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2025 NEHC All-Academic Team Men

Men's Ice Hockey Riley Driscoll, Athletic Media Associate

Men’s Hockey Lands 17 on NEHC All-Academic Team

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
 
 
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Players Mentioned

David Bazile

#13 David Bazile

F/D
5' 11"
Junior
Cole Brennan

#6 Cole Brennan

D
5' 11"
Junior
Jake Burgess

#2 Jake Burgess

D
6' 2"
Sophomore
Zach Desmarais

#16 Zach Desmarais

F
6' 0"
Senior
A
Conor Donovan

#23 Conor Donovan

F
5' 7"
Junior
John Hagan

#4 John Hagan

F
5' 11"
Junior
Kadin Ilott

#24 Kadin Ilott

D
5' 11"
Junior
Azam Jiwa

#15 Azam Jiwa

F
5' 11"
Senior
Adrian Jubran

#18 Adrian Jubran

D
6' 0"
Sophomore
Kayde Kinaschuk

#29 Kayde Kinaschuk

F
5' 11"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

David Bazile

#13 David Bazile

5' 11"
Junior
F/D
Cole Brennan

#6 Cole Brennan

5' 11"
Junior
D
Jake Burgess

#2 Jake Burgess

6' 2"
Sophomore
D
Zach Desmarais

#16 Zach Desmarais

6' 0"
Senior
A
F
Conor Donovan

#23 Conor Donovan

5' 7"
Junior
F
John Hagan

#4 John Hagan

5' 11"
Junior
F
Kadin Ilott

#24 Kadin Ilott

5' 11"
Junior
D
Azam Jiwa

#15 Azam Jiwa

5' 11"
Senior
F
Adrian Jubran

#18 Adrian Jubran

6' 0"
Sophomore
D
Kayde Kinaschuk

#29 Kayde Kinaschuk

5' 11"
Sophomore
F