MADISON, Wis. – Four members of the UW-Superior men's hockey team earned 2019-20 All-WIAC honors, the league announced Friday. 

Freshman forward Dylan Johnson (Cloquet, Minn./Cloquet) was named WIAC Newcomer of the Year and to the first team. Junior forward Troy York (Plano, Texas/West) joined Johnson as a first-team selection, while junior defenseman Lawson McDonald (Rosetown, Manitoba/Northlands Parkway Collegiate) was picked for honorable-mention plaudits.

Sophomore defenseman Artur Terchiyev (Kiev, Ukraine/Everst Academy) earned a spot on the WIAC Sportsmanship Team.

Johnson is the first UWS player to win a major year-end award from the conference since Pat Dalbec was named the WIAC Max Sparger Scholar-Athlete in the 2013-14 season.

Johnson made an immediate impact for the Yellowjackets with 12 goals and 13 assists for 25 points in 28 games as a freshman. He scored two power-play goals, two game-winning goals and was a plus-9 on the year. He finished tied for seventh in the league in goals, ninth in game winners and tied for 10th in points.

He scored at least one point in 19 games this season, including enjoying a seven-game point streak from Dec. 29 against Marian to Jan. 24 at UW-Eau Claire. Johnson scored goals in 5-of-6 games from Jan. 19 at St. Thomas to Feb, 6 against UW-River Falls.

Johnson was also named Kwik Trip WIAC Athlete of the Week Jan. 7.

York, earning first-team honors for the second straight season, scored 26 points in 25 games on 13 goals and 13 assists. He had three game-winning goals and one power-play goal while posting a plus-15 rating.

York finished tied for fourth in the conference in game winners, sixth in goals, tied for 10th in points. He was also third in shots with 99.

York scored points in 16 games and had a season-long nine-game point streak from Dec. 13 at Northland to Jan. 19 at St. Thomas.

McDonald scored two goals and 15 assists for 17 points in 26 games from the blue line, finishing sixth in the league in scoring by a defenseman. He carried a plus-6 rating. 

Terchiyev finished with six goals and eight assist for 14 points, skating in all 29 games as a sophomore. He led the team with a plus-18 plus-minus rating and scored three power-play goals and one short-handed goal.

He finished seventh in the WIAC in defenseman scoring and was tied for ninth in power-play goals.

Superior cracked the national polls for three weeks in January and February, reaching as high as No. 10 on Jan. 20. The 'Jackets finished 16-10-3 overall in 2019-20, a six-win improvement from last season.