SUPERIOR INTERNATIONAL JUNIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE
SIJHL COMMUNICATIONS
MEDIA UPDATE
Release Date: Thursday, March 20, 2014
North Stars’ Mann named SIJHL’s top goaltender
THUNDER BAY, Ont. – The Superior International Junior Hockey League announced Thursday that Eric Mann of the Thunder Bay North Stars has been named its top goaltender award recipient for the 2013-14 season.
The 18-year-old rookie netminder, who hails from Thunder Bay, earned the accolades over fellow finalists Jordan Cartney of the Fort Frances Lakers and Alex Reichle of the Minnesota Iron Rangers for the honour in balloting done by each of the SIJHL’s member clubs.
Mann, who was earlier named a CCM first team all-star, produced 21 victories in his first season in the league against just five losses and four overtime or shootout setbacks.
He went on to play more minutes than any goaltender in the regular season while finishing in the top five in both goals-against average and save percentage.
Mann becomes the first North Stars’ netminder to win the SIJHL’s top goaltender award since the 2005-06 campaign when Carter Hutton of National Hockey League’s Nashville Predators earned the laurels.
The following is the list of the all-time SIJHL top goaltender award recipients:
2013-14: Eric Mann, Thunder Bay North Stars
2012-13: Gordy Defiel, Minnesota Wilderness
2011-12: Tanner Milliron, Wisconsin Wilderness
2010-11: John McLean, Wisconsin Wilderness
2009-10: Jameson Shortreed, Fort Frances Lakers
2008-09: Ryan Faragher, Fort Frances Jr. Sabres
2007-08: Drew Strandberg, Thunder Bay Bulldogs
2006-07: Kyle Cantlon, Marathon Renegades
2005-06: Carter Hutton, Fort William North Stars
2004-05: Viktor Saari, Fort William North Stars
2003-04: Daniel Beardy, Fort William North Stars
2002-03: Dan Hoehne, Borderland Thunder
2001-02: Rob Hrabec, Borderland Thunder