BOSTON – Gridiron Club of Greater Boston president Chery Duddy Schoenfeld announced Tuesday that University of Maine junior goaltender Jeremy Swayman will be the recipient of the 68th Walter Brown Award, which is presented annually to the best American-born college hockey player in New England.
 
The nation's oldest nationally-recognized college hockey honor, the Walter Brown Award was established in 1953 by the members of the 1933 Massachusetts Rangers, the first American team ever to win the World Championship Tournament. Brown coached the Rangers to the title in Prague, Czechoslovakia, where the team defeated Canada 2-1 in overtime in the championship game.
 
Swayman finished with a record of 18-11-5 with three shutouts and led the NCAA in saves with 1,099 stops. The junior is second in the country with a 9.39 save percentage and 14th with a 2.07 goals against average. His 2060 minutes with the fifth most for qualifying netminders. He also recorded 25 30-or-more save games.
 
Jeremy Swayman is Maine's first Walter Brown Award winner since Mike McHugh won the award in 1988.
 
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