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SCSU's Jimmy Schuldt named to 2017-18 preseason All-NCHC team
9/18/2017 4:01:00 PM | Men's Hockey
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Seven student-athletes representing four teams earned a spot on the 2017-18 National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) Preseason All-Conference Team, as selected by media, the conference revealed Monday, two days in advance of 2017 NCHC Media Day. A total of 30 ballots were submitted by local media members from each school, as well as select national media. The group of honorees includes St. Cloud State University junior defenseman Jimmy Schuldt.
Defending NCAA national champion and NCHC Penrose Cup champion Denver led the way in voting, nabbing four of the seven spots on the team, including three of four forward spots with the third forward spot resulting in a tie. North Dakota, Miami and St. Cloud State each had one representative on the Preseason All-Conference Team. Two seniors were selected to the team, along with four juniors and one sophomore.
Denver sophomore forward Henrik Borgström led all honorees in voting, earning 28 of 30 possible votes, while Borgström's teammate, junior forward Troy Terry collected 15 votes. Fellow DU junior forward Dylan Gambrell and North Dakota junior forward Shane Gersich tied for the final forward spot with 13 votes each. On the blue line, Miami senior Louie Belpedio was the top vote-getter with 24 votes, while SCSU jSchuldt picked up 14 votes as the other defenseman chosen to the team. Denver senior Tanner Jaillet collected 27 of 30 votes to earn the goaltending nod. Gambrell and Belpedio were also named to last season's NCHC Preseason All-Conference Team.
Schuldt, a sophomore captain last season, notched 12 points in conference play and led the NCHC with 59 blocked shots, while finishing with 19 points in 36 games overall and again pacing the NCHC with 88 blocks. Schuldt earned NCHC Scholar-Athlete honors and is a two-time All-NCHC Academic award winners.
Media members voted for three forwards, two defensemen and one goaltender on their ballot with each vote worth one point. The top three vote-getters (and ties) at forward, top two defensemen and highest vote-getting goaltender made up the preseason all-conference team.
The 2017 NCHC Preseason Media Poll will be released on Tuesday, one day prior to NCHC Media Day. The Preseason Poll will first be unveiled on Twitter Tuesday through the NCHC's account, @TheNCHC. The poll will countdown on Twitter from eight to one beginning at 2 p.m. ET/1 p.m. CT.
NCHC Media Day will take place on Wednesday, Sept. 20 at Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minn., the new home of the NCHC Frozen Faceoff. Fans can participate on social media and follow along throughout the day on our Media Day Live blog.
The NCHC drops the puck on the 2017-18 season with five exhibition games on Saturday, Sept. 30 while the regular season begins Friday, Oct. 6 with six NCHC teams in action. Fans can watch all the exciting NCHC action on NCHC.tv, where over 140 NCHC games will be streamed live during the season. To subscribe to NCHC.tv, click here.
St. Cloud State gets its season going on Saturday, Sept. 30 with its exhibition home opener against the University of Regina at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center. For complete details on single game and season ticket packages available in 2017-18 for the Huskies, please visit www.scsutickets.com or call 1-877-SCSUTIX.
2017-18 NCHC Preseason All-Conference Team
F: Henrik Borgström, So., Denver – 28 votes
F: Troy Terry, Jr., Denver – 15 votes
F: *Dylan Gambrell, Jr., Denver – 13 votes
F: Shane Gersich, Jr., North Dakota – 13 votes
D: *Louie Belpedio, Sr., Miami – 24 votes
D: Jimmy Schuldt, Jr., St. Cloud State – 14 votes
G: Tanner Jaillet, Sr., Denver – 27 votes
* 2016-17 Preseason All-Conference team selection
