Mihalik Tabbed as Top Rookie at Colgate
HAMILTON, N.Y. – Colgate goaltender Erik Mihalik has been chosen as the school’s Male Rookie of the Year for 2010-11. The freshman netminder was presented the award April 26 at Colgate’s fourth annual all-sports banquet at Cotterell Court. The evening honored all 25 varsity sports teams and over 500 student-athletes.
Mihalik led the team with 23 starts in net and started 21 of the last 22 games in net. He was named ECAC Hockey Goaltender of the Week three times and earned Rookie of the Week honors as well. Mihalik also won the biggest weekly award of the season after the RPI series when he was named the Inside College Hockey National Player of the Week. He was the first rookie goaltender to win two playoff series in one season and knocked off two NCAA Tournament teams in the process. He posted a 2.92 goals against average and a .903 save percentage during the season, but in the second season had a 2.78 GAA and a .914 save percentage. He went 4-4 in the postseason and made 30-plus saves 11 times and had nine efforts of 30 or more saves in the final 11 games.
