Seventeen different Division I hockey-playing schools can celebrate players honored as CCM Hockey All Americans for the 2011-12 season. The nation's top 24 college hockey players were announced tonight at the NCAA Men's Division I Frozen Four in Tampa, FL. Leading the way with three selections was ECAC Champion and NCAA semifinalist Union College. The other three semifinalists —Boston College, Ferris State and Minnesota — each had two honorees. Noteworthy this year:

- Three players repeated as First Team choices: Boston College junior defenseman Brian Dumoulin, Wisconsin junior defenseman Justin Schultz and Minnesota-Duluth senior forward Jack Connolly. Connolly was also a Second Team selection in 2010.

- There are 15 players from the United States and nine from Canada.

- The U.S. selections come from Minnesota (5), Michigan (3), Massachusetts (2), Maine (1), Nevada (1), Pennsylvania (1), Texas (1) and Wisconsin (1). The Canadian honorees hail from Ontario (3), Quebec (2), Saskatchewan (2), British Columbia (1) and Manitoba (1).

- Eleven of the honorees are seniors. Of the other 13, six are juniors and seven are sophomores.

- The ECAC and WCHA each had seven All-Americans, followed by five from the CCHA, four from Hockey East, and one from Atlantic Hockey.

- Eighteen players participated in the NCAA Tournament. Nine of them advanced to the "Frozen Four."

- The honorees include nine of the ten finalists for the 2012 Hobey Baker Memorial Award, the one omission being Michigan senior goaltender Shawn Hunwick.

The CCM HOCKEY ALL-AMERICAN ICE HOCKEY TEAMS are sponsored by CCM HOCKEY and chosen by members of the AMERICAN HOCKEY COACHES ASSOCIATION. CCM is the legendary hockey brand dedicated to the endless pursuit of performance by delivering game-changing, head-to-toe innovative hockey equipment to players worldwide.