BOSTON -- University of New England men's ice hockey forward Jake Fuss is included as one of the 30 nominees up for the 21st Joe Concannon Award, which recognizes the top American-born NCAA Division II/III hockey player in New England. The announcement was made Tuesday (Feb. 15) by the Gridiron Club of Greater Boston.

The award is named after long-time Boston Globe sportswriter Joe Concannon, who had a great passion for the game of college hockey while always advocating strongly for amateur athletics. Finalists for the award will be announced in early March.

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Fuss tops the Nor'easters in points (27) entering the final week of the regular season, which includes 19 assists in 18 games played -- the fourth-best per-game average in Division III. He has seven multi-point outings for the 11th-ranked squad in the nation, which carries a 15-3-1 overall ledger into Tuesday's contest with No.15 Endicott College.

He is the fifth UNE player ever named as a semifinalist for the distinction, following Ryan Bloom, Brady Fleurent, Trevor Fleurent, and Jared Melman.