Ice Bears' Toomey Wins Easton Player of the Week
February 6, 2013 - SPHL (SPHL)
Knoxville Ice Bears News Release
HUNTERSVILLE, NC - The Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) today announced goaltender Connor Toomey of the Knoxville Ice Bears is the Easton Player of the Week for January 28-February 3.
Toomey went 2-0-0, posting a 3.00 goals against average and a .919 save percentage, stopping 68 of 74 shots last week.
On Friday, the native of Burlington, MA stopped 47 of 49 shots as he backstopped Knoxville to a 3-2 win over Fayetteville. Toomey stopped 17 shots in both the first and third periods, as helped keep Fayetteville scoreless in six power-play attempts. Toomey came back on Saturday with 25 saves in a 6-4 win over Huntsville.
Toomey, who played four seasons with the Milwaukee School of Engineering, finished his collegiate career with a 48-17-4 record, 2.13 goals against average and a .920 save percentage. In his junior season, Toomey was named the 2010-11 Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association (MCHA) Player of the Year when he went 13-3-1 with a 1.74 goals against average. He was also named to the 2011-12 MCHA All-Conference and All-Tourney teams as he backstopped the Raiders to a 4-3 overtime win over Adrian College in the MCHA Championship Game and a berth in the NCAA Division III Hockey Championship.
Also Nominated: Andrew Loewen, Columbus (1-0-0, 22 saves, 1 shutout), Josh McQuade, Fayetteville (3 gp, 1g, 3a, 1 gwg), Stuart Stefan, Huntsville (2 gp, 2g, 2a), Tyler Lyon, Louisiana (2 gp, 1g, 4a), Matt Whitehead, Mississippi RiverKings (3 gp, 3g, 1a, 1 gwg) and Kiefer Smiley, Mississippi Surge (1-1-0, 1.92 gaa, .933 save%)
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