ROCHESTER, NY – Junior forward Erik Brown (Keene, Ontario/Kemptville 73’s) and senior defenseman Chase Norrish (Strongfield, Saskatchewan/Yorkton Terriers) of the RIT men’s hockey team, earned 2017-18 Atlantic Hockey All-Conference honors, as the league announced its all-conference teams on Thursday, March 8. Brown was a first team selection, while Norrish was a third team pick.
Brown enjoyed an incredible season for the Tigers, setting a Division I program record with 29 goals, while adding 13 assists for a team-best 42 points in 37 games. He is tied for the national lead with 29 goals and scored at least one goal in 21 games, which leads the country. Brown set a Division I team record with two hat-tricks (in back-to-back games), including his first four-goal game at Sacred Heart on Feb. 17.
In league play, Brown scored 24 goals in 28 games, seven more than any other Atlantic Hockey player. He added 11 assists for 35 points, second most among all players in league play. Brown had 11 goals over a five-game goal-scoring streak from Feb. 12 to Feb. 24 and tied a Division I team mark with a goal in seven consecutive games earlier in the season, Nov. 10 to Dec. 2.
The Atlantic Hockey Player of the Month for February, 2018 and NCAA First Star of the Week on Feb. 27, Brown is third all-time in RIT’s Division I era with 52 career goals with 34 assists and 86 points in 111 career games. He also has 16 career power-play goals and eight game-winners.
Norrish, the 2016 Atlantic Hockey Defenseman of the Year and first team selection, bounced back from injury to enjoy a strong 2017-18 season, tallying 20 points on three goals and 17 assists in 32 games. He had 16 points while playing in all 28 AHA contests. Norrish saved his best for last, setting a RIT Division I team record with an 11-game assist streak and 12-game point-scoring streak from Jan. 27 to March 3, recording two goals and 14 assists to go along with a plus-8 during that stretch.
A two-year team captain, Norrish, appeared in 128 career games for the Tigers, recording 19 goals and 48 assists for 67 points with 129 penalty minutes. He was named to the Atlantic Hockey Championship All-Tournament Team won RIT’s Tim Cordish Award as the team’s top defenseman in 2016.
RIT, the 2010, 2015, and 2016 Atlantic Hockey Champions, finished the 2017-18 season with 15 wins and advanced to the First Round of the Atlantic Hockey Tournament.
