All-NESCAC men’s ice hockey squad

Trinity College senior captain defenseman Mike DeMayo was named to the 2011-12 NESCAC Men’s Ice Hockey All- Conference Second Team. The Bantams, coached by Matt Greason (1st season), finished the season with a 9-13- 2 overall record and a 6-10-2 mark in the league, while qualifying for a 12th consecutive NESCAC Championship Tournament. Trinity suffered a 2-1 loss at Bowdoin in the NESCAC Quarterfinals. DeMayo was third on the team in scoring with seven goals and 15 assists for 22 points, and closed his fine career with 18 goals and 38 assists for 56 points in 100 games. The Bantams finished the 2011-12 season with a 9-13-2 overall record and a 6-10- 2 mark in the NESCAC.

New England, NESCAC Women’s Ice Hockey Coach of the Year

Trinity College’s Carson Duggan was named as the 2011-12 New England Division II/III and NESCAC Women’s Ice Hockey Coach of the Year, while sophomore goaltender Alexa Pujol was selected to both the All-New England Division II/III All- Star Team and the All- NESCAC First Team. Duggan and Pujol were honored at the annual New England Hockey Writers’ Banquet on April 10 at the Prince Restaurant in Saugus, Massachusetts. Trinity finished the 2011-12 season with a 15-11 overall record and a 9-7 mark in the NESCAC. The Bantams qualified for the NESCAC Championship Tournament for the sixth year in a row and downed Hamilton, 3-1 in the quarterfinals before losing at Middlebury in the semifinal round.

Duggan was an assistant coach for the Bantams last season, after taking over the reins of the Trinity program a little over a month before the start of the 2011-12 campaign when nine-year bench boss Andy McPhee moved on to Brown. The Bantams had a slow start to the year but turned things around after January 1, going 13- 4-0 to finish the regular season and wrapping up the fourth seed in the NESCAC championship. Trinity advanced to the NESCAC semifinals for the third consecutive year following a 3-1 decision over Hamilton. Pujol has backboned the Bantams during their surge over the second half of this season. Through 20 appearances, Pujol has posted a .935 save percentage, second among the net-minders in the NESCAC, along with 1.73 goals against average heading into the final rounds of the NESCAC tournament.