December
19, 2006
INCH Shop Player of the Week
Presented by The
INCH Shop
Sophomore | Goaltender
Sherwood Park, Alberta
ROB
NOLAN
Michigan Tech
His
Statistics: 2 GP, 2-0-0, 59 saves, 3 GA
His
Impact: Jamie Russell and his Huskies had history
on their minds in Grand Forks last weekend. Well, recent
history anyway. Neither the head coach nor any members
of the team had ever experienced a victory against North
Dakota — Russell was 0-for-12 in three-plus seasons
behind the Tech bench, a run of futility that started
when this year's seniors were freshmen.
Nolan,
like Russell, had suffered through the indignity of
the oh-fer. In 2005-06, he played in 17 games, starting
13, and won none, while losing 11 and twice earning
ties. In backstopping the Huskies to a sweep of the
host Fighting Sioux last weekend, Nolan improved his
record this season to 5-4-1 to go along with a nifty
2.13 GAA and a .912 save percentage. He nearly earned
a shutout Friday, yielding only Brad Miller's extra-attacker
goal with less than 90 seconds left in a 3-1 win, then
made 30 saves in Saturday's 3-2 series finale.
His
Runners-Up: Joe Fallon, Vermont; Mike Taylor,
Harvard; Mario Valery-Trabucco, Union; Blaine Jarvis,
Bemidji State; Jordan Wakefield, Mercyhurst.
