At Monday’s annual Great Lake Hockey Conference (GLHC) meeting, coaches from member schools (Marquette, Calumet, Escanaba, Hancock, Houghton, Jeffers, Kingsford and Negaunee) voted on All-GLHC awards for the 2021 season.
After nominations were made and ballots were cast, five MSHS hockey student-athletes received all-conference honors. Junior defenseman Owen Riipi was named to the All-GLHC First Team with senior forward Dylan Baldwin and sophomore defenseman Joe DeMattia being named to the All-GLHC Second Team. Senior goaltender Brennan Hakkola and senior forward Evan Kroll both received All-GLHC Honorable Mention accolades.
Below is the full list of GLHC All-Conference Teams from the 2021 season (click here for PDF):
- Player of the Year: Dean Loukus (Calumet – Forward)
- Coach of the Year: Dan Giachino (Calumet – 6th Year)
- All-GLHC First Team:
- Camden Markham – Houghton – Forward – Sophomore
- Jackson Rilei – Calumet – Forward – Junior
- Austin Salani – Hancock – Forward – Senior
- Chad Nordstrom – Hancock – Defense – Junior
- Owen Riipi – Marquette – Defense – Junior
- Jimmy Pietila – Houghton – Goaltender – Senior
- All-GLHC Second Team:
- Dylan Baldwin – Marquette – Forward – Senior
- Nathan Erva – Houghton – Forward – Senior
- Mason Mikesch – Hancock – Forward – Senior
- Joe DeMattia – Marquette – Defense – Sophomore
- Tom Erkkila – Calumet – Defense – Junior
- Aksel Loukus – Calumet – Goaltender – Sophomore
- All-GLHC Honorable Mention Team:
- Calumet:
- Noah Jukuri – Forward – Senior;
- Cliff Jurmu – Defense – Junior
- Escanaba:
- Gunner Bourdeau – Defense – Sophomore;
- Nick Kolich – Forward – Senior
- Hancock:
- Calvin Heinonen – Forward – Sophomore;
- Brad Randell – Defense – Senior
- Houghton:
- Ted Halonen – Forward – Senior;
- Dane Johnson – Defense – Senior
- Jeffers:
- Brent Heinonen – Defense – Junior;
- Kyler Hillstrom – Forward – Senior
- Kingsford:
- David Juul – Defense – Junior
- Carter Kreski – Forward – Senior
- Marquette:
- Brennan Hakkola – Goaltender – Senior;
- Evan Kroll – Forward – Senior
- Negaunee:
- Garrett Mann – Forward – Senior;
- Luke Syrjola – Defense – Sophomore
- Calumet:
