Rondeau Earns National Honor
The following article appeared March 24 on the Inside College Hockey (INCH) Web site.
By Mike Eidelbes and Joe Gladziszewski
RYAN RONDEAU
Yale
Sr. | G | Carvel, Alberta
His Statistics: 2 GP, 2-0-0, 2 shutouts, 44 saves
His Impact: Rondeau simply backstopped Yale to the ECAC Hockey title with two shutouts on the weekend. He made 22 saves each night in wins over Colgate and Cornell. The Bulldogs are known for being a quick-strike, dangerous team in transition that generates chances and scores lots of goals. That style works, but they can play it with more confidence knowing that Rondeau is backing them up at the other end of the ice.
The senior has answered any questions of doubt lingering around Yale’s goaltending situation. He has three straight shutouts, six shutouts overall, a 26-5-1 record with a 1.83 goals-against average and .932 save percentage. It was the second year in a row that the ECACH champ won both of the league tournament’s final two games by shutout, after Cornell and Ben Scrivens achieved that in 2010.
His Runners-Up: Cam Atkinson, Boston College; Matt Frattin, North Dakota; Jacques Lamoureux, Air Force; Andy Miele, Miami
