Providence College Athletics

Men's Hockey Lands 11 on Hockey East All-Academic Team

6/28/2017 12:00:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey

June 28, 2017

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – It was announced by the Hockey East Association today (June 28) that 11 Providence College men's hockey players were named to the league's 2016-17 All-Academic Team.

Junior Robbie Hennessey (Garnet Valley, Pa.) also was named to the All-Academic All-Star Team in boasting one of the highest GPAs at the forward position in the Hockey East last season.

In addition to Hennessey, senior Kyle McKenzie (Aston, Pa.), juniors Alex Cromwell (McKinney, Texas) and Brian Pinho (North Andover, Mass.), sophomores Vincent Desharnais (Laval, Quebec), Garrett Gamez (Chino Hills, Calif.), Hayden Hawkey (Parker, Colo.), and freshmen Kasper Björkqvist (Espoo, Finland), Jacob Bryson (London, Ontario), Vimal Sukumaran (Montreal, Quebec), and Spenser Young (Brentwood, N.H.) also were named to the 2016-17 All-Academic Team.

In total, a record 149 student-athletes across the league achieved a grade point average of 3.0 or better in each of the two academic periods during the 2016-17 season.

2016-17 Men's Hockey East All-Academic All-Star Team
 G: Ryan Wischow, Massachusetts
D: Michael Kim, Boston College
D: Johnathan Kovacevic, Merrimack
F: Mitchell Fossier, Maine
F: Hampus Gustafsson, Merrimack
F: Robbie Hennessey, Providence
 F: Alfred Larsson, Merrimack

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Players Mentioned

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Kasper Björkqvist

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Jacob Bryson

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Alex Cromwell

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Vincent Desharnais

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Garrett Gamez

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Hayden Hawkey

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Robbie Hennessey

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Kyle McKenzie

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Brian Pinho

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Vimal Sukumaran

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Spenser Young

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