Retire #21 at Messa Rink
Mike Vecchione is, without a doubt, one of the best players to skate on the ice at Messa Rink. His personal achievements have been coming hand-over-fist but he will always attribute his success to that of his teammate and the Men's Hockey program at Union College as a whole. His personal sacrifices for the betterment of the team have proven to be worth all the blood, sweat and tears; attributing to the last amazing 4 years of hockey at Messa Rink. He is down to Earth and humble. He exemplifies not only the traits of a great hockey player but an amazing person. Please sign this petition to help the cause of retiring #21 to the beams of Messa Rink. Mike, this is for you!
2016-17 (SR)
2016-17 Hobey Baker Memorial Award Finalist
... Team captain ... ECAC Hockey Player of the Year ... All-ECAC Hockey
First Team ... All-time leading scorer in program history (176 points)
and all-time assists leader (104) ... currently holds program
single-season record for points (63) ... NCAA Division I active career
leader in points (176) and goals (71) tied for first in shorthanded
goals (7) ... second among active career leaders in assists ... first
player in Union's Division I era with two 50+ point seasons
... 21 multiple point games (leads DI) ... finished tied for ECAC Hockey
scoring title (40 points) ... led the league in goals (17), shorthanded
goals (4), game-winning goals (4), and faceoff % (61.8) with 589 wins this season ... ranked
second in the conference in plus-minus (+16), assists (23) and
multi-point games (12) ... registered at least one point in 20 of 22
league games ... Produced a career-high four goals and five points in a
5-2 win against Niagara ... scored overtime winners against Rensselaer
(10/29), Colgate (2/24) and Princeton (3/11) ... Hockey Commissioners
Association Division I Player of the Month (October) ... ECAC Hockey
Player of the Month (October, November) ... NCAA Hockey First Star of
the Week (10/25, 11/8) ... ECAC Hockey Player of the Week (10/25, 11/8,
2/7, 3/14) ... featured in Sports Illustrated’s ‘Faces in the Crowd’
(1/9) ... twice featured on ESPN SportsCenter's Top 10.
2015-16 (JR)
ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team ... Team captain … became Union’s fastest
Division I 100-point scorer with an assist at Princeton (1/8),
accomplishing the feat in 96 games … led the team in assists (20) and
points (29), assists per game (0.59) and points per game (0.85) … led
Division I with 508 faceoff wins … won 61.1% of his draws (508-324) …
ranked sixth in ECAC Hockey in assists … registered eight multi-point
games … produced an assist in the season-opener against Sacred Heart
(10-9) … recorded two helpers in a 5-3 win against #3 Boston University
(10/10), assisting on the game-winning goal … lit the lamp twice in a
6-3 loss at #15 St. Lawrence (11/6) … registered back-to-back
multi-point games (1-1) in wins over Dartmouth and Massachusetts
(12/5-11) … tied a career high with three assists in a 5-4 win against
Robert Morris (1/3) … had a seven-game point streak (1/30-2/26) …
contributed two assists in a 3-3 tie against St. Lawrence (2/6) … tied a
season-high with three points in a 4-1 win at Dartmouth (2/12) … dished
out two assists in a 5-1 win at #16 Cornell (2/26) … appeared in 34
games.
2014-15 (SO)
Union Athletics Harold R. Moore Sophomore Athletic Prize ...
NCAA statistical champion for short-handed goals (3) ... ECAC Hockey
All-Academic Team ... finished ninth in NCAA scoring (1.28 ppg) and
11th in assists (0.79) ... eighth nationally in faceoff percentage
(59.3%) ... led Union in assists (31); co-leader in scoring (50 points);
second in power play goals (5) and game-winning goals (3) ... led ECACH
players in assists, second in overall scoring ... tied school record
for points in a season ... recorded second-most assists in a season ...
finished ninth in conference scoring (19 points) ... 18 multiple-point
games ... ECAC Hockey Player of the Month (October) ... earned
back-to-back ECAC Hockey Player of the Week honors (10/14, 10/21) ...
chosen to Frozen Holiday Classic All-Tournament Team ... made NCAA.com
Top Plays of the Week (3/10)by splitting two defenseman and scoring on a
the backhand at Cornell (3/7) ... produced five points (2-3) in Mayor’s
Cup win over Rensselaer (1/24) ... scored game-winning goal at No. 4
Harvard (1/30) ... selected No. 1 Star of the Game with three points
(1-2) at Princeton (1/9) ... chosen No. 2 Star with a goal and assist in
3-3 tie at #1 Boston U. (1/3) ... named No. 2 Star of the Game both
nights at Maine (10/17-18) ... tabbed No. 3 Star with a goal and assist
versus Connecticut (12/27) ... amassed a career-high three assists in
5-2 win at Maine (10/18) ... successfully converted a penalty shot
against St. Cloud State (10/25) ... scored Union’s lone goal at
Rensselaer (10/31) ... strung together a seven-game points streak
(10/10-10/31) ... started the season with four multiple-point games ...
scored in first three games of the season ... produced two points
streaks of seven games each ... assistant captain.
2013-14 (FR)
ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team ... ranked ninth nationally in rookie
scoring (0.89 ppg) ... named Hockey Commissioners’ Association (HCA)
National Division I Rookie of the Month for March-April ... ECAC Hockey
All-Rookie Team ... tabbed Union’s Rookie of the Year ... ECAC Hockey
All-Tournament Team ... ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Month for March-April
... ECAC Media Association All-Rookie Team ... received back-to-back
ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Week honors (3/19, 3/26) ... led Union
freshmen in scoring (34 points) – ranking fifth on the team ... recorded
a team-best 344 faceoff wins and .533 faceoff percentage ... had 11
multiple-point games ... fourth among ECACH rookies in overall scoring
(34 points) ... stood fourth in freshman scoring in conference games (17
points) ... logged a goal and assist in NCAA Semifinal win over #3
Boston College (4/10) ... amassed five points (1-4) in Union’s sweep of
Dartmouth in the ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals (3/14-15) ... produced three
points (1-2) in Cleary Cup-clinching-win over Clarkson (2/21) ...
compiled three points (1-2) in 6-4 win against fifth-ranked Quinnipiac
(12/7) ... registered a goal and assist vs. Lake Superior State (10/18)
... recorded two points (1-1) and eight shots at #19 Colgate (2/15) ...
had two-point efforts (goal, assist) in 7-2 wins over Harvard (1/24) and
Dartmouth (11/1) ... compiled 15 points (6-9) during a nine-game
stretch (2/15-3/22) ... compiled seven points (3-4) during three-game
goal-scoring streak (2/15-2/22) ... missed four games to illness.
JUNIORS
Spent two seasons with the Tri-City Storm ... finished 2012-13 campaign
with 60 points (26 goals, 34 assists) in 63 games ... served as team
captain and earned Coaches Award.
No signatures yet. Be the first one!
Comment