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Former OJHL stars Greg Carey and Devin Shore were named NCAA All-Americans by the American Hockey Coaches Association (AHCA) for their performance during the 2013-14 season.

1st Team All-American East - Forward
Greg Carey (St. Lawrence) - Burlington Cougars, 2007-10
(pictured left - photo credit - Tara Freeman/SLU)
The Hamilton, Ontario native would spend three seasons in the OJHL, all as a member of the Burlington Cougars, from 2007-10.  The 17-year old rookie would make his first mark on the league, recording 22 points in 46 games played to earn a spot on the West Division Team that lost 4-3 at the 2008 Future Stars Game held in Orangeville, Ontario.  Year two saw Carey become one of the club's leaders, finishing second with 32 goals and third on the club in scoring with 65 points, while this time being named to the MacKinnon-Phillips All-Star Team that would win the 2009 All-Star Game 6-3 at York University.  Carey's final season would be his most successful as he would team with Josh Jooris to pile up points throughout the season.  He finished the year as the CCHL's leading goal scorer with 72, the second highest total in league history (Steve Walker, Barrie - 75 goals 1992-93) and was second in overall scoring to Jooris with 114 points.  The impressive performance would also see Carey earn a spot on Team Canada East to compete at the 2009 World Junior 'A' Challenge held in Summerside, PEI, as well as the CCHL All-Star Team that lost 8-7 in overtime during the Battle of Ontario versus the CJHL (now CCHL) in Pembroke, Ontario. Following the season, Carey would be named the CCHL West Division Most Valuable Player.

2nd Team All-American East - Forward
Devin Shore (Maine) - Whitby Fury, 2011/12
(pictured right - photo credit - Rich Gagnon/Rich Images Photography)
Despite only playing one season in the OJHL, the Ajax, Ontario native made it an award-filled appearance with the Whitby Fury in 2011-12.  Shore more than lived up to the high expectations that were placed on him, finishing the year with totals of 29 goals and 58 points, placing him 12th and 24th overall respectively among all OJHL players, while playing significant minutes on both the power play and penalty kill. He led the Fury with nine power player goals, while also notching 17 power play assists, tied for the sixth best total in the league, to propel the league’s eighth best power play unit at 20.47%. Shore was also an important cog on the penalty kill, notching two shorthanded goals, helping the OJHL’s fourth best unit to an 85.86% ranking. Shore’s season included 17 multi-point games and a 14 game point scoring streak from December 18 to February 3 that helped him win OJHL South-East Conference Gongshow Gear Player-of-the-Month honours for January.

Other highlights of Shore’s impressive rookie campaign include a dominant performance at the 2011 World Junior ‘A’ Challenge in Langley, B.C. as a member of Team Canada East, where he would record a tournament leading six points in four games played to earn Most Valuable Player honours during a silver medal performance. Shore was also a member of the OJHL East Division All-Stars that competed at the inaugural Central Canada Cup All-Star Challenge that was held in Smiths Falls, Ontario and was named an OJHL 2nd Team All-Star, as well as 1st Team All-Rookie, the only OJHL player named to both squads that season. Not only would he be named the OJHL Rookie-of-the-Year, but he also took home the first-ever OJHL Top Prospect Award and then became the highest CJHL draft pick, selected in the 2nd round, 61st overall, by the Dallas Stars in the 2012 NHL Draft.

Congratulations to both on the achievement!

Below is the official press release from the AHCA website (www.ahcahockey.com):

Fourteen different Division I hockey-playing schools can celebrate players honored as CCM Hockey All Americans for the 2013-14 season. The nation's top 25 college hockey players were announced tonight at the NCAA Men's Division I Frozen Four in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Leading the way with four selections was NCAA semifinalist and ECAC Hockey Champion Union College, with two players earning First Team honors and two chosen on the Second Team. Two other NCAA semifinalists —Boston College and Minnesota — each had three honorees while the fourth semifinalist, North Dakota, was not represented. Noteworthy this year:

- Four players had been recognized previously: BC's Johnny Gaudreau is a repeat First Team selection; Union's Shayne Gostisbehere and SLU's Greg Carey move up to the First Team after being Second Team choices last year; Miami's Austin Czarnik moves from First Team in 2013 to Second Team this year.

- There are 15 players from 10 different U.S. states and 10 Canadian players hailing fron five different provinces.

- The sources of the most players: Minnesota and Alberta, with four each.

- Only eight of the honorees are seniors. Of the other 17, 10 are juniors and seven are sophomores.

- The conference breakdown: six each from the Big Ten, ECAC Hockey and Hockey East; five from the NCHC; two from the WCHA.

- Sixteen players participated in the NCAA Tournament. Ten of them advanced to the "Frozen Four."

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