Five Earn NCHA Honors

Feb. 18, 2008

Four members of the Falcon men’s hockey team have been named to the first All-NCHA team.

Three Falcons have also been named to the NCHA All-Academic team.

Forwards Patrick Borgestad (Sr. St. Paul, Minn.), TJ Dahl (Sr., Burnsville, Minn.) and Derek Hansbery (Jr., Arvada, Col.) and defenseman Jim Henkemeyer (Sr., St. Cloud, Minn.) were all named to the first team.

Borgestad earned honorable mention to the team in 2006 and 2007. Dahl and Hansberry were both named to the first team in 2006 and 2007. Henkemeyer was named to the first team in 2007.

Borgestad, 6-3, 200 pounds, led the NCHA in goals with 12 and had 17 points. In 25 games he led the Falcons with 23 goals and was third in scoring with 35 points. He had nine power-play goals and four game-winners.

Dahl led the NCHA with 22 points and 17 assists. In 25 games he led the Falcons in scoring with eight goals and 32 assists for 40 points. He had three power-play goals and two game-winners.

Hansberry scored seven goals and 17 points in NCHA play. In 25 games he was second on the team with 19 goals and 36 points. He led the Falcons with 10 power-play goals, two short-handed goals and he had four game-winners.

Henkemeyer was the NCHA’s top scoring defenseman. He had three goals and 17 points in NCHA play. In 25 games he was fifth on the team in scoring with three goals and 26 points. He had two power-play goals.

Dahl, Hansberry and Jason Usher (Sr., Eden Prairie, Minn.) were all named to the All-Academic team. All three were named to the team for the second time. To be named to the team a player must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 and be recommended by his head coach.

The Falcons finished the regular season with a 16-6-3 overall record. They were 8-5-1 in NCHA play and finished second in the league standings.

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