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Cooley Nabs HCA Monthly Honor
3/7/2023 11:15:00 AM | Men's Hockey
First award for the freshman
MINNEAPOLIS - Minnesota men's hockey forward Logan Cooley nabbed Hockey Commissioners Association Rookie of the Month honors for February it was announced Tuesday.
Cooley led the nation's top ranked team to a 5-1-0 record in the month and averaged two points per game. Scoring a point in all six games, he gave the Golden Gophers three goals and nine assists for 12 total points and tallied three multi-point performances. Ten of those points came in four games against teams ranked in the top 10 nationally and he closed February as the nation's assist leader at 32.
The freshman became the first and only player in the Big Ten Conference this year with a five-point effort, as he recorded five during the second period at Penn State Feb. 17. Cooley went on to bury the game-winning goal Feb. 25 against No. 8/7 Ohio State and is currently riding a season-long, 11-game point streak with 21 points in that stretch.
The Pittsburgh, Pa., native has been a Big Ten Conference Star of the Week five times during the regular season and paces the Maroon and Gold with 48 points, which ranks third in the NCAA. Cooley and his Minnesota teammates are back on the ice at 3M Arena at Mariucci for the Big Ten Conference Tournament semifinals against Michigan State March 11 at 8 p.m.
Runners Up:
Max Itagaki, F, Army West Point
Sam Lipkin, F, Quinnipiac
Cutter Gauthier, F, Boston College
Cooley led the nation's top ranked team to a 5-1-0 record in the month and averaged two points per game. Scoring a point in all six games, he gave the Golden Gophers three goals and nine assists for 12 total points and tallied three multi-point performances. Ten of those points came in four games against teams ranked in the top 10 nationally and he closed February as the nation's assist leader at 32.
The freshman became the first and only player in the Big Ten Conference this year with a five-point effort, as he recorded five during the second period at Penn State Feb. 17. Cooley went on to bury the game-winning goal Feb. 25 against No. 8/7 Ohio State and is currently riding a season-long, 11-game point streak with 21 points in that stretch.
The Pittsburgh, Pa., native has been a Big Ten Conference Star of the Week five times during the regular season and paces the Maroon and Gold with 48 points, which ranks third in the NCAA. Cooley and his Minnesota teammates are back on the ice at 3M Arena at Mariucci for the Big Ten Conference Tournament semifinals against Michigan State March 11 at 8 p.m.
Runners Up:
Max Itagaki, F, Army West Point
Sam Lipkin, F, Quinnipiac
Cutter Gauthier, F, Boston College