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Stauber's Goalcrease Goalie of the Week

Stauber's Goalcrease Goalie of the Week

Bryan Hogan - Lincoln Stars
April 16, 2007

Hogan played all three games for the Stars last week and posted a 2-1-0 record, including wins over Waterloo and Sioux Falls. He had a 1.63 GAA, a .949 SV% and his second shutout.

Honorable Mention: Nick Graves - Green Bay, Drew Palmisano - Omaha

Rob Madore - Chicago Steel
April 9, 2007

Madore set the league-high for saves in a game, making 74 in a 4-3 shootout win over Cedar Rapids. He went 1-0-0 on the week with a 2.77 GAA and a .961 save percentage.

Honorable Mention: Matt Lundin - Sioux Falls, Ryan Rondeau - Waterloo

Adam Avramenko - Green Bay Gamblers
April 2, 2007

Avramenko went 1-1-0 on the week and finished with a 3.00 GAA. He set a league-high with 70 saves in a 5-2 win over Sioux City and finished the week with a saves percentage of .942.

Honorable Mention: Matt Lundin - Sioux Falls, Michal Valent - Omaha

Bryan Hogan - Lincoln Stars
March 26, 2007

Hogan went 2-0-0 on the week. He made 22 saves in a 3-2 win over Tri-City and went 3-3 in the shootout. He then made 38 saves in a 1-0 win over Sioux City. He had a 0.92 GAA and a .968 SV%.

Honorable Mention: Michal Valent - Omaha, Adam Avramenko - Green Bay

Matt Dalton - Des Moines Buccaneers
March 19, 2007

Dalton went 1-0-1 on the week. He made 29 saves in a 3-2 shootout win over Sioux Falls, going 5-5 in the shootout. He made 37 saves in a 3-2 OT loss to Omaha. He had a 2.31 GAA.

Honorable Mention: Ryan Rondeau - Waterloo

Kent Patterson - Cedar Rapids RoughRiders
March 12, 2007

Patterson went 2-0-0 with a pair of wins over Sioux Falls. He made 45 saves Friday and 46 on Saturday for a saves percentage of .968 and a goals against average of 1.50.

Honorable Mention: Drew Palmisano - Omaha, Corson Cramer - Ohio, Adam Avramenko - Green Bay

Corson Cramer - Ohio Junior Blue Jackets
March 5, 2007

Cramer went 1-1 on the week and picked up his first league win, 2-1 over Tri-City. He had a GAA of 2.00 and a SV% of .953. On the year he has a GAA of 1.76 and SV% of .954.

Honorable Mention: Bryce Christiansen - Lincoln, Ian Keserich - Tri-City

Richard Bachman - Cedar Rapids RoughRiders
February 26, 2007

Bachman went 1-0-1 on the week. He made 41 saves in a 5-0 shutout vs. Indiana and then made 43 saves in a 3-2 OT loss at Sioux City. He had a 1.49 GAA and a .966 SV%.

Honorable Mention: Cody Reichard - Indiana, Adam Avramenko - Green Bay, Corson Cramer - Ohio

Jerry Kuhn - Sioux City Musketeers
February 20, 2007

Kuhn went 2-0-0 on the weekend, making 38 saves in a 6-3 win at Waterloo and 45 saves in a 3-0 win at Tri-City. His GAA was 1.50 and his SV% was .965. It was his 3rd shutout of the season.

Honorable Mention: Matt Lundin - Sioux Falls, Kent Patterson - Cedar Rapids

Matt DiGirolamo - Waterloo Black Hawks
February 12, 2007

DiGirolamo had only one start but made it count. He made 35 saves in helping Waterloo defeat Sioux City 6-0 on Friday in Sioux City. He has 2 shutouts in his last 5 starts.

Honorable Mention: Matt Lundin - Sioux Falls, Brandon Czarnecki - Ohio

Matt Dalton - Des Moines Buccaneers
February 5, 2007

Dalton went 2-0-0 on the weekend and leads the USHL in wins. He stopped 81 of 86 shots for a SV% of .942 and a GAA of 2.40. He stopped 9-12 in a shootout on Friday.

Honorable Mention: Michal Valent - Omaha, Ryan Rondeau - Waterloo

Richard Bachman - Cedar Rapids RoughRiders
January 31, 2007

Bachman picked up an impressive win, his sixth since coming to Cedar Rapids in November, with a 40-save shutout against Waterloo. It was his first shutout of the season.

Honorable Mention: Bryce Christiansen - Lincoln, Drew Palmisano - Omaha

Matt Lundin - Sioux Falls Stampede
January 22, 2007

Lundin went 2-0-0 on the week. He gave up just 2 goals (1.00 GAA) in a pair of 4-1 wins over Ohio. He stopped 58 of 60 shots for a .967 saves percentage.

Honorable Mention: Kent Patterson - Cedar Rapids

Bryan Hogan - Lincoln Stars
January 15, 2007

Hogan went 1-0-0 on the weekend for Lincoln, making 31 saves in a 6-1 win at Green Bay on Saturday. His GAA for the week was 1.00 and his saves percentage was .969.

