BEVERLY, Mass. – Endicott men's ice hockey senior goaltender Conor O'Brien (Pinellas Park, Fla.) has been chosen as a semifinalist for the 21st Joe Concannon Award, presented annually to the best American-born NCAA Division II/III college hockey student-athlete in New England. The semifinalists for the Joe Concannon Award were announced earlier this week by the organization.
The Joe Concannon Award was established in 2001 shortly after the passing of the longtime writer for The Boston Globe who had a great passion for the game of college hockey while always advocating strongly for amateur athletics.
O'Brien is now the third student-athlete in program history to earn multiple Joe Concannon Award semifinalist selections joining Tommy Besinger '19 (Milton, Mass.) and Logan Day (Seminole, Fla.) on the list.
Overall, the Endicott men's ice hockey program has earned 12 semifinalist selections in six seasons (award not chosen in 2020-21 due to COVID).
Additionally, O'Brien was one of four goaltenders chosen to this year's semifinalist list out of the 30-person pool of honorees. O'Brien also is one of five nominees from the 2020 semifinalist class represented on this year's list.
CONOR O'BRIEN'S 2021-22 SEASON
In 21 games played this season (all starts), O'Brien has compiled a 15-5-1 record behind a 1.32 goals against average (GAA) and .952 save percentage (533 saves total).
O'Brien currently ranks first among all NCAA Division III goaltenders in save percentage, second in GAA, and ninth in winning percentage (.738, minimum 15 decisions).
Meanwhile, O'Brien's conference ranks include: games played (1st), games started (1st), minutes (1224:21, 1st), goals against (27, 1st), GAA (1st), saves (3rd), save percentage (1st), wins (1st), win percentage (2nd).
WHAT'S NEXT
No. 15 Endicott (16-6-1, 13-5-1 CCC) hosts Suffolk on Friday, February 18 at 7 PM.
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(Photo Credit - Rachel Cardillo '24)
