Aces' Beckford-Tseu Named Rbk Hockey ECHL Goaltender Of The Week

February 14, 2006 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release

PRINCETON, N.J. - Chris Beckford-Tseu of the Alaska Aces is the Rbk Hockey ECHL Goaltender of the Week for February 6-12.

Beckford-Tseu is the first goaltender in 2005-06 to capture the honor three times, winning for Oct. 24-30 and Nov. 14-20, and becomes the fourth goaltender in league history to receive the weekly goaltender award three times in one season.

Selected in the fifth round (159th overall) by St. Louis in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft and under contract to the Blues, the 21-year-old went 3-0-0 with a goals-against average of 1.33 against Phoenix, stopping 68 of 72 shots for a save percentage of .944.

After making 20 saves in a 6-1 win on Feb. 10, Beckford-Tseu stopped 25 shots in a 4-1 win on Feb. 11 and had 23 saves in a 5-2 win on Feb. 12.

Beckford-Tseu, who has served as the backup goaltender for St. Louis on two separate occasions this season, is 16-1-2 with two shutouts and he leads the league with a goals-against average of 1.87 and is second with a save percentage of .929. He is a perfect 12-0-0 at home with a shutout, a goals-against average of 1.48 and a save percentage of .939. He was named ECHL Saver of the Month for October after going 3-0-0 with a shutout, a goals-against average of 1.33 and a save percentage of .949. He has also played in the American Hockey League with Peoria where he is 1-1-0 with a goals-against average of 4.76 and a save percentage of .833.

In his rookie season in 2004-05, he played 29 games with Peoria of the ECHL where he was 11-12-3 with a goals-against average of 2.71 and a save percentage of .908 and one game with Worcester of the AHL where he had seven saves in 29 minutes.

The Toronto, Ontario native played three seasons in the Ontario Hockey League with Guelph, Oshawa and Kingston and was 36-53-6 with seven shutouts in 115 regular season games.

Runners Up: Kevin Nastiuk, Florida (1-0-0, 0.00 GAA, 1.000 save pct.), Alfie Michaud, Utah (2-0-0, 2.40 GAA, .912 save pct.), and Andy Franck, Wheeling (2-1-0, 1.68 GAA, .946 save pct.).

Also Nominated: Jason Wolfe (Augusta), Chris Holt (Charlotte), Cam Ellsworth (Greenville), Sean Fields (Gwinnett), Marc Magliarditi (Las Vegas), Jeff Weber (Stockton), Bryan Worosz (Toledo), and Scott Stirling (Trenton).

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