He was named a Hobey Baker Hat Trick Finalist and an AHCA first-team All-American as a senior in 2016-17, when he recorded a school-record 63 points on 29 goals and 34 assists.Since EA Sports released the NHL 17 video game in mid-September, fans of the series have heavily anticipated the first official roster update. All three totals were new career highs for the six-year AHL veteran, who helped Union win a Division I national championship as a first-year in 2014 and went on to become the program's all-time leader in points with 176, scoring 71 goals and adding a program D-I record 105 assists in 149 games. He finished second on the team with 55 points during the regular season, scoring 23 goals with 32 assists to rank second on the squad in both categories. native skated in all 20 playoff games for Hershey, netting five goals and three assists for eight points. Seeing him grow from when I first met him in juniors to win not only a national title, but now a Calder Cup, is really special." He's an excellent representative of our program. "Congratulations to Mike and the Hershey Bears on winning the Calder Cup," said head coach Josh Hauge. He joins Union Athletics Hall of Fame inductee Steve Baker '85, who tended the goal for Union from 1975-78 and later won a Calder Cup with the Maine Mariners in 1984. Vecchione becomes the second Union alumnus to win the Calder Cup and the first in Union's Division I era. I've been blessed to have some huge moments wearing the Dutchmen jersey and this one will be right up there with the rest of them! Literally no better feeling in the world!" "As a kid, you imagine you're in these big game scenarios playing mini hockey or street hockey whatever and to actually be able to experience it in real life is hard to put into words. We knew we had a special group of guys at the start of the season and it took every single one of them to get this done. "This is literally a dream come true," said Vecchione. – Former Union College men's hockey captain Mike Vecchione '17 scored the game-winning goal at 16:19 of overtime in Game 7 of the Calder Cup Finals to lift the Hershey Bears to their first Calder Cup championship since 2010.
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