Men's Hockey | 3/18/2021 6:30:00 PM

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – RIT junior forward Will Calverley (Scarborough, Ontario) was voted the Atlantic Hockey-West Co-Player of the Year as well as the Best Defensive Forward as the league announced its major award winners, Thursday night.
 
Also tabbed Atlantic Hockey-West First-Team All-Conference last week, Calverley finished the season ranked fourth in the nation and first in Atlantic Hockey with 1.39 points per game while tying for first in the league with 25 points and finishing second with 12 goals.
 
He notched his 30th career goal in RIT's 3-2 win over Canisius (Jan. 30) after compiling his second hat-trick of the season in the 6-4 win over Mercyhurst (Jan. 28).
 
The Atlantic Hockey Player of the Month for December was credited with two assists in RIT's 4-3 loss at Robert Morris (Jan. 3) after logging an assist in the 4-4 draw at Colgate (Dec. 29). Calverley was tabbed the Atlantic Hockey Player of the Week on Dec. 16 after notching a goal and an assist in both of the Tigers' games versus LIU.
 
Calverley also won the first Atlantic Hockey Player of the Week honor of the season (Dec. 1) after scoring his first collegiate hat-trick in the Tigers' 8-5 victory over then No. 9 Clarkson (Nov. 27) in the season-opener.  
 
RIT finished an abbreviated 2020-21 season with a 9-9-2 record while earn the third seed in the West pod for the Atlantic Hockey Tournament with a 7-5-1 conference mark. The Tigers fell at second-seeded Canisius in the quarterfinals.