ITHACA, N.Y. — The Cornell men's hockey team announced its postseason award-winners recently, with defenseman Joakim Ryan taking home the top honor by winning the Nicky Bawlf Award as the team's most valuable player. Ryan was also named an assistant captain for the 2014-15 season, joining returning captain John McCarron and fellow assistant captain Cole Bardreau.
 
In being named the captain for the 2014-15 season, McCarron will become the Big Red's first two-time solo captain since H.T. Clark from 1929-31.
 
Senior goalie Andy Iles was only member of the team to win three awards, while senior forward Dustin Mowrey and junior forward Joel Lowry each won two awards. Senior forward Rodger Craig, sophomore forward Christian Hilbrich, freshman forward Jeff Kubiak and McCarron also earned postseason awards. Each award is voted upon by the players on the 2013-14 roster.
 
For a fourth time, Iles won the Wendell & Francelia Earle Award, which is presented annually to the top student in each class. Iles also won the Bill Doran Sportsmanship Award for a second straight season, becoming the first member of the Big Red to do so since current assistant coach Topher Scott '08 won the award in his final three seasons on East Hill. Iles was also presented with the Mark Weiss Memorial Award, which is awarded to a senior with a career-long dedication and passion for the sport of hockey.
 
Mowrey was presented the Sam Woodside Award for overall career improvement. Mowrey played in 115 career games, scoring 20 goals to go with 45 assists for 65 points – the highest total among his classmates, despite several injury-shortened season. He was also tabbed for the Joe DeLibero-Stan Tsapis Award for skilled efficiency, unselfish dedication and hard-nosed competitive desire.
 
Lowry won the Iron Man Award for the first time in his career. He has already played in 100 games for Cornell, never missing a contest due to injury. He also claimed the Crimson Cup, given to the player who was the standout performer in the season series against Harvard. Lowry's memorable goal against the Crimson led the Big Red to a 3-2 victory with 36 seconds remaining in overtime on Senior Night this year. He also had an assist earlier in the game.
 
Ryan was presented the Nicky Bawlf Award after logging countless minutes on the blue line in all situations for the Big Red. He ranked 11th in the country in points per game for defensemen (0.75) after racking up a career-best eight goals to go with 16 assists for 24 points. Over the last two seasons, he's been on the ice for 88 of the team's 160 goals (55 percent). The Hobey Baker Award nominee was named to the All-Ivy League First Team and the All-ECAC Hockey Second Team for a second consecutive season.
 
Craig was presented the Cornell Hockey Association Award, which is given annually to the player whose contributions to the team don't show up in the box score, but rather are in the form of energy, heart and hustle. Craig continued to be a gritty presence on the Big Red's third and fourth lines. While he didn't show up on the scoresheet often, he had a knack for scoring big goals over his collegiate career. In 2013-14, he scored the winning goal in the ninth round of a shootout against Maine to lead the Big Red to the Florida College Hockey Classic championship.
 
The Greg Ratushny Award for the most promising rookie went to forward Jeff Kubiak. He led the freshman class in scoring with one goal and eight assists for nine points over 30 games at both center and on the wing. He was named the ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Week on Feb. 3 after helping the Big Red to a big road sweep of Yale and Brown, posting a goal and two assists over the weekend.
 
McCarron and Hilbrich were both presented the Wendell & Francelia Earle Award, which is presented annually to the top student in each class. The winner of the award for the freshman class will not be determined until after the spring semester concludes.
 
The team also issued an award to junior forward Madison Dias for the team's only shorthanded goal this season, as well as an award to Iles for posting the season's lone shutout in Game 3 of the ECAC Hockey Championship quarterfinal series against Clarkson.