March 27, 2008
NCAA Tournament
Year of the Goalie: Netminders Stifle Scoring

If you're wondering about the rash of close games and the goal-scoring statistics being seemingly low, you're not out of your mind. The nation's goaltenders, and the teams in front of them, have turned up the notch in the defensive zone. Since the start of the conference tournaments, 17 goalies nationwide have posted goals-against averages below 2.00 and 20 have save percentages at .925 or better.

I guess they do subscribe to the old saying, that defense wins championships.

Goaltenders with 2.00 or better goals-against averages in the postseason
Zane Kalemba, Princeton 1.01
Alex Kangas, Minnesota 1.09
Mike Zacharias, Minnesota State 1.14
John Muse, Boston College 1.28
Peter Mannino, Denver 1.33
Joe Fallon, Vermont 1.39
Jeff Zatkoff, Miami 1.47
Brett Bothwell, Wayne State 1.50
Jean-Phillippe Lamoureux, North Dakota 1.60
Andrew Volkening, Air Force 1.61
Brad Thiessen, Northeastern 1.66
Billy Sauer, Michigan 1.77
Alec Richards, Yale 1.82
Matt Lundin, Mercyhurst 1.86
Jeff Lerg, Michigan State 1.90
Jase Weslosky, St.Cloud State 1.96
Jordan Pearce, Notre Dame 1.99

Goaltenders with .925 or higher save percentages in the postseason
Zane Kalemba, Princeton .967
Alex Kangas, Minnesota .962
John Muse, Boston College .959
Mike Zacharias, Minnesota State .959
Peter Mannino, Denver .953
Jeff Zatkoff, Miami .949
Matt Lundin, Mercyhurst .949
Joe Fallon, Vermont .946
Brad Thiessen, Northeastern .946
Pat Inglis, Lake Superior .943
Kevin Regan, New Hampshire .943
Jase Weslosky, St. Cloud State .941
Andrew Volkening, Air Force .940
Brett Bothwell, Wayne State .940
Mathias Lange, Rensselaer .936
Jeff Lerg, Michigan State .935
Ben Scrivens, Cornell .934
Jean-Phillipe Lamoureux, North Dakota .930
Wylie Rogers, Alaska .927
Josh Kassel, Army .926