Lawrence’s King and Marian’s Vorva Selected
For NCHA Men’s Hockey Weekly Honors
Lawrence University senior Lane King (F - Waunakee, Wis.) is the NCHA Men’s Offensive Player of the Week and Marian University sophomore Hunter Vorva (G - Kalamazoo, Mich.) is the NCHA Men’s Defensive Player of the Week, the league office announced Tuesday.
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King wins NCHA Offensive Player of the Week honors out of a highly-contested field after leading the Vikings to a 2-0 record, which included a victory over a nationally-ranked opponent, marking the second such occurrence this season. King picked up four points (1G/3A) in the pair of games as Lawrence posted a weekend sweep, highlighted by that 4-3 win over No. 15 St. Scholastica. He picked up an assist to make the score 3-0 against CSS and then added assists on Lawrence’s first and third goals in a 5-2 win over Northland, sandwiched around his 12th goal of the season. King leads the NCHA at 1.52 points per game and is tied for first at 0.95 assists per contest.
Vorva is the NCHA Defensive Player of the Week for the second time this season after putting up three impressive outings in a row. Vorva allowed just four goals combined in the three games with 23 saves against Northland, 19 against then-ranked No. 15 St. Scholastica and 23 more against Eau Claire Sunday for a total of 65 on the week. Vorva closed out the weekend with a 1.33 goals-against average to go with a .942 save percentage, while also leading the penalty-kill unit to a 14-of-15 success rate in the trio of contests.
2017-18 NCHA WEEKLY TOP PERFORMERS
Trevor Boyd, Adrian
Boyd led Adrian with two goals, four points and 10 shots on goal during the Bulldogs 2-0 NCHA home sweep over #1/#2 St. Norbert, 3-2 in overtime, and Finlandia, 7-1. He started the Bulldogs’ comeback against the Green Knights to close the gap 2-1 in the second period. In the win versus the Lions, he tied his season high with three points to extend his consecutive point streak to six games.
Cory Dunn, Adrian
Dunn tallied two points, a plus-2 and six shots on goal while contributing to a perfect penalty kill unit as Adrian swept #1/#2 St. Norbert (3-2 in overtime) and Finlandia (7-1). He scored the game-winning goal at 2:13 into the extra session to snap Adrian’s four-game losing streak against SNC. The assistant captain also helped to kill off 8 opponent power plays. Adrian now owns a four-point lead in the overall point standings for home-ice in the Harris Cup Playoffs.
Nick Guiney, Concordia
Guiney had two points in each of the Falcons wins this weekend. The freshman forward recorded two assists in Friday’s win over Aurora and added a goal and an assist in Saturday’s 5-2 win against Lake Forest. His goal Saturday came on the power play and helped vault the Falcons into second place in the South Division standings.
Christian Karbler, Trine
The freshman forward finished the weekend slate of games with a team-high three points. On Friday, Karbler recorded two goals, his first of the season. The second of his goals would eventually become the game-winner in the Thunder’s 4-2 victory over Finlandia, their first win in NCHA play. On Saturday, the rebound off of a Karbler slap shot set up Trine’s lone goal of the contest against nationally-ranked St. Norbert.
Nick Malvin, Concordia
Malvin totaled 60 saves over two NCHA wins for the Falcons this weekend. He shut out Aurora with a 27-save effort Friday and followed that with a 33-save performance against Lake Forest Saturday. The junior netminder posted a .968 save percentage and became the first Falcons goaltender to reach 10 wins in a season.
Greg Procopio, Lawrence
Making just his second start of the season, Greg Procopio turned in a superlative effort in net as Lawrence picked up a 4-3 victory over No. 15 St. Scholastica. Procopio stopped a season-high 39 shots, one shy of his career best, as Lawrence earned a key North Division victory.
James Ring, MSOE
Ring scored two goals in win over Aurora Saturday, opening the scoring with the first goal and capping the scoring with a late power-play goal.
Hunter Stewart, Marian
Stewart reached 100 points in his career as Marian went 3-0-0 on the weekend. Stewart recorded at least one point in all three wins with an assist against Northland, a goal and an assist against then-ranked No. 15 St. Scholastica and a goal against Eau Claire. Stewart ranks third in the NCHA with 28 points and 17 assists.
Derek Thorogood, Marian
Thorogood became the 10th player in Marian men’s hockey history to reach 100 career points with a five-point weekend as the Sabres went 3-0-0. Thorogood scored a goal against Northland to open the weekend before a three-point game against St. Scholastica where he scored two goals and assisted another. He then closed out the weekend with an assist on the final goal against Eau Claire. Thorogood currently ranks second in the NCHA with 29 points and 14 goals.
Zach Woodman, MSOE
Woodman allowed just one goal in each game last weekend, making 51 saves in the process. He stopped 24 shots through 65 minutes at Lake Forest Friday and then came back with 27 saves in win over Aurora. He also registered first collegiate point on an assist in win over Aurora Saturday.