{"id":51762,"date":"2013-04-18T13:00:02","date_gmt":"2013-04-18T18:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=51762"},"modified":"2013-04-17T22:25:35","modified_gmt":"2013-04-18T03:25:35","slug":"uscho-awards-hellebuycks-impact-earns-top-rookie-nod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2013\/04\/18\/uscho-awards-hellebuycks-impact-earns-top-rookie-nod\/","title":{"rendered":"USCHO awards: Hellebuyck&#8217;s impact earns top rookie nod"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In his first college hockey game, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/stats\/player\/mid,21406\/connor-hellebuyck\/\">Connor Hellebuyck<\/a> was pulled after three Denver goals in 109 seconds made it five against the Massachusetts-Lowell freshman for the night.<\/p>\n<p>To say Hellebuyck&#8217;s season got better from there would be a massive understatement.<\/p>\n<p>In 23 games played over the rest of the season, opponents got three goals past Hellebuyck only three times. He was a central part of the River Hawks&#8217; resurgence from a bad start to the season, winning 20 of his 23 starts.<\/p>\n<p>That record and impressive statistics made Hellebuyck USCHO&#8217;s rookie of the year for the 2012-13 season.<\/p>\n<p>Hellebuyck finished 20-3 with a 1.37 goals against average, .952 save percentage and six shutouts, leading the nation or sharing the top spot in all the major goaltending statistics.<\/p>\n<p>With Hellebuyck in net, the River Hawks won their first Hockey East regular season and playoff titles and earned their first trip to the Frozen Four.<\/p>\n<p>Postseason awards were chosen by U.S. College Hockey Online&#8217;s Division I men&#8217;s conference columnists after the Frozen Four. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=51758\">All-USCHO teams were named earlier Thursday<\/a>, and individual awards for the coach and player of the year will be unveiled later this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In his first college hockey game, Connor Hellebuyck was pulled after three Denver goals in 109 seconds made it five against the Massachusetts-Lowell freshman for the night. To say Hellebuyck&#8217;s season got better from there would be a massive understatement. 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