December 16, 2009

Sibbald Adds Weekly Honor to List of Accolades

CHARLOTTE, NC - The Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) announced former Brown goaltender Mark Sibbald of the Huntsville Havoc is the Sher-Wood SPHL Player of the Week for December 7-December 14.

Sibbald, who previously earned Sher-Wood Player of the Month honors for October/November, posted back-to-back shootout wins as Huntsville continued its early-season charge to the top of the SPHL standings. In the two games, Sibbald posted a 0.93 goals against average and a save percentage of .973.

On Thursday, the Ridgeway, Ontario native turned aside 30 of 31 Columbus shots in regulation and stopped two of four in the shootout as the Havoc captured a 2-1 win over the Cottonmouths. Sibbald continued his dominance in net by stopping 42 of 43 Pensacola shots on Saturday in securing his second 2-1 shootout victory of the week.

Sibbald, who is in his first SPHL season after spending the previous four seasons at Brown University, has given up two or fewer goals in 10 of his eleven starts and is the league leader in wins (10), goals against average (1.61) and save percentage (.951)