Award Finalists: Bulldog seniors Zach Redmond and Pat Nagle com­pete dur­ing a 2010-11 game. Both Redmond and Nagle were rec­og­nized as CCHA award final­ists. Torch File Photo

Redmond, a final­ist for the Best Offensive Defensemen Award, said he “wasn’t going into things with high expec­ta­tions” because of the injuries he had expe­ri­enced this season.

“It was a great honor to be nom­i­nated,” Redmond said. “Since the coaches pick, it shows a great deal of respect from them.”

Redmond pro­duced a team-leading 20 points on a career season-high seven goals with a squad-best 13 assists in 26 con­tests. He tied for fifth for the league’s top scor­ing defense­men with a 0.77 points per-game average.

The Bulldog team cap­tain recorded three game-winning goals and a team-best five multi-point games this sea­son. He was also cho­sen as the CCHA Defenseman of the Week in January.

Nagle, a senior goal­tender for the Bulldogs, was a final­ist for the RBC Financial Group Player of the Year Award.

“Obviously, I couldn’t have been up for the award if we hadn’t had such a great year,” Nagle said. “We had a great core of guys who made my life a lot easier.”

Nagle recorded a 1.97 goals-against aver­age to go with .925 save per­cent­age. The net­min­der totaled 30 or more saves in a game on eight occa­sions this season.

With 18 vic­to­ries, Nagle has the sec­ond most sin­gle sea­son wins in Bulldog his­tory. He was also rec­og­nized as the CCHA Goaltender of the Week in November.

The FSU seniors were also named All-CCHA First-Team selec­tions and Hobey Baker Memorial Award can­di­dates for their efforts in help­ing the Bulldogs to an 18−16−5 finish.

The awards ban­quet took place at Detroit’s his­toric Fox Theatre. The event marked the begin­ning of the CCHA Championship Weekend.

Michigan State University sopho­more Torey Kurg was named Best Offensive Defenseman as he led the league in goals from a defenseman.

Miami University senior for­ward Andy Miele took home the RBC Player of the Year Award. He led the nation in scor­ing as he reg­is­tered points for the Redhawks in 29 of 34 con­tests, includ­ing 19 multiple-points outings.

Redmond and Nagle skated as Bulldogs for the last time in the CCHA Tournament series against Western Michigan University.

Both ath­letes agreed that what they will miss most about FSU hockey is their teammates.

“Obviously, I’ll miss the hockey and the school,” said Redmond. “But I think I’ll miss the guys most. That’s the tough­est part.” n

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