Time for another look at some of the best single-games performances in D1 Men’s Ice Hockey — the nominees for HERO of the Week!
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Last week, Michigan’s Cooper Marody won your vote after earning five points in a series split with Ferris State. In a 7-2 victory, Marody earned the game-winner plus a pair of assists before tallying another goal and assist in a 3-2 loss.
Colgate’s Colton Point beat out his competition in goal after totaling 76 saves in an unbeaten weekend. He made 43 stops in a 0-0 tie with Princeton before backstopping his team to a 4-1 victory over Quinnipiac with a 33-save performance.
Who will you choose this week? Check out the nominees below.
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Dylan McLaughlin, Canisius
McLaughlin led his team to a split with Mercyhurst, notching a hat trick and an assist in a 7-3 victory on Saturday. He also had a goal in Friday’s 4-3 overtime loss.
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Tony Calderone, Michigan
The senior forward found the back of the net once and earned an assist in a 5-4 comeback win over fourth-ranked Minnesota. Then, in a 6-6 tie on Saturday, Calderone recorded a pair of goals, including the game-tying tally with 1:12 remaining in regulation.
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Dante Palecco, Yale
The Bulldogs skated to a split over the weekend, led by rookie forward Palecco. In a 6-1 win over St. Lawrence, the freshman tallied a hat trick and an assist for a four-point game. He also tallied his team’s lone goal in a 4-1 loss to Clarkson the next day.
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Christopher Grando, Boston College
In a pair of wins over Vermont, Grando had back-to-back multi-point games, scoring two goals and three assists for a five-point weekend. In Friday’s 4-3 win, the freshman notched a pair of helpers before exploding for two goals and an assist in Saturday’s 5-1 victory over the Catamounts.
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Mason Bergh, Colorado College
Bergh posted a pair of multi-point games in a split with Omaha. He recorded a pair of assists in a 5-3 loss on Friday before tallying two more assists plus a goal in his team’s 4-0 victory on Saturday.
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Marc Michaelis, Minnesota State
Michaelis led the NCAA with five goals over the weekend as he and his team skated to a sweep over Bemidji State. The sophomore forward earned his second career hat trick in a 5-2 victory on Friday. Then, in Saturday’s 8-6 win, Michaelis found the back of the net twice more as well as scoring an assist.
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Paul Berrafato, Holy Cross
The senior netminder backstopped his team to an unbeaten weekend against Air Force. In a 3-0 win on Friday, Berrafato earned his second shutout of the season with a 27-save performance. He made 26 stops the next night as his team skated to a 3-3 tie.
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Cale Morris, Notre Dame
Morris tallied a career-high 40 saves in Friday’s 5-3 win over visiting Penn State. Then, to complete a personal record-breaking weekend, the sophomore goaltender earned his first career shutout with a 33-stop performance in Saturday’s 1-0 victory.
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Matthew Galajda, Cornell
The Big Red’s freshman netminder backstopped his team to a pair of victories over the weekend, racking up an impressive .950 save-percentage. In a 3-0 win over Dartmouth, Galajda made 16 saves for his second collegiate shutout before posting a 22-save effort in a 3-2 win over Harvard to help his team stay undefeated.
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Max Prawdzik, Boston University
In his first collegiate start, Prawdzik posted a 29-save effort to blank eighth-ranked New Hampshire by a score of 4-0. The sophomore became the first Terrier in 17 years to earn a shutout in his first career start.
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Ben Blacker, Western Michigan
Against twelfth-ranked Minnesota Duluth, Blacker allowed just three goals in two games to backstop his team to a weekend split. In a 3-0 loss to the Bulldogs, Blacker posted a season-high 35 saves before making 31 stops in a 5-0 shutout win the following night.
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Justin Kapelmaster, Ferris State
Kapelmaster backstopped his team to back-to-back victories over Alaska, making 53 saves in the series and earning a .930 save-percentage. In Friday’s 3-1 win, the sophomore netminder made 21 saves before posting a 31-stop performance in a 5-3 win the following night.[divider]
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