George Commo Named 2025 Jim Fullerton Award Winner by the AHCA

SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt.- The American Hockey Coaches Association (AHCA) announced that former Norwich Ice Hockey broadcaster George Commo will receive the 2025 Jim Fullerton Award.

The AHCA presents this annual award, “Named in honor of the former Brown University hockey coach and ACHA spiritual leader, this award recognizes an individual who loves the purity of our sport. Whether a coach, administrator, trainer, official, journalist, or simply a fan, the recipient exemplifies Jim Fullerton, who gave as much as he received and never stopped caring about the direction in which our game was heading.”  

Commo will add the Jim Fullerton Award to a lengthy list of accolades, including winning Vermont Sportscaster of the Year eleven times, enshrinement in the Vermont Principals’ Association (VPA) Hall of Fame, the Vermont Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame, the Norwich University Athletic Hall of Fame, the Rice Memorial High School Athletic Hall of Fame, and the Vermont Sports Hall of Fame. In addition, Commo has received the Warner Fusselle Award for Excellence in Broadcasting by baseball’s New York Penn League and the Monahan & Wallace Media Award by the ECAC Sports Information Directors Association.

After a lengthy career commentating various athletic events for the University of Vermont, Commo joined WDEV Radio in 1998. He became the play-by-play voice for Norwich Ice Hockey until his retirement after the 2022-23 season, calling numerous conference and NCAA tournament games, including all four runs to the National Championship for men’s ice hockey.

The AHCA will present the award to Commo at a luncheon on Wednesday afternoon at Vermont National Country Club.

Full AHCA Release