Inside College Hockey | Go-To Guys: Spencer Penrose Award

February 1, 2005
Go-To Guys: Spencer Penrose Award

Inside College Hockey 's Go-To Guys – a look at the leading candidates for individual honors in college hockey – is back this week with a look at the best coaches in the land. The award is named after the man who ran the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, and the contenders have made their teams feel at home near the top of the standings this year.

Inside College Hockey editors and staff, in consultation with coaches and media from around the country, compiled this list of how we would vote today – not necessarily how we think the race will turn out. And stay tuned, because a lot can change each weekend; we'll continue our looks at the Penrose, and other honors, as the season progresses.

SPENCER PENROSE AWARD – Feb. 1, 2005
1. George Gwozdecky Denver	He took the defending champs and retooled them from a grinding club to an offensive one, a feat that's especially remarkable given all the talent they lost. 18-6-1 (13-4-1 WCHA)
2. Kevin Sneddon Vermont	Only Princeton was worse than Vermont in the ECACHL last year. With a spectacular recruiting class in place – Sneddon's first group – a nearly-worst-to-first turnaround is possible. 15-9-3 (9-4-2 ECACHL)
3. Scott Owens Colorado College	The Tigers' consistency in the nation's best conference has been a sight to behold. They are the WCHA's only team without back-to-back losses. 22-4-2 (15-4-1 WCHA)
4. Mike Kemp Nebraska-Omaha	His young Mavs (11 sophomores, 9 freshmen) already have double the number of conference wins from a year ago and are two victories away doubling the eight overall W's they garnered in '03-04. 14-10-2 (10-8-2 CCHA)
5. Ted Donato Harvard	For Donato and the Crimson, it's a case of the right man at the right time in the right situation. How many of us could say that as we began our careers? 13-5-2 (10-4-1 ECACHL)
Poised to change on the fly	Mike Schafer (Cornell), Jack Parker (Boston University), Mike Eaves (Wisconsin), Scott Paluch (Bowling Green), Dick Umile (New Hampshire)
On the Super Doppler 5000 Radar	John Markell (Ohio State), Tom Serratore (Bemidji State), Frank Anzalone (Lake Superior State), Jerry York (Boston College)

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