December 14, 2010

Grumet-Morris Earns Rare Honor

PRINCETON, N.J. - Greenville Road Warriors goaltender Dov Grumet-Morris, a former Harvard standout, has been named the Reebok Hockey ECHL Goaltender of the Week for December 6-12, it was announced Tuesday. It marks the second consecutive week that Grumet-Morris has earned the honor.

In winning the award, Grumet-Morris joins Dany Sabourin (Oct. 25-31 and Nov. 1-7, 2004) and Tyrone Garner (Feb. 12-18 and Feb. 19-25, 2001) as the only goaltenders to win the award in consecutive weeks since it was introduced for the 1997-98 season.

The 28-year old was 2-0-1 with a goals against average of 1.62 and a save percentage of .928 last week as the Road Warriors earned five of six points in a series at Florida. He opened the week making 21 saves in a 3-2 shootout loss on Wednesday before stopping 19 of 20 shots in a 2-1 win on Friday and turning aside 25 shots in a 5-2 win on Saturday. 

Grumet-Morris is 10-2-1 with two shutouts, a goals-against average of 1.99 and a save percentage of .931 in 13 appearances for the Road Warriors this season. He is second in the ECHL in goals-against average and wins and is third in save percentage.

The native of Evanston, Illinois was a fifth round selection of the Philadelphia Flyers in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft. Grumet-Morris has appeared in 61 games for Cincinnati and Greenville since 2006 with a record of 41-13-5, a goals-against average of 2.44 and a save percentage of .916.

He has appeared in 29 games with Portland, Hamilton, Milwaukee, Manitoba, Connecticut and San Antonio of the AHL since 2005 posting a record of 8-13-5. He has appeared in two games for Connecticut this season with a record of 0-1-0, a goals-against average of 1.32 and a save percentage of .935.