MARSHFIELD, Mass. – The New England Hockey Conference (NEHC) announced its weekly awards for games played through Sunday, January 19th. New England College’s David Novotny (Boca Raton, Fla.) secured Player of the Week honors. Hobart’s Damon Beaver (Whitby, Ontario) was selected Goaltender of the Week while Vermont State Castleton’s Luke Chakrabarti (White Rock, British Columbia) earned Rookie of the Week accolades.

Player of the Week

David Novotny - New England College
(Senior, Forward - Boca Raton, Fla.)
Novotny exploded for four goals this week, willing NEC to a pair of conference victories over Skidmore College. On Friday night, Novotny jumpstarted the Pilgrim offense with a highlight-worthy score in a game they would win, 3-1. On Saturday, Novotny shined with a second period hat trick - the first of his career - to lead NEC to a dominant 5-2 victory over the Thoroughbreds. Novotny now sits tied for third in the conference with nine goals.

Goaltender of the Week

Damon Beaver – Hobart College
(Junior, Goaltender - Whitby, Ontario)
Beaver stopped all 21 shots he faced as he guided Hobart to a 3-0 shutout over Buffalo State. It was the first time this season that the Bengals, who came into the weekend first in the SUNYAC standings, were shutout all season. Beaver made six saves in the first period, seven saves in the second and eight in the third. He is 8-0-0 this season with a 1.00 GAA, a .961 save percentage and three shutouts.

Rookie of the Week

Luke Chakrabarti - Vermont State Castleton
(Freshman, Forward - White Rock, British Columbia)
Chakrabarti scored a goal in game one against Norwich. He followed in game two by being a part of Castleton's two goals against Norwich, where he assisted on the first and scored the second for his conference leading 11th of the year.

HONOR ROLL

Zane Kindrachuk - Albertus Magnus College
(Senior, Forward - Calgary, Alberta)
Kindrachuk tallied two goals, and one assist for three points over the weekend. One of his goals was the game-winning goal in overtime to defeat Babson on Saturday.

Matt Sullivan – University of Southern Maine
(Sophomore, Forward - Hingham, Mass.)
Sullivan scored the game-winning goal in overtime in both of Southern Maine's wins against Salve Regina.

Johnny Johnson – Norwich University
(Junior, Forward - Napierville, Ill.)
Johnson helped drive the Cadet offense to a weekend sweep of Vermont State Castleton. Johnson tallied a goal in each game, including a game-winning goal and also added an assist.

Anthony Beaulieu - New England College
(Freshman, Goaltender - Lawrence, Mass.)
Beaulieu went 2-0-0 with a pair of wins over Skidmore College, accruing a .962 save percentage and a 1.50 GAA. The freshman made 37 saves in a 3-1 win on Friday night before making 39 stops in a 5-2 win over the Thoroughbreds on Saturday.

Ryan Reifler – Elmira College
(Senior, Forward - Binghamton, N.Y.)
Reifler had four assists in Saturday's win 4-2 victory, each was a primary assist. His second assist came on Cole Tucker's fourth power-play goal of the year. His third set up the first-career goal for Corbin Melie. The graduate student now has three goals and six assists for nine points in five games in 2025.