BIDDEFORD, Maine -- University of New England head coach Kevin Swallow has been voted by his peers as the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) Coach of the Year, and a full starting lineup worth of student-athletes received all-conference accolades, with the announcement of the 2021-22 men's ice hockey awards by CCC Associate Commissioner Doug Chin on Thursday (Feb. 24).

The league's eight coaches named senior defenseman Liam Darcy and junior forward Jake Fuss to the CCC 1st Team, and senior forward Austin Morgan to the 2nd Team. Landing 3rd Team spots were graduate defenseman Chris Jones, junior forward Jared Christy, and sophomore goaltender Billy Girard IV.

Complete release: 2021-22 CCC Men's Ice Hockey All-Conference Teams

The Coach of the Year honor for Swallow is the third of his career and first at UNE. His Nor'easters captured the program's first outright regular-season title in 2021-22, topping the conference standings at 52 points with a record of 17-3-1 (18-3-1 overall). The squad racked up 90 goals in league outings, had a +37 scoring margin, and converted at 25 percent on the power play -- all the best during the 21-game slate.

For Jones, it marks his second selection to the all-conference team, following 2019-20. For the rest of the players, the nods are their first.

The No.1 seed will be hosting last-place Western New England University on Saturday (7 p.m.) in the quarterfinals of the 2022 CCC Men's Ice Hockey Championship [Interactive Bracket]. UNE won all three meetings with the Golden Bears, never trailing and totaling a combined 17-6 spread.