York Again Dons Blue Jacket
COLUMBUS, OHIO – The Columbus Blue Jackets have added former Rensselaer goaltender Allen York to the roster on emergency recall from the Springfield Falcons, Columbus’ American Hockey League affiliate, Executive Vice President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Scott Howson announced. Goaltender Steve Mason is listed as day-to-day with an upper body injury suffered during today’s morning skate.
York, 21, has appeared in four games with the Blue Jackets this season, going 0-1-0 with a 3.53 goals-against average and .878 save percentage. He made his NHL debut against Detroit on October 25 and made his first NHL start at Chicago on October 29. He has gone 1-0-0 with a 2.87 GAA and .907 SV% in two games with Springfield, as well as posting a 1-0-0 mark with a 1.01 GAA and .974 SV% in one game with the Chicago Express, Columbus’ ECHL affiliate.
The Blue Jackets’ sixth pick, 158th overall, in the 2007 Entry Draft, York signed his entry level contract on March 29, 2011 after he completed his junior season at Rensselaer. He went 18-11-4 with a 2.17 GAA, .924 SV% and two shutouts in 34 games with the Engineers. He was named Third Team All-ECAC Hockey after he finished the season ranked third in the league in wins and GAA and fifth in SV%. He also appeared in four games with the Falcons at the end of the 2010-11 season, going 3-1-0 with a 2.04 GAA, .926 SV% and one shutout.
The Wetaskiwin, Alberta native finished his career at R.P.I. with a record of 37-33-8, 2.47 GAA, .915 SV% and four shutouts in 83 career games. He ranks first all-time among RPI goaltenders in GAA and is fourth in SV%. He was named Second Team All-ECAC Hockey and was a finalist for Ken Dryden Award, given to the ECAC Hockey Goaltender of the Year, in 2009-10.
