North Andover, MA—Merrimack forward was named as the winner of the Paul Hines Most Improved Player award, as announced by the New England Hockey Writers Association on Friday afternoon. He was also named to the NEHWA Division-I All Star team.
Jefferies, a junior forward from Lunenburg, Massachusetts finished the season with 14 goals and 27 assists for team leading 41 points in 38 games, an 18 point improvement from his previous season. Alex is also the first 40+ point scorer in 12 seasons for the Warriors with the last being Stephane Da Costa in both 2009-10 and 2010-11.
Alex will officially receive the award at the New England Hockey Writers Association reception which is held on April 19
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