Fields named team MVP, Woodring tabbed as Rookie of the Year

RINDGE, N.H. (April 16, 2008) – The Franklin Pierce University men’s ice hockey team formally concluded the 2007-08 season with the team’s year-end banquet, held on Monday evening. Head coach Scott Loiseau announced the team’s 2007-08 award winners, as well as introduced next season’s captains.

Senior captain Joe Fields (Towamencin, Pa./Green Mountain Glades) was named the team’s Most Valuable Player after setting new program single-season records with 15 goals and 31 points in his final season with the team. Fields, who earned All-Northeast-10 Conference second-team honors for the first time in 2007-08, finished the regular season second in the conference in goals and third in points.

After the season had concluded, Fields signed a pro contract with the Huntsville Havoc of the SPHL, and scored one goal with two assists in four games. The right winger leaves Franklin Pierce as the school’s all-time leader in career goals (37), assists (49) and points (86), as well as holding the school’s single-season records in all three categories.

Fellow senior captain Pete Wilson (Marshfield, Mass./Marshfield) was honored as the team’s Best Defenseman following a career season that saw the blueliner score eight goals and add 14 assists for 22 points. Wilson’s 22 points ranked second among conference defensemen during the regular season, while his 19 power-play points (7-12-19) led all NE-10 skaters. He also earned a spot on the All-Conference second team for the first time as a senior.

In 72 career games, Wilson scored 14 goals and assisted on 23 more for 37 points. He finishes his career in ninth place all-time at Franklin Pierce in assists, while also ranking tenth in career goals and points at the school.

Freshman Sean Woodring (Rogue River, Ore./Eugene Generals) earned the team’s Rookie of the Year award after setting a new freshman scoring mark at the school with eight goals and 13 assists for 21 points. The freshman center played in 24 of the team's 25 games on the Ravens' top line, centering the first line alongside Fields and Jeff Kasper (South Boston, Mass./Catholic Memorial).

Woodring also received conference recognition as well this season, as he became the first Raven to earn a major postseason honor from the Northeast-10 when he was honored as the NE-10 Co-Rookie of the Year.

Freshman Mark Malcolm (Brockton, Mass./Brockton) was named the recipient of the 2007-08 Coaches Award. Malcolm quickly worked his way into the team's lineup early in the season, appearing in 17 games in his first season with the team. He scored one goal and added an assist for two points as a freshman, including his first career goal in the NE-10 Tournament against Stonehill College, and developed into one of the team’s best penalty killers.

The coaching staff also announced the team’s captains for the 2008-09 season. The Ravens will be led into action next year by current juniors Kasper, Kyle Kruse (Sagamore Beach, Mass./Bourne), Shane Murphy (Tolland, Conn./The Gunnery School) and Coursen Schneider (Stony Point, N.Y./Avon Old Farms), as well as sophomore Rob Perretta (Staten Island, N.Y./Brockville Tiki's).

In Loiseau’s first season as the Ravens’ head coach, Franklin Pierce (6-19-0, 1-4-0 NE-10, 4-12-0 ECAC NE) earned six wins, tied for the most victories in the program’s six-year varsity history, and set no fewer than seven program records.