Lakehead's Joel Scherban was today named the winner of the Bill L'Heureux Trophy, symbolic as the most outstanding player in the entire OUA Conference. Scherban was also the OUA West Division MVP and named an OUA First Team All Star for the fourth consecutive season. By winning the L'Heureux Trophy, Scherban is the OUA's nominee for the CIS Joseph E. Sullivan Trophy, which is given to the most outstanding player in CIS hockey.
Joining him as a First Team All Star was linemate Jeff Richards who was selected for the second consecutive season, and was last year's winner of the L'Heureux Trophy. Also selected to the first team was defenseman Erik Lodge who was a second team All Star in 2001-02 as well as a member of the OUA and CIS All Rookie teams.
OUA Men's Hockey Award Winners and All Star Teams
BILL L'HEUREUX TROPHY
Most Outstanding Player, presented by Sher-wood Hockey - Joel Scherban - Lakehead
WEST DIVISION (FAR WEST AND MID WEST) MAJOR AWARDS
MOST VALUABLE PLAYER - Joel Scherban - Lakehead
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR - Curtis Darling - Waterloo
MOST SPORTSMANLIKE - Shawn Germain - Waterloo
RANDY GREGG NOMINEE - Chris Hopiarvuori - Waterloo
COACH OF THE YEAR - Karl Taylor - Waterloo
FIRST TEAM ALL-STARS
GOAL - Curtis Darling - Waterloo
DEFENCE - Erik Lodge - Lakehead
DEFENCE - Shawn Thompson - Western
FORWARD - Joel Scherban - Lakehead
FORWARD - Scott Rozendal - Guelph
FORWARD - Jeff Richards - Lakehead
SECOND TEAM ALL-STARS
GOAL - Ken Ritson - Guelph
DEFENCE - Nick Vuckovic - Laurier
DEFENCE - Matt Bannan - Western
FORWARD - Mike Rice - Western
FORWARD - Phil Knapp - York
FORWARD - Jamie Chamberlain - Western
ALL-ROOKIE TEAM
GOAL - Curtis Darling - Waterloo
DEFENCE - Marcus Smith - York
DEFENCE - Matt Manias - Western
FORWARD - Doug Spooner - Waterloo
FORWARD - Sal Peralta - Western
EAST DIVISION (FAR EAST AND MID EAST) MAJOR AWARDS
MOST VALUABLE PLAYER - Mathieu Poitras - McGill
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR - Mathieu Poitras - McGill
MOST SPORTSMANLIKE - Mike Nason - Toronto
RANDY GREGG NOMINEE - Mike Hutchison - Toronto
COACH OF THE YEAR - Martin Raymond - McGill
FIRST TEAM ALL-STARS
GOAL - Mathieu Poitras - McGill
DEFENCE - Daniel Jacob - McGill
DEFENCE - Chris Boucher - Ottawa
FORWARD - Doug Orr - McGill
FORWARD - Benoit Martin - McGill
FORWARD - Ian Malcolm - Toronto
SECOND TEAM ALL-STARS
GOAL - Mathieu Blanchard - Ottawa
DEFENCE - Brent Maurice - RMC
DEFENCE - Andrew Davis - Concordia
FORWARD - Tyler Middlebrook - RMC
FORWARD - Fred Faucher - Concordia
FORWARD - Mike Nason - Toronto
ALL-ROOKIE TEAM
GOAL - Mathieu Poitras - McGill
DEFENCE - David Urquart - McGill
DEFENCE - Ian Miller - RMC
FORWARD - Ben McLeod - Ottawa
FORWARD - Bruno Champagne - Concordia
FORWARD - Roman Surteck - RMC