ALBANY, NY -- Senior defenseman Lane Caffaro and sophomore forward Adam Presizniuk were honored by ECAC Hockey for their performances during the 2008-09 men's ice hockey campaign. Caffaro was named First Team All-ECAC Hockey, while Presizniuk was selected Third Team All-ECAC Hockey, the league announced on Tuesday. Caffaro becomes only the second Dutchmen all-time to be selected to the first team and the first since goaltender Trevor Koenig accomplished the feat during the 1996-97 season.

A native of Slave Lake, Alberta Caffaro led the conference defenseman during the regular season with 22 points, including 14 assists and a career-high eight goals. In conference only games, he led the defenseman with 18 points with seven goals and 11 assists. Earlier this year, Caffaro became Union's all-time leading defensive scorer, passing Reid Simonton (1992-96), who had 68 points. The senior co-captain ended his career ninth all-time on Union's scoring list with 79 points, including 23 goals and 56 assists, which is fifth all-time. Caffaro also ranks ninth on the school's all-time list with 13 power-play goals, including a career-high tying five man-advantage tallies this season. Caffaro, who was a third team selection in 2007-08, became the first Dutchmen to be named to the Coaches' and Media Preseason All-ECAC Hockey Team.

Presizniuk is honored by the league for the second consecutive year. In 2007-08 he was named to the all-rookie team after leading the Dutchmen with 25 points, including seven goals and 18 assists. He followed that performance with a school-record 38 points during the 2008-09 season. He potted a career-high 16 goals (tied for seventh all-time) and 21 assists (fifth all-time). His career-best six power-play goals led the team this season, along with his eight multi-point games. Between Jan. 3 and Jan. 24, the Calgary, Alberta native went on a career-long seven-game scoring streak, posting 11 points. Presizniuk is only the third student-athlete in Union's Division I history to finish the season leading the team in points, goals and assists (Craig Ferrero, 1991-92, and Kris Goodjohn, 2001-02). The sophomores success led to team success. When he had a point, the Dutchmen were 17-6-1. When he scored a goal they were 11-5-0 and 12-3-1 when he had an assist. In his eight multi-point efforts, Union went 7-1-0.

The Dutchmen just finished their season where they won a school record 19 games and earned the program's first postseason series victory with a two-game sweep of Clarkson (5-3 and 7-2). Union finished eighth in the conference and held home ice advantage for the sixth time in seven seasons.


2009 ECAC HOCKEY ANNUAL AWARD WINNERS
Player of the Year - Zane Kalemba, Princeton
Goaltender of the Year - Zane Kalemba, Princeton
(Individual Awards Continued)

Rookie of the Year - Jody O'Neill, Dartmouth
Best Defensive Forward - Tyler Mugford, Cornell
Best Defensive Defenseman - Matt Generous, St. Lawrence
Coach of the Year - Keith Allain, Yale
Turfer Athletic Trophy - Princeton
 
FIRST TEAM ALL-LEAGUE
G  Zane Kalemba, Princeton
D  Lane Caffaro, Union
D  Zach Miskovic , St. Lawrence
F  Mark Arcobello, Yale
F  Riley Nash, Cornell
F  David McIntyre, Colgate

SECOND TEAM ALL-LEAGUE
G  Ben Scrivens, Cornell
D  Tom Dignard, Yale
D  Brendon Nash, Cornell
F   Sean Backman, Yale
F  Bryan Leitch, Quinnipiac
F  Colin Greening, Cornell

THIRD TEAM ALL-LEAGUE
G  Alec Richards, Yale
D  Alex Biega, Harvard
D  Jody Peterson,  Princeton
F  Brock McBride, St. Lawrence
F  Broc Little, Yale
F  Adam Presizniuk, Union

ALL-ROOKIE TEAM
G  Jody O'Neill, Dartmouth
D  Jeff Buvinow, Brown
D  Keir Ross, Cornell
F  Patrick Cullen, Rensselaer
F  Doug Jones, Dartmouth
F  Brian O'Neill, Yale