For the second month in a row, Colorado College sophomore Nick Halloran was named the NCHC Player of the Month.
 
Halloran is the first player in NCHC history to be named the sole Player of the Month in consecutive months. Denver's Joey LaLeggia was the co-Player of the Month in February of 2015, then won the award outright the following month.

In six games during the month of January, Halloran led the NCHC by averaging 2.00 points per game and tied for the league lead with seven assists and 12 points. Halloran recorded points in five of six games in January, including four multi-point games, in which the Tigers went 2-1-1. He tallied three points in half of the six games.
 
Halloran logged four points in a home series against Minnesota Duluth, Jan. 12-13. In the opener, he notched three points, including a career-high-tying two goals, in a 6-5 loss, but still earned Third Star of the Game. He added an assist the following night. After being held scoreless in CC's series opener at Western Michigan, Jan. 19, his only game without a point during the month, he recorded three points the next night in a 6-5 overtime win, handing out two assists before scoring the game-winning goal in overtime to nab First Star of the Game and give the Tigers their first ever win at WMU.
 
Halloran concluded his month with a five-point outing against Miami, Jan. 26-27, which earned him NCHC co-Offensive Player of the Week. In last Friday's 6-3 victory, he tied a career high with three assists, all on CC's first three goals, as he was named Second Star of the Game. The sophomore then scored two goals in the first three minutes of Saturday's 4-4 overtime tie for his second multi-goal game of the month and First Star of the Game. Halloran fired 18 shots on goal during January, while his 0.83 goals per game in the month were second in the conference.
 
On the season, Halloran is tied for the NCAA lead with 39 points in 26 games, while his 16 goals are tied for the NCHC lead and his 23 assists are first in the conference by himself.
 
Halloran is now a candidate for Hockey Commissioners' Association (HCA) National Player of the Month for January, which will be announced on Friday.