Five Dartmouth men's hockey team players received Ivy League awards on Thursday, including forward Matthew Lindblad '14, who was named Rookie of the Year along with Cornell University freshman Andrew Calof, according to DartmouthSports.com. Lindblad is the fourth player in Dartmouth history to earn the award. Goaltender James Mello '12 was named to the First Team All-Ivy and was the only unanimous selection on the team. Captain Scott Fleming '11 and defenseman Joe Stejskal '11 were both named to the Second Team All-Ivy, while forward Adam Estoclet '11 and Lindblad were honorable mentions. Lindblad is Dartmouth's top-scoring freshman this season, finishing the regular season third on the team with 23 points. Mello led the League with a 1.89 goals-against-average and a .941 save percentage in League play. This is Fleming's second All-Ivy honor, after receiving an honorable mention last season. He has led Dartmouth in scoring for the past two seasons and finished the 2010-2011 regular season with 27 points. Fleming is currently tied for 29th in Dartmouth history with 102 career points. Playing on the Big Green's top defensive pairing, Stejskal helped Dartmouth finish second in the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference in penalty killing and third in scoring defense. Dartmouth head coach Bob Gaudet was also separately selected as one of four finalists for the ECAC Coach of the Year award, which will be announced on March 17.
Former Dartmouth baseball infielder Ed Lucas '04 has performed well during spring training in his attempt to make the Atlanta Braves major league squad as a utility infielder. So far this spring, Lucas is 6-for-13 with three RBIs and one run scored, according to the Atlanta Braves official website. In a game against the Boston Red Sox last Wednesday, Lucas collected a hit in each of his three at-bats and scored a run in a 6-1 Braves win. After a four-year career at Dartmouth, Lucas was selected by the Kansas City Royals in the eighth round 235th overall of the 2004 amateur entry draft. Lucas finished his Dartmouth career fifth all-time in batting average, hitting .357. He also collected 172 hits and 37 doubles in his career, ranking eighth and 10th on Dartmouth's all-time list, respectively. Lucas was named League Player of the Year in his senior season in 2004, leading the team in several offensive categories including batting average (.405), hits (70) and doubles (17). He was also second on the team with 47 runs.
