Cape Cod, Mass. - Commissioner of the ECAC Rudy Keeling announced today the ECAC Men's East All-Academic team for the 2008-09 season.This marks the eighth year that the conference has named an All-Academic team.  A total of 74 student-athletes representing nine of the ten ECAC East teams earned this honor based on outstanding performance in the classroom.

To be named to the All-Academic team, the student-athlete must have completed at least one academic year, have a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.00 on a 4.00 scale, and have competed in at least one-half of his team's contests during the current season (a goaltender must have played at least 33 percent of his team's minutes).

Babson College: Gabe Chenard-Poirier,  Jr. (St. Augustin, Quebec); Chris Sabo, Jr. (Wellesley, Mass.); Alex DiPietro,  Sr. (Winthrop, Mass.)

Castleton State College: Omar Pacha, So. (Boucherville, Quebec); Stuart Stefan, So. (Delhi, Ontario); Jonathan Lafrance, So. (N.D.I.P., Quebec); Jeff Alexander, Jr. (Gilbert, Ariz.); Kirk Bolduc, Jr. (Lewiston, Maine); Evan Romeo, Jr. (Kanata, Ontario); Nick Westcott, Jr. (Kanata, Ontario); Mike Anderson, Sr. (Oshkosh, Wisc.); Ryan Bartlett, Sr. (Brunswick, Maine); Ross Carmichael, Sr. (Jacobstown, N.J.); Brandon Heck, Sr. (Forrestburg, Alberta); Jared Lavender, Sr. (Cleveland Heights, Ohio); Jay Seals, Sr. (Alma, Mich.)

University of Massachusetts Boston: Matt Atsoff, So. (Macomb, Mich.); Zach Barron, So. (St. Louis, Miss.); Brett Calhoun, So. (Tulsa, Okla.); David Lun, So. (Grand Rapids, Mich.); Eric Tufman, So. (Abington, Pa.); Ryan Donovan, Jr. (Rexford, N.Y.); Kris Kranzky, Jr. (Glendora, Calif.)

New England College: Johan Granath, So. (Stockholm, Sweden); Aaron Harvey, So. (Milford, Nova Scotia); Bill McGinnis, So. (Williams Lake, British Columbia); Filip Bjork, Jr. (Stockholm, Sweden); Mark Ehl, Jr. (Vancouver, British Columbia); Jon Globke, Jr. (Bloomfield, Mich.); Trevor Turner, Jr. (Westbank, British Columbia); Per Thunberg, Sr. (Likoping, Sweden)

Norwich University: Chad Anderson, So. (Dartmouth, Nova Scotia); Eric Tallent, Jr. (Morton, Pa.);Tyler Stitt, Jr. (Iroquois Falls, Ontario); Ryan Klingensmith, Jr. (Morton, Pa.); Jim Koehler, Sr. (Hooksett, N.H.); Rico Piatelli, Sr. (Danvers, Mass.); CJ Viso, Sr. (San Jose, Calif.)

Saint Michael's College: Fran Briand, So. (South Burlington, V.t.); Tully Labelle-Hamer, So. (Fairbanks, Alaska); Dave Vorozilchak, Jr. (Clark Summit, Pa.); Tyler Bilton, Sr. (Penticton, British Columbia); Chris Healey, Sr. (Salem, N.H.); Matt Whitney, Sr. (Plymouth, Conn.); Brett Peryer, Sr. (Peru, N.Y.)

Salem State College: Sam Cannata,  So. (Bozeman, Mont.); James Lacour, So. (Silver Springs, Md.); Alex Eisath, So. (Renon, Italy); Kevin Huinink, So. (Whitby, Ontario); Alex Molnar, So. (Nitra, Slovaka); Matt Davis, Jr. (Wellesley, Mass.); Damen Nisula, Jr. (Gardner, Mass.); Brett Noll, Jr. (Sandwich, Mass.);Jeff Tellier, Jr. (Chicopee, Mass.); Zach Doyen, Sr. (Ortonville, Mich.); David Pazzaglia, Sr. (Oakdale, Conn.);

Skidmore College: Hunter Thayer, So. (Shelburne, Vt.); Brett Bandazian, So. (Wyckoff, N.J.);
Anthony Ferri, Jr. (Jersey City, N.J.); Charlie Moroni, Jr. (North  Providence, R.I.); Chris Webb, Jr. (Holliston, Mass.); Mike Gibbons, Sr. (Braintree, Mass.); Teddy Gowan, Sr. (Hamilton, N.Y.); Steve Keady, Sr. (Canton, Mass.); Tim Welsh, Sr. (Manchester Center, Vt.)

University of Southern Maine: Mike Carpenter, So. (Minot, Maine); Zach Joy, So. (Dover, N.H.); Ryan Jean, Jr. (Randolph, Maine); Eric Graham, Sr. (North Berwick, Maine); Ben Loss, Sr. (Wilmette, Ill.); Kyle Smith, Sr. (Auburn, Maine); Jamie Gilbert, Sr. (Lewiston, Maine) Matt Rowe, Sr. (Newmarket, Ontario)

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