Greatorex Earns All-New England Honors
Salem, Mass. - Junior Landyn Greatorex (Reading, Mass.) was named to the 2024-25 New England Hockey Writers' Division 2/3 All-Star team, which is voted on by coaches and media outlets from around the region. Last week, Greatorex was named to the 2025 CCM/AHCA Division II-III Men's Ice Hockey All-American Team after posting a career-high 41 points with 16 goals and 25 assists.
The New England Hockey Writers Association will host its annual awards reception on Tuesday, April 22, at the Prince Restaurant in Saugus, MA. The event will include not only the New England Writers' honorees but will also serve to present the recipients of the Walter Brown Award and Joe Concannon Award, given by the Gridiron Club of Boston, to the top American-born hockey players in New England. In addition, the Eastern Massachusetts Ice Hockey Officials will present the J. Thom Lawler Award.
The event will be streamlined to allow attendees an enjoyable reunion of the New England hockey community, starting with food and beverage at 6:00 p.m., with the awards presentation to begin at 7:00 p.m. Cost of the reception is $45 per person. Anyone interested in attending the event should contact Joe Bertagna at j2b2hockey@gmail.com. Questions can also be directed to Joe via (978) 376-5494.
2024-25 New England Division II-III Men's All-Stars
Goalies
Sami Molu, SO, Norwich (Toronto, ON) Cooper Rautensrauch, FR, Colby (Buffalo, NY) Shane Soderwall, SO, Curry* (Algonquin, IL)
Defensemen
Cooper Bertrand, SR, Norwich University (Caledon, ON) David Ciancio, SR, St. Michael's College (Scituate, RI) Theodore Griffin, SR, Trinity College (Marshfield, MA), Chip Hamlett, JR, UNE (Princeton, NJ) Derek Raposo, SR, Anna Maria (Hannon, ON) Ryan Prewitt, SO, Curry College (Abington, MA)
Forwards
Hunter Brackett, SR, St. Anselm College (Fort Lauderdale, FL) Josh Burk, SO, Amherst College (Tampa, FL) Landyn Greatorex, JR, Salem State* (Reading, MA) Arvega Hovsepyan, FR, Salve Regina (Glendale, CA), Clark Kerner, SR, Norwich University (Kansas City, KS) Spencer Korona, SR, Trinity College (Enfield, CT) Andrew Kurapov, GR, Endicott College (Corvallis, OR) Ryan Kuzmich, SR, UNE (Norton, MA) Eelis Laaksonen, SR, Curry College* (Espoo, Finland) Dominic Murphy, SO, UNE* (Worcester, MA) Will Redick, JR, Plymouth State (Collingwood, ON) *2025 AHCA/CCM All-American *2025 AHCA/CCM All-American
Other Division III Honorees Sponsored by the Gridiron Club of Greater Boston Sponsored by the Eastern MA Ice Hockey Officials
Division II-III Men's Most Valuable Player Division II-III Men's Coach of the Year
Shane Soderwall, SO G (Algonquin. IL) Curry College*
Division II-III Men's Coach of the Year
Peter Roundy, Curry College
Joe Concannon Award (Top American-Born D III Player in N.E.)
ShaneSoderwall, SO G (Algonquin. IL) Curry College*
J. Thom Lawler Award (Sportsmanship & Leadership)
Brendan Spinale, SR F (Canton, MA) Franklin Pierce University