The Golden Knights had one of their most decorated award seasons in program history on Thursday night at the ECAC Awards Ceremony in Lake Placid, NY.
First Year Head Coach, JF Houle was named the ECAC Tim Taylor Coach of the Year, the 6th time a Knights HC has won the award in the ECAC. In Houle's first season the team has posted 23 wins and a 2nd place finish in the ECAC. Houle joins Jerry York (1977), Bill O'Flaherty (1981), Mark Morris (1991 & 2001), and Casey Jones (2019) as previous bench bosses to earn this distinction. As a player, Houle was named to the ECAC All Rookie team in 1994 and 1997 All ECAC Honorable Mention.
Ayrton Martino was a a unanimous selection by the league's coaches as the ECAC Player of the Year. Martino leads the league in almost every offensive category and was the ECAC Forward of the Month in Jan. and Feb. Martino is the 7th Knight to win the ECAC Player of the Year award. Previous Knights to be named ECAC Player of the Year were Terry Yurkiewcz (Goalie) in 1966, Bruce Bullock (Goalie) in 1971, Dave Taylor (Forward) in 1977, Ed Small (Defense) in 1981, Steve Cruickshank (Forward) 1982, and Todd White (Forward) in 1997.
For the 2nd straight season, the Howie's Best Defensive Defenseman is
Trey Taylor. Taylor lead the team in shots taken and shots blocked. This is the 5th time a Knights Dman has won this award, joining Martin d'Orsonnens, Matt Pagnutti, Kent Huskins, and James de Haas.
The Ken Dryden Award for ECAC Goalie of the Year presented by MAC Goaltending, went to
Ethan Langenegger. Ethan has a 21-9-2 record, with a 0.912 save percentage and an average of only 2.18 goals against. Ethan joins David Leggio as the 2nd goalie from Clarkson to win the award.
In addition to the the award winners above,
Ryan Richardson was a finalist for the ECAC Best Defensive Forward of the Year. The All ECAC Teams included, Martino (unanimous selection), Taylor, Langenegger, and
Ellis Rickwood on the ECAC First Team and
Tristan Sarsland on the ECAC 2nd Team.
Tate Taylor was named to the ECAC All Rookie Team.
