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Marcus
Reszka

West Team
Skills alternate
WINONA, Minn. — If you ask Saint Mary's University men's hockey coach Don Olson, he'd be the first to tell you that Cardinal senior Marcus Reszka (Winona, Minn.) is one of the most skilled defensemen in NCAA Division III.,

And the four-year letterwinner may just get a chance to prove his coach right.

Wednesday, Reszka was named an alternate for the NCAA Frozen Four Skills Challenge, which will take place on April 7 in Milwaukee, Wis., as part of the NCAA Division I Frozen Four Weekend.

Teams of six position players and two goaltenders were selected by coaches, the NCAA and the National Youth Sports Corporation to represent the East and West in puck control relay, fastest skater, hardest shot, rapid fire shooting and penalty shot.

Reszka — who played in every one of SMU's 100 games during his four-year collegiate career — is one of just five NCAA Division III players among those selected to the teams.

James Shipley of Milwaukee School of Engineering and Adam Hanna of Saint John's University were named to the West team, while Reszka and St. Norbert's Adam Cote were West alternates. Bowdoin's Adam Dann was named as an alternate for the East team.

The 2005 Hobey Baker Award winner, Colorado College senior forward Marty Sertich, highlights the West squad. Also on the West squad will be Adam Burish, University of Wisconsin; Colton Fretter, Michigan State University; Gabe Gauthier, University of Denver; Brandon Kaleniecki, University of Michigan; and James Shipley, Milwaukee School of Engineering. The West goaltenders will be Dave Caruso of Ohio State University and Adam Hanna of St. John's University (Minnesota).

The alternates for the West team are: Nick Anderson, Michigan Tech University; Andy Contois, Northern Michigan University; Andy Cote, St. Norbert College; Tom Gilbert, Wisconsin; Jon Horrell, Bowling Green State University; Nick Licari, Wisconsin; Tom Mueller, Ferris State University; Marcus Reszka, Saint Mary's University (Minnesota); Mike Walsh, University of Notre Dame; Brent Walton, Western Michigan University.

The men's portion of the East squad is highlighted by the one of the nation's current leading scorers, Chris Collins of Boston College. The rest of the East squad includes Justin Cross, Niagara University; Derek Damon, University of Maine; Matt Moulson, Cornell University; Jaime Sifers, University of Vermont; and T.J. Trevelyan of St. Lawrence University. The two goaltenders will be John Daigneau of Harvard University and Brad Roberts of the United States Military Academy.

The East alternates are: Adam Dann, Bowdoin College; Torry Gajda, Providence; Josh Gartner, Yale; Ben Kemp, Plattsburgh State University; Andrew Martin, University of Massachuetts, Lowell; Keith McWilliams, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Mike Ouellette, Dartmouth College; Tony Quesada, College of the Holy Cross; Bryan Schmidt, Merrimack College; Kyle Wilson, Colgate University; Kurt Wright, Robert Morris University; Brian Yandle, New Hampshire.