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Senior forward Erik Axell, one of the team's tri-captains, was the only member of the squad to win two awards. He was presented the Sam Woodside Award for overall career improvement by a senior and the Iron Man Award, presented annually to the player who showed determination to overcome injuries. Seniors Braden Birch, Nick D'Agostino, John Esposito and Vince Mihalek, junior Andy Iles, and freshman Christian Hilbrich also earned postseason awards. Each award is voted upon by the players on the 2011-12 roster.
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Miller was presented the Nicky Bawlf Award after becoming the program's first three-time leading scorer since Matt Moulson '06. He was named to the All-Ivy League First Team, the All-ECAC Hockey Third Team and was also tabbed as ECAC Hockey's Best Defensive Forward. He led the team with a plus-18 rating, won 58 percent of his faceoffs and committed just two minor penalties. He was on the ice for an opponent's five-on-five goal just six times in 22 league games. All the while, Miller was still excelling offensively. He set a career high with 33 points and tied a career high with 14 goal. He had 11 points over a six-game scoring streak late in the season to end his collegiate career with 98 points.
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It was the second straight year Axell earned the Iron Man Award. He played the first 32 games of the season before an injury forced him to miss the final two games of an ECAC Hockey Championship quarterfinal series at Quinnipiac. Axell enjoyed a career year offensively, scoring three goals ? all in a span of five weeks. His first goal came on Nov. 24 in the Big Red's 5-1 victory over Michigan at sold-out Madison Square Garden in New York, then he scored a goal in each of the Big Red's games at the Florida College Hockey Classic in late December. All of the goals were part of a five-game scoring streak, which was the team's longest of the season until March.
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Birch won the Joe DeLibero-Stan Tsapis Award for skilled efficiency, unselfish dedication and hard-nosed competitive desire. He continued to be one of the Big Red's steadiest defensive defensemen, anchoring a unit that was a perfect 8-for-8 in killing off two-man disadvantages. Serving as one of the team's tri-captains, Birch also pitched in offensively, scoring both of his goals in March. The latter was one of the season's most memorable goals, when he skated 140 feet and weaved his way through traffic before roofing a backhand on a breakaway to open the scoring just 48 seconds into the third and final game of an ECAC Hockey Championship quarterfinal series at Quinnipiac.
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D'Agostino was presented with the Mark Weiss Memorial Award, which is awarded to a senior with a career-long dedication and passion for the sport of hockey. D'Agostino once again logged tons of minutes from the blue line, playing significant time in all situations. He continued to be a threat offensively with 17 points in 34 games. His six goals were tops among blueliners, including three power-play goals. One of those served as the winning goal in the Big Red's 4-2 victory over Princeton in Game 2 of a ECAC Hockey Championship first round series, spurring a Cornell sweep.
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Esposito claimed the Crimson Cup, given to the player who was the standout performer in the season series against Harvard. The Big Red dropped the first game of the season against Harvard, 4-1, on Nov. 16 at Lynah Rink, but then rallied for a 2-2 tie in the rematch on Feb. 16 at Bright Center in Cambridge, Mass.
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Mihalek was presented the Cornell Hockey Association Award, which is given annually to the player whose contributions to the team don't show up in the box score, but rather are in the form of energy, heart and hustle. Mihalek continued to be a gritty presence on the Big Red's third and fourth lines. As injuries started to mount among the team's center corps, Mihalek filled in at pivot for the first time since his youth hockey days. He scored his lone goal of the season by crashing the net Dec. 1 against St. Lawrence. He also added a pair of assists Nov. 2 at Colgate and Feb. 22 vs. Rensselaer.
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Iles was tabbed for the Bill Doran Sportsmanship Award after making 898 saves this season, tied for second most in a single season in program history. He started all 34 games, finishing all of those games ? with the exception of the final 31 seconds of the Senior Night game, when he yielded the crease to make room for senior Omar Kanji's collegiate debut. He was named the ECAC Hockey Goaltender of the Week three times and came up big in the playoffs, despite playing with an injury. His eighth career shutout came in Game 1 of the ECAC Hockey Championship first round series sweep of Princeton, then he made 60 saves in Game 3 of the quarterfinals series at No. 1 Quinnipiac ? which was just one save off the single-game program record.
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The Greg Ratushny Award for the most promising rookie went to Christian Hilbrich. After appearing intermittently for the first two-thirds of the season, Hilbrich scored five points while playing the final 10 games of the season. He spent some time at center early on, but played primarily on the wing as the season progressed. Both of his goals came in March ? the first on at the top of the crease on March 1 at Brown and the second on a clear-cut breakaway in Game 1 of an ECAC Hockey Championship first round series on March 8 at Princeton.
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The team also issued awards to Axell and Miller for their shorthanded goals and to Iles for his two shutouts. The team's captains for the 2013-14 season have not yet been determined.
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Source: http://www.cornellbigred.com/news/2013/4/19/MICE_0419130817.aspx
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