GORHAM, Maine – Seventeen members of the University of Southern Maine Huskies men's ice hockey team have been named to the 2024-2025 New England Hockey Conference (NEHC) All-Academic Team. To be eligible for All-Academic recognition, a student must carry a minimum of a 3.0 cumulative GPA and have completed one full year at their current institution by the beginning of the hockey season. Student-athletes that were freshmen or first-year transfers during the 2024-25 season were not eligible.
 
Fifth-year senior Cole Ouellette (Lewiston, Maine) earned his fourth NEHC All-Academic selection, while seniors Zach Desmarais (St. Cyrille, Quebec), Azam Jiwa (Calgary, Alberta), Kyle Penton (Waltham, Mass.) and Jeff Pollara (Braintree, Mass.) are now three-time honorees.
 
Three Huskies, junior Cole Brennan (Sussex, N.J./ Pomfret School), junior Kadin Ilott (Kenora, Ontario/Beaver Brae Secondary School) and senior Jacob Kindestin (Barre,Vt./ Champlain Valley Union), earned All-Academic honors for the second time in their careers.
 
First-time honorees for the Huskies include juniors David Bazile (Wilmington, Mass./Malden Catholic), Conor Donovan (Nahant, Mass./Swampscott), and John Hagan (Canton, Mass./Tilton School) plus sophomores Jake Burgess (Arlington, Mass./Vermont Academy), Adrian Jubran (Knoxville, Tenn./James Madison), Kayde Kinaschuk (Calgary, Alberta), Ethan MacDuff (Lloydminster, Alberta), Matt Sullivan (Hingham, Mass./New Hampton School), and Marcus Torgner (Mjolby, Sweden).
 
The 2024-25 season marked the Huskies' last in the NEHC as the team will compete in the Little East Conference starting next fall.
 
 

Name	Class	Major	Hometown/High School
David Bazile	Junior	Marketing	Wilmington, MA/Malden Catholic
Cole Brennan	Junior	Finance	Sussex, NJ/Pomfret School
Jake Burgess	Sophomore	Business Management	Arlington, MA/Vermont Academy
Zach Desmarais	Senior	Sport Management	St. Cyrille, QC/Ecole secondaire de l'Odysee
Conor Donovan	Junior	Marketing	Nahant, MA/Swampscott
John Hagan	Junior	Undeclared	Canton, MA/Tilton School
Kadin Ilott	Junior	Computer Science	Kenora, ON/Beaver Brae Secondary School
Azam Jiwa	Senior	Business Analytics	Calgary, AB/West Island College
Adrian Jubran	Sophomore	Psychology	Knoxville, TN/James Madison
Kayde Kinaschuk	Sophomore	Finance	Calgary, AB/Springbank Community
Jacob Kindestin	Senior	Marketing	Barre, VT/Champlain Valley Union
Ethan MacDuff	Sophomore	Electrical Engineering	Lloydminster, AB/Lloydminster Comprehensive
Cole Ouellette	Fifth Year	Marketing	Lewiston, ME/Lewiston
Kyle Penton	Senior	Criminology	Waltham, MA/Albany Academy
Jeff Pollara	Senior	Business Management	Braintree, MA/Braintree
Matt Sullivan	Sophomore	Business Management	Hingham, MA/New Hampton School
Marcus Torgner	Sophomore	Business Management	Mjolby, Sweden/Ontario Hockey Academy