{"id":97298,"date":"2011-01-25T11:48:05","date_gmt":"2011-01-25T17:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/ccha-blog\/?p=394"},"modified":"2011-01-25T11:48:05","modified_gmt":"2011-01-25T17:48:05","slug":"15-notes-connected-in-some-way-to-goaltending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2011\/01\/25\/15-notes-connected-in-some-way-to-goaltending\/","title":{"rendered":"15 notes connected (in some way) to goaltending"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Goaltending in the CCHA and college hockey in general fascinates me this year.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Twenty-two goaltenders, nationally, enter this weekend&#8217;s play with save percentages of .920 or higher.  Granted, that number is inflated by three goalies who haven&#8217;t seen significant time this season.  At the end of then 2009-10 season, however, only nine goalies nationwide had save percentages of .920 or above.<\/li>\n<li>At the end  of the 2009-10 season, five of those nine goalies who ended the season with save percentages of .920 or above played in the CCHA: Brian Stewart (NMU, .927), Pat Nagle (FSU, .923), Riley Gill (WMU, .923), Connor Knapp (Miami, .921), Cody Reichard (.921).  Four others &#8211; Alaska&#8217;s Scott Greenham (.919), MSU&#8217;s Drew Palmisano (.917), OSU&#8217;s Dustin Carlson (.916), FSU&#8217;s Taylor Nelson (.915) &#8211; finished among the top 20 goalies in the country.<\/li>\n<li>Heading into the home stretch of the 2010-11 season, five goaltenders sport save percentages of .920 or above:  Shawn Hunwick (UM, .923), Reid Ellingson (NMU, .922), Scott Greenham (Alaska, .922), Pat Nagle (FSU, .920), Cal Heeter (OSU, .920).  In other words, at the end of 2009-10, 55.56 percent of goalies with save percentages of .920 or above played in the CCHA, while right now 22.73 percent of goalies with a .920 SV% or above play in the CCHA.<\/li>\n<li>Hunwick, the CCHA goaltender with the highest save percentage, is No. 14 in that category nationally.<\/li>\n<li>Also, at the end of the 2009-10 season, 45 percent of the top 20 goalies (for save percentage) in the country played in the CCHA.  Currently, CCHA goalies comprise 25 percent of the top 20 goaltenders in the country.<\/li>\n<li>Buckeye junior Cal Heeter (2.32 GAA) has played more minutes than any other goaltender in the nation (1497:11) and is second in the country in saves (666).  Heeter has played all 25 of OSU&#8217;s games this season.  The Buckeyes are seventh in the CCHA standings with 28 league points.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I hate to look ahead to the NCAA tournament, but this doesn&#8217;t seem to look good for the CCHA&#8217;s post-season chances.  That having been said, three CCHA goaltenders had simply outstanding weekends.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reid Ellingson helped the Wildcats sweep the Bulldogs with a .980 SV% on the weekend, stopping 63-of-65 shots he faced and earning him CCHA Goaltender of the Week honors.<\/li>\n<li>Shawn Hunwick helped the Wolverines sweep the Nanooks, earning his third shutout Friday with a .961 SV% for the weekend.<\/li>\n<li>Drew Palmisano stood on his head in MSU&#8217;s 7-3 win over Miami Friday after finding out during warmups that he&#8217;d be starting.  The Spartans were shut out by the RedHawks the following night, but Palmisano stopped 43-of-47 in the contest and 85-of-93 on the weekend for a .914 SV%.<\/li>\n<li>Miami junior Connor Knapp, who allowed two goals on nine shots (.778 SV%) in relief of Cody Reichard in the RedHawks&#8217; 7-4 Friday loss had an impressive rebound with the shutout Saturday, stopping all 26 shots he faced.  It was Knapp&#8217;s second shutout of the season, the eighth of his career.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Something that doesn&#8217;t fascinate me nearly as much as goaltending is the shootout &#8211; ironic, since its outcome is so dependent on the goaltender.  As long-time readers know, I hate the thought that actual points are awarded for something that has nothing to do with the game that was played for 65 minutes.  I also have no problem with a tie.  I am, I fear, in the minority.<br \/>\nHere are some shootout tidbits, though, that you may find interesting.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Western Michigan and Lake Superior played back-to-back ties this past weekend, resulting in them splitting the two subsequent shootouts and setting a new league record for number of rounds in a shootout at seven with 13 shooters.  Saturday&#8217;s 4-4 tie was the record-setter.  The Broncos were also involved in the previous record, a six-round shootout with 10 shooters against Ohio State Feb. 20, 2010.<\/li>\n<li>Of the 13 shooters in that record-setting game, only one scored:  Lake Superior&#8217;s Kyle Jean.  Jean beat Western goaltender Jerry Kuhn in the seventh round, giving the Lakers the even three-point split on the weekend.  LSSU&#8217;s Kevin Kapalka stopped all six shooters he faced.<\/li>\n<li>There have been four other weekend regular-season series involving back-to-back ties since the CCHA adopted the shootout at the start of the 2008-09 season, and the Lakers played in two of those series:  NMU at LSSU, Dec. 5-6, 2008 (NMU won both shootouts); FSU at Miami, Nov. 13-14, 2009 (FSU won both shootouts); FSU vs. WMU, Feb. 26-27, 2010 (FSU won in Big Rapids; WMU won the following night in Kalamazoo); BGSU at LSSU, Dec. 3-4, 2010 (LSSU won both shootouts).<\/li>\n<li>The Wolverines have played two games that have gone to shootouts since the rule was enacted and have benefitted from neither.  Jan. 16, 2010, FSU won the shootout following a 2-2 tie.  Oct. 29, 2010, UAF won the shootout following a 3-3 tie.<\/li>\n<li>Miami and Ohio State participated in the first regular-season shootout in CCHA history, on the opening day of regular-season play of the 2008-09 season (Oct. 10, 2008).  Following a 3-3 tie in Columbus, the shootout went to three rounds with the Buckeyes prevailing.  OSU&#8217;s Corey Elkins was the first CCHA player to score a shootout goal, and Buckeye Joseph Palmer was the first CCHA goaltender to win a league shootout.  Miami&#8217;s Cody Reichard was in the net at the other end in his first game of his Division I career.  &#8220;The shootout was exciting for the fans,&#8221; said then-OSU head coach John Markell.  &#8220;I didn&#8217;t expect it this early in the season.&#8221;  Said Miami head coach Enrico Blasi, It doesn&#8217;t feel like a loss because we got a point.&#8221; <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Goaltending in the CCHA and college hockey in general fascinates me this year. Twenty-two goaltenders, nationally, enter this weekend&#8217;s play with save percentages of .920 or higher. Granted, that number is inflated by three goalies who haven&#8217;t seen significant time this season. 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