Kofstad named SBC Golfer of the Month
Last week, DU golfer Espen Kofstad was named the Men’s Sun Belt Conference Co-Men’s Golfer of the Month for his performance in the month of March.
Kofstad shares the award Arkansas State’s Lloyd du Preez.
After finishing 5-under par 211 at the 2010 Desert Shootout, he placed No. 16 at the ASU Thunderbird Invitational.
In that tournament, Kofstad finished with a 2-under par 211 and led the DU men’s golf squad.
He is golfing a team best, averaging 71.19 through 27 rounds. He has made nine tournament appearances this season.
Kofstad has been consistently effective throughout the season, finishing par or better 15 times.
Demopoulos earns third ECAC honor
Sophomore attackman Alex Demopoulos earned his second consecutive Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Offensive Player of the Week honor this week.
He earned the first of two consecutive awards after he scored four goals in a 17-13 win over Hobart on April 3.
This past weekend Demopoulos continued his offensive success scoring six goals and recording four assists, while leading the Pioneers to a pair of conference wins against Bellarmine and Quinnipiac.
He is currently in the top five in the conference in goals per game, averaging 2.17 per game.
The sophomore leads the team with 26 goals.
This is Denver’s first year apart of the ECAC and the team has been given five individual awards thus far.
Cheverie signs with Panthers
Junior goalie Marc Cheverie signed a two-year entry level contract with the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL) last Thursday.
Cheverie, who finished his career at DU with a .926 save percentage, was the WCHA player of the year.
Considered the best goalie in all of college hockey last year, Cheverie ended with a 24-6-3 record in his junior campaign.
Even more impressive was his 2.08 goals against average, which helped DU capture their 12th WCHA regular-season title and the Gold Pan Trophy.
Another highlight for the junior was when he set the DU record for consecutive shutout minutes with 223:51.
Cheverie was named a Hobey Baker Award Top-10 finalist and was named Inside College Hockey’s Goaltender of the Year.
The goalie is the third underclassmen from DU to forgo their college careers to pursue one in the NHL. He joins sophomores Joe Colbourne and Patrick Wiercioch.
