The Daily SGA Rundown – January 3nd, 2016
“The Moose is Loose!”
Best Item of the Day
Manitoba Moose – Connor Hellebuyck Mini Bobblehead
The Manitoba Moose are a Canadian professional ice hockey team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba that plays in the American Hockey League (AHL). The team plays its home games at the MTS Centre, the home arena of its parent club, the National Hockey League’s Winnipeg Jets.
The franchise was founded as the Minnesota Moose of the International Hockey League (IHL) in 1994. During their first tenure in Winnipeg (1996–2011), the Manitoba Moose played five seasons in the IHL and ten in the AHL. True North Sports & Entertainment relocated the team to St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador in 2011, where they played four seasons as the St. John’s IceCaps. The team returned to Winnipeg as the Manitoba Moose prior to the 2015–16 season. (Source – Wikipedia 2016)
Amateur
After completing his high school career in Michigan, Hellebuyck played one year of junior hockey as a member of the Odessa Jackalopes, a franchise that had been a minor league affiliate of the New York Islanders but had recently moved to junior hockey as part of the North American Hockey League. Hellebuyck went from being virtually unknown to a top prospect while playing in Odessa, and was drafted by the Winnipeg Jets following his season in Odessa.
Hellebuyck earned a scholarship to play for the UMass Lowell River Hawks in the NCAA Men’s Division I Hockey East Conference, where in two seasons he played 54 games and compiled a 38–12–2 record with a .946 save percentage, 1.60 goals against average, and 12 shutouts. He won the Hockey East Championship and made a Frozen Four appearance in his freshman year. Lowell would repeat as Hockey East Champions the following year and Hellebuyck became the only player in Hockey East history to be named tournament MVP twice. Following his second year, Hellebuyck’s outstanding play was rewarded with a selection to the 2013–14 Hockey East First Team.[1]
For the 2013–14 season, Hellebuyck was award the inaugural Mike Richter Award as the top goaltender in college hockey.[2] Hellebuyck departed UMass Lowell as the school’s shutout leader with 12 shutouts in 54 games, surpassing current Nashville Predators and former UMass Lowell goaltender Carter Hutton. He also owns single-season records for best save percentage (.952) and GAA (1.37), both in 2012–13.[3]
Professional
Hellebuyck chose to forgo his final two years of college eligibility when he signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Winnipeg Jets of the National Hockey League (NHL) on April 5, 2014.[4] In the 2014–15 season, he played his first full professional season with the Jets’ American Hockey League affiliate, the St. John’s IceCaps and was selected to the 2015 AHL All-Star Game[5] serving as the Eastern Conference starter.[6] Hellebuyck was called up by the Jets late in the regular season to dress as the back-up goalie for one game.[7] On November 22nd, 2015 the Jets called up Hellebuyck, after Ondrej Pavelec was injured during a game against the Arizona Coyotes.[8] On November 27, 2015 Hellebuyck won his first NHL game against the Minnesota Wild, then one month later on December 27th 2015, Hellebuyck recorded his first NHL shutout in a 1-0 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins.
(Source – Wikipedia 2016)
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