 10 Finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Award, the Downers Grove, Ill. native was the conference's leading scorer overall from the blueline with 19 conference points (6-13) and is fifth nationally among defenders with 31 overall points (8-23).
 
The Knights' all-time winningest goaltender, Tiley backstopped league's top-rated defense, leading ECAC in goals against average (1.42) and wins (18). She tied for first in shutouts (5) and tied for third in save percentage (.940) through 21 league games. A Top 10 Finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Award, Tiley has played more minutes overall than any other league goaltender (2065) and is tied for second in overall shutouts (10) and third in overall winning percentage (.871). The Owen Sound, Ont. native was named ECAC Hockey Goaltender of the Month three times (October, December, February) and HCA National Player of the Month once (December). Tiley was selected four times as ECAC Hockey Goaltender of the Week, once as NCAA 2nd Star of the Week and once as NCAA 3rd Star of the Week  along with being recognized on the league's weekly honor roll eight times. A Clarkson Assistant Captain, Tiley has amassed 109 wins and 34 shutouts in her career for the Golden Knights.
 
Clarkson has seen many standout players come through the program in its 15 years at the Division I level, but none has made as big of a first-year impact offensively as Giguere. The Knights' second-leading scorer, the right wing from Quebec City, QUE as tallied 65 points on 25 goals and 40 assists through 36 games. She nearly doubled the offensive output of the other league rookies in conference play with 40 points on 16 goals and a league-high 24 assists in 22 ECAC Hockey games, ranking second behind Gabel in scoring. She recorded a point in 20 of 22 ECAC games and in 33 of 36 games overall. Giguere was named ECAC Rookie of the Month three times (October, December, January) and selected ECAC Rookie of the week 10 times, and conference Player of the Week once. The second leading freshman scoring in the NCAA, she was named HCA National Rookie of the Month in December and selected once as NCAA 3rd Star of the Week.
 
The third-leading overall scorer in ECAC Hockey and fifth in league, Pejzlova centers one of the top lines in college hockey. The Pardubice, Czech Republic native recorded 11 goals and 15 assists in league play and has tallied 47 points (22-25) through 36 games overall.  Pejzlova tied for first in overall power-play goals and tied for third in overall power-play points (7-5-12).
 
Shelton plays a leading role in Clarkson's league-leading defense. The Ingersoll, Ont. native was second among league defenders in conference ( 31) and overall ( 43) plus/minus, behind Harmon, and fourth nationally. She ranks fifth in overall scoring among ECAC Hockey defenders and seventh in the league with 24 overall points (5-19) and 16 (2-14) in conference action.
 
Desrosiers has guided Clarkson to within one victory of the program's record for wins (32), set by last year's national Championship team. The Knights claimed their fourth ECAC Hockey regular-season championship in five years, sharing the 2017-18 title with Colgate, posting a 19-3 conference mark. Ranked No.2 in the national polls, the Green and Gold own a 31-4-1 overall record.
 
Hosting the ECAC Hockey Championship Tournament for the fourth time, Clarkson battles arch-rival St. Lawrence in Saturday semifinal action at Cheel Arena, beginning at 1:00 p.m.

2017-18 ECAC Women's Hockey All-Stars

FIRST TEAM ALL-LEAGUE
Forward Loren Gabel, Clarkson
Forward Elizabeth Giguere, Clarkson
Forward Kristin O'Neill, Cornell
Defense Savannah Harmon, Clarkson
Defense Lauren Wildfang, Colgate
Goaltender Shea Tiley, Clarkson

SECOND TEAM ALL-LEAGUE
Forward Jessie Eldridge, Colgate
Forward Michaela Pejzlova, Clarkson
Forward Hannah Miller, St. Lawrence
Defense Jaime Bourbonnais, Cornell
Defense Ella Shelton, Clarkson
Goaltender Lovisa Selander, Rensselaer

THIRD TEAM ALL-LEAGUE
Forward Carly Bullock, Princeton
Forward Shae Labbe, Colgate
Forward Kennedy Marchment, St. Lawrence
Defense Sarah Knee, Cornell
Defense Mallory Souliotis, Yale
Goaltender Julia Vandyk, Colgate

ALL-ROOKIE TEAM
Forward Elizabeth Giguere, Clarkson
Forward Becca Gilmore, Harvard
Forward Maddie Mills, Cornell
Defense Emma Buckles, Harvard
Defense Skylar Podvey, St. Lawrence
Goaltender Gianna Meloni, Yale

COACH OF YEAR
Matt Desrosiers, Clarkson

BEST DEFENSEMAN
Savannah Harmon, Clarkson

BEST FORWARD
Loren Gabel, Clarkson

ROOKIE OF YEAR
Elizabeth Giguere, Clarkson

GOALTENDER OF YEAR
Shea Tiley, Clarkson

PLAYER OF YEAR
Loren Gabel, Clarkson