BEMIDJI, Minn. – The Central Collegiate Hockey Association announced its all-conference selections Monday afternoon and four Bemidji State University Men's Hockey student-athletes have been recognized as all-league players for the 2023-24 season.
 
Kyle Looft, Eric Pohlkamp, Lleyton Roed and Mattias Sholl were each named to the All-CCHA First Team while Pohlkamp was also named to the All-CCHA Rookie Team. The Beavers had four members earn all-conference first team honors for the first time in their Division I history besting a program record three All-CHA First Team selections in 2010 (Dan Bakala, Brad Hunt, Matt Read).
 
Looft earns his first all-conference selection after the Beavers' captain led all CCHA skaters in plus-minus in league action at +16 and paced conference blueliners in assists (14) and points (18), despite playing in only 20 games. Scoring four goals, including one on the power play, he was fifth among all skaters and first among defensemen in multi-point games (5). He blocked 28 shots at the defensive end and earned CCHA Scholar-Athlete and All-Academic Team recognition. The Mankato, Minn., native was named the CCHA Defenseman of the Week four times hits season and twice earned CCHA Defenseman of the Month.
 
Freshman standout Eric Pohlkamp led all CCHA blueliners with six goals and 68 shots during his first season in the CCHA and finished third in the league with 16 points to earn  First Team and Rookie Team honors. Two of his tallies were game-winners and he recorded five points (3 goals, 2 assists) on the man-advantage. Playing in 20 of a possible 24 league contests, he recorded at least one point in every conference series that he appeared in, finishing with a plus-minus of +8. He helped the Beavers lift their second MacNaughton Cup as regular season champions and first since 2017. The Brainerd, Minn., native is a finalist for the league's Rookie of the Year Award.
 
Roed finished his sophomore season fourth in the CCHA in points (21), recording 10 goals and 11 assists in 24 games for the Beavers. Posting a +3 plus-minus, three of his tallies came on the power play, one was shorthanded and two were game-winners. He was second in the league in multi-point games (7) and recorded 61 shots on goal, with 18 blocks defensively. On December 15, he scored a goal and dished out a pair of assists in a 5-2 victory over Bowling Green. The one-time CCHA Forward of the Week and Hobey Baker Memorial Award nominee has helped the Beavers reach the Mason Cup Semifinals. 
 
Junior netminder Mattias Sholl led conference netminders in goal-against average (2.03) and winning percentage (.786), going 10-2-2 with a .924 save percentage in 14 league games for the Beavers. Posting one shutout in conference play, he had 342 saves, including a season-high 46 in a 2-2 tie with Michigan Tech. Allowing two goals or fewer in 11 of his 14 starts, he made 25 or more saves in seven league contests. The Hermosa Beach, Calif., native was twice named the CCHA Goaltender of the Week this year.
 
Voting for the 2023-24 All-CCHA Teams and year-end awards was conducted by the eight head coaches at each CCHA member institution, based on CCHA conference games only. Coaches were not permitted to vote for their own players. 
 
The league's year-end award announcements continue tomorrow with the Finalists for Defenseman of the Year (10am ET), Goaltender of the Year (12pm ET) and Forward of the Year (2pm ET).

The 2024 Mason Cup Playoffs resume this Saturday, with top-seeded Bemidji State hosting seventh-seeded Lake Superior State University at Sanford Center(7:07pm CT) in the win-or-go-home conference Semifinals. 
 
For more information on the Bemidji State men's hockey program, tickets or schedules, visit BSUBeavers.com, follow the Beavers on Twitter or Instagram (@BSUBeaversMHKY), or like them on Facebook (facebook.com/BSUBeavers).
 
Located on the shore of Lake Bemidji, Bemidji State University sponsors 15 varsity athletic programs with NCAA Division I men's hockey in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association and women's hockey in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, while its 13 NCAA Division II programs hold membership in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC).
 
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