Honorable Mention: Ian Keserich - Tri-City, Matt DiGirolamo - Waterloo

Matt Lundin - Sioux Falls Stampede
January 8, 2007

Lundin went 2-0-0 on the week, winning 4-1 vs. Sioux City and 5-4 at Lincoln. He had a GAA of 2.40 and a .919 saves percentage. He stopped 8 of 9 Lincoln shooters in a shootout.

Honorable Mention: Jerry Kuhn - Sioux City, Cody Reichard - Indiana

Rob Madore - Chicago Steel
January 2, 2007

Madore went 1-1-0 on the weekend and picked up his first career shutout in a 3-0 win over Ohio. He stopped 63 of 65 shots (.969 sv%) and had a GAA of just over 1.00.

Honorable Mention: Drew Palmisano - Omaha, Alex Kangas - Indiana, Matt Dalton - Des Moines

Drew Palmisano - Omaha Lancers
December 18, 2006

In his first two games since being traded to Omaha, Palmisano won a pair of 4-1 games over Indiana. For the week, he was 2-0-0 with a 1.00 GAA and a .957 save percentage, stopping 44 of 46 shots faced.

Honorable Mention: Adam Avramenko - Green Bay, Jerry Kuhn - Sioux City, Troy Redmann - Ohio

Matt Dalton - Des Moines Buccaneers
December 11, 2006

Dalton went 2-0-0 last week with a 5-1 win over Chicago and a 6-4 win over Omaha. He stopped 61 of 66 shots faced (.924 SV%) and had a goals against average of 2.50.

Honorable Mention: Alex Kangas - Indiana, Jerry Kuhn - Sioux City

Matt Lundin - Sioux Falls Stampede
December 4, 2006

Lundin stopped 34 of 35 shots (.971 SV%) plus four more in the shootout to preserve Sioux Falls' 2-1 victory at Green Bay, stretching their road win streak to six games.

Honorable Mention: Matt Dalton - Des Moines, Ryan Rondeau - Waterloo

Jerry Kuhn - Sioux City Musketeers
November 27, 2006

Kuhn appeared in all three games for the Musketeers and was 2-1 on the weekend, with a GAA of 2.47 and a save percentage of .943. He won two 4-1 games gave up 3 in a loss in relief.

Honorable Mention: Alex Kangas of Indiana (3-0-0, 1.97GAA, .912 SV%)

Matt Dalton - Des Moines Buccaneers
November 20, 2006

Dalton went 1-0-1 with a 5-1 win over Sioux City and 3-2 shootout loss to Tri-City. Dalton stopped 55 of 58 shots faced, for a .943 save percentage to go with a 2.77 goals against average.

Honorable Mention: Ryan Rondeau of Waterloo (1-0-0, 1.00, .947).

Ian Keserich - Tri-City Storm
November 13, 2006

Keserich posted a pair of wins over division rivals on the weekend. Friday night he helped stop Sioux City's 7-game winning streak. In two games, he posted 2-0-0, 2.88, .918.

Honorable Mention: Pat McGann - Cedar Rapids, Jordan Tibbett - Omaha.

Adam Avramenko - Green Bay Gamblers
November 6, 2006

Avramenko backstopped the Gamblers to a 5-2 win over Waterloo, making 37 saves (.949 SV%). The win snapped their four-game losing streak and it was the first regulation loss for Waterloo.

Honorable Mention: Jerry Kuhn - Sioux City, Ryan Rondeau - Waterloo

Jerry Kuhn - Sioux City
October 31, 2006

Kuhn was impressive in his only start of the weekend, allowing 2 goals on 33 shots in a 3-2 win over Indiana. Kuhn had a .939 save percentage in the game, but stopped 8 of 9 shooters in the shootout.

Runner-up: Max Strang of Sioux Falls (1-0-0, 0.00, 1 SO).

Matt DiGirolamo - Waterloo
October 23, 2006

DiGirolamo might have only played one game on the weekend, but he made the most it, stopping all 23 shots he faced in a 4-0 win over Omaha. It was the first shutout of the season for DiGirolamo and the second on the year for the Black Hawks, who only recorded one all of last season. On the year, DiGirolamo now has a 2-0-0 record, with a 0.50 GAA and a .981 saves percentage.

Honorable Mention: Matt Dalton - Des Moines

Matt Dalton - Des Moines
October 16, 2006

Dalton stopped 28 of 30 shots in a 3-2 shootout victory at Tri-City on Friday night. Dalton also stopped all five shooters he faced in the shootout. Saturday he made 28 saves in a 4-0 win over Omaha, giving him his first shutout of the season.

Honorable Mention: Ryan Rondeau - Waterloo

Alex Kangas - Indiana
October 9, 2006

Kangas (Rochester, Minn.) picked up where he left off last season, as he held the Ice in the game where they were decisively outshot. Kangas made 32 saves in helping the Ice win their home opener, 2-1 over Chicago. Runner-up: Bryan Hogan of Lincoln (2GP, 2-0-0, 1.50).