AMERICAN HOCKEY COACHES ASSOCIATION
Executive Director: Joe Bertagna — 7 Concord Street — Gloucester, MA 01930 — (781) 245-4177
For immediate release: Thursday, March 26, 2015
DREW FIELDING IS D-III ICE HOCKEY PLAYER of the YEAR
Sid Watson Award Winner is Second from University of St. Thomas
Drew Fielding, a senior goaltender from the University of St. Thomas and Burlington, Ontario, has been chosen
by the nation's ice hockey coaches as the 2015 winner of the Sid Watson Award, symbolic of the best NCAA
Division III men's ice hockey player. The 5-11, 180-pound netminder went 13-6-4 this year with a 1.67 GAA and
a save percentage of .934. He had six shutouts on the season and is the second straight goaltender to win the
award after David Jacobsen of St. Norbert College won last year. Fielding is the second player from St. Thomas
so honored, the first being Steve Aronson in 2000.
Drew is the most valuable player of our hockey team for the fourth year in a row and the main reason our
team was the third ranked defense in the nation, said St. Thomas head coach Jeff Boeser. "Throughout his four
seasons at here, Drew has developed into one of the best leaders and most well rounded individuals I have ever
coached. He leads our team with a 3.88 GPA and heads up our team’s study hall, which meets every Tuesday
night during the school year. Drew has also taken the lead with our team’s chapel that meets weekly through
Hockey Ministries International. He works with the chaplain weekly to develop a Bible study that will be discussed
at the next meeting. He is the first to volunteer for any activity outside of the rink that needs a leader. Drew takes
all our freshmen under his wing and helps them navigate the rigors of being a college athlete. His contributions
to our team and our school cannot be measured only with statistics. He is one of the most outstanding studentathletes I have ever had the pleasure of coaching."
Fielding has enjoyed an outstanding four-year career at St. Thomas and set the MIAC conference record in
shutouts and is in the Top 3 all-time in conference career GAA and save percentage. He has also been named
back-to-back MIAC Conference Player of the Year.
The award is named in honor of former Bowdoin College head coach Sid Watson, a three-time winner of the
Edward Jeremiah Award as Division III Coach of the Year. Watson won 326 games at Bowdoin in a career that
spanned from 1959 to 1983. He was also the school’s athletic director.
The runner-up for the 2015 Sid Watson Award was Kevin Gibson, a senior defenseman from the University of
Wisconsin-Stevens Point and Grosse Pointe, Michigan.
Winners of the Sid Watson Award
Division III Men’s Hockey Player of the Year
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
Frank Cirrone, F, UW-Stevens Point
Ray Alcindor, F, Middlebury
Charlie Gaffney, F, Bowdoin
Ian Smith, D, Middlebury
Steve Toll, F, RIT
Mark Spence, F, Middlebury
Rob Smillie, F, St. Norbert
Steve Aronson, F, St. Thomas
Keith Aucoin, F, Norwich
Jerry Gallway, D, RIT
Maris Ziedins, F, St. Norbert
Kevin Cooper, F, Middlebury
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
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Kurtis McLean, F, Norwich
Adam Hanna, G, St. John’s
Andrew Gallant, G, Manhattanville
Kyle Jones, G, St. Norbert
Jeff Landers, D, Amherst
David Martinson, F, Gustavus Adolphus
Chris Berenguer, D, Hamline
Jonathan LaRose, G, Amherst
Paul Rodrigues, F, Oswego
David Jacobson, G, St. Norbert
Drew Fielding, G, St. Thomas