Finalist for the NCAA Mike Richter Award 2017

The NCAA Mike Richter Award for the nation's top goaltender will be announced on Friday April 7th 2017 at the Frozen Four in Chicago IL.

The 5 finalist for the 2017 Award are:

NAME	SCHOOL	YEAR	MIN	W-L-T	GAA	SV%	SO	SVS
Michael Bitzer	Bemidji State	Junior	2355:22	22-14-3	1.71	.932	6	912
Tanner Jaillet	Denver	Junior	1982:25	24-5-4	1.82	.930	0	799
Hunter Miska	Minnesota Duluth	Freshman	2068:36	24-4-5	2.23	.917	5	856
Cal Petersen	Notre Dame	Junior	2191:55	21-11-5	2.14	.928	6	1007
Charles Williams	Canisius	Senior	2009:57	21-7-5	1.82	.943	6	1016

We Love the WHA

Indianapolis Racer's goaltender Michel Dion on the cover of the Racers 1976-77 media guide.  This was after Michele joined the team for the last 31 games of 1975-76 season and helped lead them to the Eastern Division title.  Michel would win the Ben Hatskin Trophy as the WHA's top goaltender for the regular season after getting 14 wins in those last 31 games.

The Ben Hatskin Trophy was named in honor of the founder of the Winnipeg Jets...Ben Hatskin

Buffalo Sabres 1983 Entry Draft

The Class of 1983 for the Buffalo Sabres

From left 

1st pick and 5th overall Tom Barrasso, John Tucker, GMScotty Bowman,  2nd pick and 10th overall Normand Lacombe and 11th overall Adam Creighton.

Tom Barrasso would start in net for the Sabres in 1983-84 and was the only goalie to ever play in the NHL direct from High school without playing in the major juniors, college or some other form of professional hockey.  He would win the the Calder Trophy as NHL Rookie of the Year and the Vezina Trophy as the NHL's top goaltender for 1983-84 with a record of 26-12-3 and a 2.84 GAA.

In 1985 he would win the Jennings Trophy for the team with the  fewest goals allowed (he shared with backup Bob Sauve) with 144.

2013 Vezina Tropy Winner

2013 Vezina Trophy Winner

Sergei Bobrovsky

Columbus Blue Jackets

21 Wins   (7th)

11  Losses   (18th)

2.00 GAA    (5th)

.932 SV %    (2nd)

4  Shutouts    (6th)

2,219 minutes played   (11th)