DAN
TORMEY
Minnesota State
So. | G | Syracuse, N.Y.
Tormey and the Mavericks nearly upset North Dakota
in the first round of the WCHA playoffs last season.
Key Statistics: Tormey
was named to the WCHA’s All-Rookie team after
recording the most wins by a freshman goalie (14) since
the Mavericks joined the Division I ranks a decade ago.
In conference games, his goals-against number (2.83)
and save percentage (.903) were tops among WCHA rookies
last season.
What He Does: According
to Mavericks coach Troy Jutting, you rarely see Tormey
make highlight reel saves, which is just fine. “Most
of the time when you see a goalie make a spectacular
save, it means they were out of position,” Jutting
says. Instead, Tormey picks the best advice he hears
from his three different goalie coaches (one in Mankato,
one in Detroit and one in Ottawa) to learn to read shooters,
anticipate shots and use his size as a weapon.
The Bigger Picture: In
2003, when Tormey and some friends from Upstate New
York drove to Providence to see the NCAA East Regional,
he admits he knew nothing about a team from southern
Minnesota that wore purple. That day Tormey saw the
Mavericks fight hard but fall short to Cornell in the
school’s first NCAA D-I playoff game. Barely two
years later, Tormey was the one wearing purple, with
a helmet featuring the Chinese symbol for “warrior”
in honor of his late mother, who passed away two years
ago. After a rough start personally and as a team (the
Mavs were 0-6 in October), Tormey and company seemed
to get educated fast, finishing just a game under .500
and taking North Dakota to a third game in their WCHA
playoff series. Where games used to be football-style
shootouts in goaltending-poor Mankato, Tormey reintroduced
something that hadn’t been seen in more than four
years – the Mavericks winning a WCHA game via
shutout. In fact, he did it twice.
Minnesota State head coach Troy
Jutting on Tormey: "Dan thrives on simple
goaltending. He doesn’t make things look difficult
and he doesn’t make the game or the position harder
than it is. He’s very consistent, which is what
every coach wants in a goalie. You see players who play
the game a little more relaxed when they know they’ve
got consistency back there.”
Tormey and the Mavericks nearly upset North Dakota
in the first round of the WCHA playoffs last season.
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