CCHA Announces Preseason All-League Teams

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The CCHA released their preseason all-league teams, as voted on by the coaches.

The CCHA announced their first and second all-league teams today, as voted on by the league's 11 coaches. Western Michigan and Notre Dame dominated the first team, taking up a combined five out of the six available slots. The second team was more of a mix with five different teams represented.

Here's what the two teams looked like:

**PRESEASON FIRST-TEAM**
Position	Name, Year, School	First	Totals
Forward	T.J. Tynan, JR, Notre Dame	9	48
Forward	Anders Lee, JR, Notre Dame	7	42
Forward	Chase Balisy, JR, Western Michigan	5	40
Defense	Dan DeKeyser, JR, Western Michigan	8	44
Defense	Jon Merrill, JR, Michigan	8	44
Goaltender	Frank Slubowski, SO, Western Michigan	6	40

**PRESEASON SECOND-TEAM**
Position	Name, Year, School	First	Totals
Forward	Austin Czarnik, SO, Miami	3	31
Forward	Alex Guptill, SO, Michigan	4	28
Forward	Cody Kunyk, JR, Alaska	2	22
Defense	Lee Moffie, SR, Michigan	3	34
Defense	Kyle Follmer, SR, Northern Michigan	1	22
Goaltender	Will Yanakeff, JR, Michigan State	2	17

Others receiving votes included: Scott Czarnowczan, JR, D, Ferris State, (2) 19; A.J. Treais, SR, F, Michigan, (1) 18; Kyle Bonis, SR, F, Ferris State, (1) 16; Kevin Kapalka, JR, G, Lake Superior, (2) 15; Andrew Hammond, SR, G, Bowling Green, (1) 15; Sam Calabrese, SR, D, Notre Dame (0) 12.

My first team ballot probably would have looked pretty much the same. I would have definitely had Andrew Hammond and Scott Czarnowczan on my ballot, and would have considered both for the first team. I would have strongly considered Ohio State's Max McCormick as well, but at the same time, I have a difficult time picking a forward to remove from the list.