Varsity Blues head coach Darren Lowe and leading scorer Byron Elliott were honoured as Ontario University Athletics announced the 2011-2012 OUA men’s hockey East division all-stars and major award winners on Monday afternoon.

Lowe was recognized as the East coach of the year after guiding the Blues to a 16-9-3 record and fourth-place finish this season.  The former NHLer earns his third coach of the year honour (2011-12, 2002-03, 2000-01) in the past 15 seasons with the University of Toronto.

Fourth-year forward Byron Elliott of Burlington, Ont., picked up his second career OUA all-star nod on the second team.  Elliott has led the Blues in scoring for the past four years and tallied a team-high 19 goals and 16 assists in 28 regular season games this season.

OUA EAST DIVISION MAJOR AWARD WINNERS AND ALL-STARS

MAJOR AWARD WINNERS
MVP – Marc-Andre Dorion (McGill)
Defenceman of the Year - Marc-Andre Dorion (McGill)
Top Goaltender – Riley Whitlock (Queen’s)
Top Rookie – Cory Bureau (Queen’s)
Randy Gregg Award nominee – Jonathan Lawrance (Queen’s)
Most Sportsmanlike – Matthieu Methot (Ottawa)
Coach of the Year – Darren Lowe (Toronto)

FIRST TEAM ALL-STARS
G – Riley Whitlock (Queen’s)
D – Marc-Andre Dorion (McGill)
D – Pierre-Luc Lessard (UQTR)
F – Brandon MacLean (Carleton)
F – Felix Petit (UQTR)
F – George Lovatsis (Concordia)

SECOND TEAM ALL-STARS
G – Huber Morin (McGill)
D – Brodie Beard (Nipissing)
D – Eric Begin (Concordia)
F – Francis Verreault (McGill)
F – Byron Elliott (Toronto)
F – Michael Stinziani (Concordia)

ALL ROOKIE TEAM
G – Russell Abbott (Ottawa)
D – Matt Stanisz (Carleton)
D – Brian Birkhoff (Ryerson)
F – Cory Bureau (Queen’s)
F – Alexandre Touchette (Ottawa)
F – Scott Domenico (RMC)

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