Buckeyes Honored at CCHA Awards Banquet – Ohio State Buckeyes
3/14/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey
March 14, 2002
DETROIT – Three Ohio State men’s hockey players were honored at the annual Central Collegiate Hockey Association awards banquet at the Fox Theatre. The event is part of the CCHA Super Six Championship Weekend in Detroit.
Buckeye junior Scott Titus (East Grand Rapids, Mich.) received the Terry Flanagan Memorial Award, given annually to an upperclassman that has overcome some type of personal adversity and is active on the university campus and surrounding community. The award is named for the Bowling Green assistant coach who passed away in December 1991 after a battle with cancer. Titus missed all but one game last season, as he recovered from major surgery because of a bone infection in his arm that originally was thought to be cancer. Titus, a defenseman, is a key member of the OSU squad this season, going +5 and posting a goal and seven assists for eight points. Titus is the first Buckeye ever to receive the honor.
R.J. Umberger (Pittsburgh, Pa.), a sophomore center, received the Ohio State Perani Cup Three Star Award. He led the Buckeyes in three stars of the game honors in league competition, as voted on by the media in attendance. It was the second consecutive season Umberger picked up the award. Umberger is leading the Buckeyes in goals (18), assists (20) and points (38) this season.
Junior Miguel Lafleche (Crysler, Ontario), an electrical engineering major, was honored as a member of the CCHA All-Academic Team. He was one of just nine CCHA student-athletes named to the squad and the first Buckeye to do so since 1995.
Other major CCHA award winners included: Ryan Miller (MSU), Player of the Year for the second consecutive season, Guy Gadowsky (UAF), Coach of the Year, Pat Dwyer (WMU), Rookie of the Year, John-Michael Liles (MSU), Best Offensive Defenseman, Mike Komisarek (UM), Best Defensive Defenseman, Bobby Andrews (UAF), Best Defensive Forward, Kevin O’Malley (UM), Mike and Marian Illitch Humanitarian Award and Dan Ellis (UNO), Perani Cup Three Star Award league leader. The Buckeyes return to action at 7:30 p.m. Friday when they take on Alaska Fairbanks in the quarterfinal round of the CCHA tournament in Joe Louis Arena in Detroit. Notre Dame and Northern Michigan will square off in the other quarterfinal at 4 p.m. Michigan and Michigan State received byes into the semifinal round.
