Press Release
Toronto, ON – The Canadian Hockey League today announced that Matt
Mahalak of the Plymouth Whalers is the Vaughn CHL Goaltender of the Week
for the final week of the 2012-13 regular season ending March 17, after
posting a 2-0-0-0 record with two shutouts giving him a perfect
goals-against-average of 0.00 and save percentage of 1.000.
Mahalak stopped all 53 shots he faced in two games last week
beginning with a 29-save performance on Wednesday night as part of an
8-0 shutout win over the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds. Mahalak picked up
his second straight shutout and third of the season Sunday in the
Whalers regular season finale stopping 24 shots in a 4-0 win over the
Windsor Spitfires. The win marked the eighth straight victory for the
Whalers who enter the 2013 OHL Playoffs as the second seed in the
Western Conference with 93 points and an overall record of 42-17-5-4.
Mahalak, a 20-year-old from Monroe, MI, is playing in his third OHL
season with the Whalers. Selected in the sixth round of the 2011 NHL
Draft by the Carolina Hurricanes, Mahalak is the second Whalers
goaltender to win this award in three weeks along with teammate Alex
Nedeljkovic for the week ending March 3. Mahalak finished the season
with a 22-11-4-3 record and a goals-against-average of 2.86 and save
percentage of .906.
Also considered for the award this week was Corbin Boes of the
Brandon Wheat Kings who posted a 2-0-0-0 record with a
goals-against-average of 0.83 and save percentage of .975. In the
QMJHL, Antoine Bibeau of the Moncton Wildcats went 3-0-0-0 with a
shutout victory posting a goals-against-average of 2.33 and save
percentage of .932.
(Nathan can be reached at nathanfournier@mainehockeyjournal.com)
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