Finalists Named for League’s Ken Dryden Award
ALBANY, N.Y. -- ECAC Hockey today announced the finalists for
the 2010-11 Ken Dryden Award. The league honored the former Cornell
goaltending great beginning in the 2001-02 season, by tagging his
name with the annual Goaltender of the Year Award. Keith Kinkaid,
Union, James Mello, Dartmouth and Rensselaer’s Allen York
have each been selected as finalists for the honor by the
league’s coaches.
Union sophomore, Keith Kinkaid is a finalist for the
league’s top goaltender award for the second consecutive
season. Kinkaid posted a conference record of 17-3-2 (.818),
leading the league. Overall he set the school single-season wins
record this year (24), breaking Corey Milan’s previous record
of 19 set in 2008-09. He also moved into second on the
school’s all time wins list with 36 career victories,
trailing only Kris Mayotte (46 win from 2002-06) on the list. He is
the first Union goaltender to record a sub 2.00 goals-against
average after regular-season play (1.90 GAA). Kinkaid backbones
Union’s defense which currently ranks first in the country
only allowing 2.03 goals per contest.
Prior to the 2010-11 season Dartmouth netminder James Mello had
only played in only 17 career games, but has made his mark on the
league appearing in 25 of Dartmouth's 29 games this season,
including starting the last 16 games for the Big Green for a
career-high. He earned his first-career shutout on Nov. 6 against
Union and his first shutout victory against Brown on Feb. 4. The
junior logged 1246:14 minutes between the pipes, only surrendering
40 goals for a 1.93 goals-against average, which ranked second in
conference play. Mello made 603 saves on the season in conference
action for a .938 save percentage, tops in the league among his
counterparts.
The third finalist for the Dryden Award is Rensselaer’s
Allen York. This marks the second year in a row for York earning a
spot as a finalist. The Wetaskiwin, Alb. native posted a 10-7-1
league record and stopped 551 shots in over 1100 minutes of action.
York moved into the top 10 in school history in a number of career
categories, including games (82; 5th), minutes (4839:43; 6th),
saves (2109; 6th), wins (37; 7th), shutouts (4; 6th), goals-against
average (2.43; 1st), save percentage (.915; 3rd) and ties (8;
3rd).
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