Cincinnati Signs Petizian
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CINCINNATI - The Cincinnati Cyclones, ECHL affiliate of the NHL's Montreal Canadiens and Nashville Predators, announced this afternoon that they have signed former St. Lawrence goaltender Alex Petizian to an amateur tryout agreement.
Petizian, 23, finished his collegiate career with St. Lawrence University in March. Posting a 5-6-3 record with SLU, with a 3.04 goals against average and a .901 save percentage- Alex signed with the Rochester Americans (AHL) and made 26 saves in a loss at Syracuse on April 10, permitting four goals in the defeat. His final game as a collegian was a 34 save effort in a 3-0 loss to Brown in the third place game of the ECAC Tournament on March 14.
The five-foot-ten, 175 pound native of Kirkland, PQ collected four varsity letters at St. Lawrence. Petizian turned in a 45-29-10 record with a 2.53 goals against average and a .914 save percentage. His goals against average breaks the school record of 2.55 set more than 50 years ago. During 2008-09, Alex compiled a 17-9-5 record with a 2.18 goals against average- third-best in a single season in SLU history- and had a .927 save percentage.
Petizian collected four shutouts in his collegiate career and
was selected four times as ECAC Goaltender of the Week. Alex was
also tabbed by Inside College Hockey as a Freshman All-American
selection in 2006-07.
