Jaillet up for second straight NCAA top goalie award
Tanner Jaillet has a chance to make history.
The Red Deer native is a finalist for the Mike Richter Award, given to the most outstanding goaltender in NCAA men’s hockey. Jaillet won the award last year and can become the first goaltender to win it twice.
The senior netminder for the University of Denver earned National Collegiate Hockey Conference Goaltender of the Year and First-Team All-NCHC honors, both for the second straight season, while backstopping Denver to second place in the NCHC this season. He was also tabbed Most Outstanding Player at the 2018 NCHC Frozen Faceoff last weekend after guiding the Pioneers to their second NCHC Tournament title.
The senior led the conference in save percentage (.929) and goals-against average (1.85), while his 21 wins tied for first in the NCHC. The undrafted free agent owns a 21-8-7 record this season and ranks fifth in the nation in goals-against average, tied for fifth in shutouts with five, seventh in save percentage and wins, and ninth in winning percentage (.681).