Fawcett wins Herb Brooks Award

Photos By: Shelley Robideaux, Matthew Moses & Contributed

Proctor-Hermantown Mirage senior Reilly Fawcett was chosen as the Herb Brooks award winner for the Class A in the girls state hockey tournament. The announcement was made during the state girl’s hockey tournament in the Twin Cities.

Reilly a senior center for the Mirage finished the season with 31 goals and 35 assists and helped lead her team to the State Class A Consolation Title. Fawcett was the lone Mirage player who played back in 2010 the last time the Mirage were in the state tournament in 2010.

Fawcett told Northland Sports Online that “this award I have to give credit to my teammates, my coaches, and my family, there would be no way to achieve this without their support.” Fawcett added “This is so special to me and I feel very fortunate to have won the trophy.”

The Herb Brooks award is given to the most qualified hockey player in the state tournament who strongly represents the values, characteristics, and traits that defined Herb Brooks. This prestigious award will commemorate the unending influence Herb Brooks had on the sport of hockey in Minnesota and throughout the world.

The head coach of each team qualifying for both the State Girls’ Hockey Tournament and State Boys’ Hockey Tournament will have the opportunity to nominate one player for the Herb Brooks Award. This award is open to all players on the varsity roster. There will be one recipient in each class for girls and one in each class for boys.

Characteristics, values and traits that each nominee should possess:

·        Truly loves the sport of hockey — A passion for the game

·        Commitment and Loyalty to the school, to the team, and to the community

·        Willing to make sacrifices for themselves as well as for the team

·        Integrity — A person of character

·        Stands up for what he/she believes

·        Goal-oriented

·        Focused, very competitive, very hungry player

·        Hard worker

·        Willing to take on a challenge

·        Mentally tough

·        A skilled player

Reilly playing in her second state tournament said “this tournament I will always remember, I was there as a 8^th grader and I really didn’t think about it much then, but now with my teammates, coaches, and family it’s amazing.”

Reilly will continue on with her hockey career as she will attend Bemidji State University and play for the Beavers. “When my college hockey is done I would love to come back and coach hockey” Fawcett added “maybe not a high school coach but I would love to coach young kids.”

Northland Sports Online would like to congratulate Reilly on this award and wish her good luck in the future!

Dwight Cadwell can be reached at Dwight@northlandsportsonline.com