MARQUETTE, MI-- Two members of the Northern Michigan University men’s ice hockey team have won a couple of top honors.
Goaltender Atte Tolvanen was named the Western Collegiate Hockey Association Goaltender of the Year Tuesday, while head coach Grant Potulny was unanimously named League Coach of the Year. Tolvanen is the second student athlete to earn Goaltender of the Year honors. Potulny’s recognition is the fifth time in Wildcat hockey history that the head coach has been named Coach of the Year.
NMU faces Michigan Tech in the WCHA Championship game this Saturday at 7 p.m. in the Berry Events Center. The winner will earn an automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament.
