Hockey Commissioners Association
For Immediate Release:
Thursday, March 2, 2017
Contacts:
Matt Houde, Northeastern (617) 373-4154
[email protected]
Paul Capobianco, Wisconsin (608) 263-1983
[email protected]
Ed Krajewski, ECAC Hockey, (518) 487-2288
[email protected]
Northeastern’s Zach Aston-Reese Wins
National College Hockey Player of the Month
Wisconsin’s Trent Frederic Earns Rookie of the Month Honors
WAKEFIELD, Mass. - Northeastern senior forward Zach Aston-Reese (Staten Island, N.Y.) was named
the Hockey Commissioners’ Association National Division I Player of the Month for February 2017, becoming
the second consecutive Husky to earn the distinction after junior forward Dylan Sikura (Aurora, Ont.) was
so honored January. Aston-Reese helped his Huskies to a 5-3-0 record in February, good enough to secure
home ice in the opening round of the Hockey East Tournament.
The six-foot, 204-pound Aston-Reese led the nation with 17 points in just eight games played, racking
up points at an NCAA-best 2.12 points per game. He scored seven goals and chipped in with 10 assists in
his team’s eight outings, including either scoring or assisting on four of his team’s five game-winning goals.
Aston-Reese also had multi-point nights on five occasions, including two three-point nights and two four-point
nights, with a hat trick and an assist on senior night at Matthews Arena.
Over the course of February, Aston-Reese accomplished several career milestones. The senior forward
is now tied for 14th on Northeastern’s all-time scoring list, compiling 144 career points on 64 goals and 80
assists. Those totals also put him 14th in career goals and 20th in career assists on the Huskies’ all-time lists.
He is also tied for ninth in single-season points with 59 and 10th in single-season goals with 29 in Northeastern
program history.
On February 24 at Maine, Aston-Reese scored a goal to lift his point total from the last two seasons alone
to 100, racking up 42 goals and 58 assists over that span. He is just the eighth player in team history to accomplish that feat. Currently, Aston-Reese’s 29 goals on the year are the most for any Husky since the 1980-81
season and is just one marker away from becoming Northeastern’s first 30-goal, 30-assist player since 198586.
The HCA National Rookie of the Month for February is Trent Frederic (St. Louis, Mo.) from Wisconsin.
Frederic led the nation’s freshmen in points and tied for the lead in goals during the month of February as
he registered eight goals and six assists for 14 points. He registered a point in all eight games in the month,
tallying five multi-point contests. His eight goals on the month were also tied for second in the nation among
all players.
Frederic opened the month with his first career multi-goal game, scoring twice and adding an assist
at Michigan State. The following night, he added
one goal and one assist to complete a five-point
HCA Commissioners’ Choice Awards
weekend as Wisconsin earned its first sweep at
February 2017
Michigan State since 1977.
Following a three-point weekend at home
National Player of the Month
against nationally ranked Penn State, Frederic netZach Aston-Reese, Northeastern, Hockey East
ted four goals in a weekend sweep of Michigan
in Madison. After scoring the game-winning goal
on Friday, Frederic tallied the fastest goal to start
National Rookie of the Month
a game in Wisconsin history, finding the back of
Trent Frederic, Wisconsin, Big Ten
the net just eight seconds into the series finale.
He also added a shorthanded goal in the contest.
Honorable Mention Player of the Month
For his efforts, Frederic earned his second career
Shane Starrett, Air Force, Atlantic Hockey
conference honor, securing the Big Ten Second
Tyler Sheehy, Minnesota, Big Ten
Star for the week.
Merrick
Madsen, Harvard, ECACH
Frederic finished the month with one goal
Sheldon
Dries,
Western Michigan, NCHC
and one assist in a series split at nationally ranked
Atte Tolvanen, Northern Michigan, WCHA
Minnesota. For the month, he scored the game’s
opening goal in three contests, while five of his
Honorable Mention Rookie of the Month
goals gave the Badgers the lead and two more
tied games.
Alex Wilkinson, Army West Point, Atlantic Hockey
For the season, Frederic is second among
Jackson Cressey, Princeton, ECACH
all Big Ten players with 1.33 points per game in
Tyler Wall, UMass Lowell, Hockey East
all contests and tied for second with 11 goals in
Hunter Miska, Minnesota Duluth, NCHC
conference play. He also shares the national lead
Justin Kapelmaster, Ferris State, WCHA
with five shorthanded points this season.
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Bob DeGregorio, Atlantic Hockey • Jim Delany, Big Ten
Steve Hagwell, ECAC Hockey • Joe Bertagna, Hockey East
Josh Fenton, NCHC • Bill Robertson, WCHA