Atlantic City's Moreland Named Reebok Hockey ECHL Saver of the Month

January 4, 2005 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release

PRINCETON, N.J. - Jake Moreland is the Reebok Hockey ECHL Saver of the Week for December 27-January 4.

Moreland was 3-0-0 with a shutout, a goals-against average of 0.66 and a save percentage of .977 as Atlantic City sits atop the ECHL with 42 points and 19 wins. After making 35 saves in a 3-1 win against Dayton on Wednesday, Moreland stopped 29 of 30 shots in a 3-1 win against Trenton on Friday. Making his 23rd consecutive start on Sunday, he turned aside all 23 shots in a 3-0 win against Toledo.

In his last 15 starts, Moreland is 11-2-2 with a goals-against average of 2.31 and a save percentage of .930.

The 6-2 and 200-pound Moreland is 17-4-3 and leads the league with 17 wins, 1,488 minutes and 748 saves. He is tied for second in the league with three shutouts and ranks eighth with a goals-against average of 2.18. In 2003-04, Moreland was 11-4-1 with a goals-against average of 2.75 and a save percentage of .910 in 19 games with Atlantic City and 1-1-0 with a goals-against average of 1.38 and a save percentage of .926 in two games with Worcester of the American Hockey League.

Runners Up: Rob Zepp, Florida (2 gp, 2-0-0, 0.50 GAA, .986 save pct.) and Alfie Michaud, Peoria (3 gp, 3-0-0, 1.33 GAA, .958 save pct.).

Also Nominated: Peter Aubry (Alaska), Alex Westlund (Charlotte), Sean Fields (Gwinnett), Sebastien Centomo (Las Vegas), Chris Madden (Long Beach), Matt Underhill (Mississippi), Sebastien Laplante (Pee Dee), Todd Ford (Pensacola), Matt Yeats (Reading), Mathieu Chouinard (San Diego), Maxime Daigneault (South Carolina), Phil Osaer (Texas), Chris Houle (Trenton) and Dany Sabourin (Wheeling).

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