Six Earn WIAC Honors:

Freeman is Coach of the Year

Feb. 27, 2008

Six Falcons have been named to All-WIAC hockey teams and Coach Steve Freeman has been named the league's Coach of the Year.

Forwards Pat Borgestad (Sr., St. Paul, Minn.) and TJ Dahl (Sr., Apple Valley, Minn.) and defenseman Jim Henkemeyer (Sr., St. Cloud, Minn.) were all named to the first team. Forward Derek Hansberry (Jr., Arvada, Col.) and Dustin Norman (Jr., South Delta, B.C.) and defenseman Josh Meyers (Jr., International Falls, Minn.) all earned honorable mention. Meyers was also named to the All-Sportsmanship team.

Borgestad, 6-2, 205 pounds, finished third in scoring with 23 goals and 36 points. He led the team in goals. He scored nine power-play goals and four game winners. Borgestad earned honorable mention to the All-WIAC team in 2006 and 2007.

Dahl, 6-0, 193 pounds, led the Falcons in scoring with eight goals and 43 points. He scored three power-play goals and two game winners. Dahl was named to the first All-WIAC team in 2006 and 2007 and earned honorable mention in 2005.

Henkemeyer, 5-11, 186 pounds, finished first among Falcon defensemen in scoring on the team. He had four goals and 28 points. He scored two power-play goals. He was fifth on the team in scoring overall. Henkemeyer was named to the first All-WIAC team in 2007 and earned honorable mention in 2006.

Hansberry, 6-0, 196 pounds, finished second in scoring with 19 goals and 38 points. He led the team with 10 power-play goals and two short-handed goals. He scored four game-winners. Hansberry was named to the first All-WIAC team in 2007 and 2006.

Norman, 6-2, 180 pounds, finished fourth in scoring with 13 goals and 30 points. He had five power-play goals, one short-handed goal and one game winner.

Meyers, 5-11, 197 pounds, scored two goals and 10 points this year. He had one power-play goal. The league's All-Sportsmanship Team is for individuals that displayed exemplary sportsmanship throughout the season. The team included one member from each school as selected by that school.

Freeman won the Coach of the Year award for the sixth straight year. He has won the award seven times overall. He also won the award after the 1998 season. He has a 236-98-25 career record and is the winningest active coach in the WIAC. He is third in wins among all WIAC hockey coaches. He has won more WIAC Coach of the Year awards than any other coach.

The Falcons won their fifth straight WIAC title this season finishing 5-2-1 in league play. UWRF has won 13 WIAC Championships, more than any other team.

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