Charlotte's Jakaitis Named RBC Financial Group ECHL Saver of the Month
November 6, 2008 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release
Charlotte's Jakaitis Named RBC Financial Group ECHL Saver of
the Month
PRINCETON, N.J. - Jeff
Jakaitis of the Charlotte Checkers is the RBC Financial Group ECHL Saver of the
Month for October.
The 25 year old was 4-0-0 with a shutout, a
goals-against average of 1.75 and a save percentage of .934 to help
Charlotte sit atop the South Division at 5-2-0.
He was named ECHL
Goaltender of the Week on Oct. 21 after making 35 saves, including
stopping the last 20 shots he faced, in a 3-1 win at Florida on Oct. 18.
Jakaitis posted back-to-back one-goal road wins at Mississippi on Oct. 25
and 26. He ended the month stopping all 22 shots in a 5-0 win against
Augusta in the Checkers home opener on Oct. 31.
The 5-foot-10 and
165-pound netminder played as a rookie last season with Columbia where he
was 12-14-6 with two shutouts, a goals-against average of 2.92 and a save
percentage of .909 in 36 regular season games.
The Rochester,
Minn. native played three seasons at Lake Superior State University where
he was 35-48-14 with seven shutouts, a goals-against average of 2.44 and a
save percentage of .923 in 100 games.
Runners-Up: Jeff
Zatkoff, Ontario (4-1-0, 2.20 GAA, .935 Save Pct.) and David
Brown, Wheeling (2-0-0, 1.50 GAA, .950 Save Pct.).
Also
Nominated: Jean-Phillipe
Lamoureux (Alaska), David
Leggio (Florida), Kevin
Nastiuk (Gwinnett), Craig
Kowalski (Phoenix), Danny
Taylor (Reading), Josh
Johnson (South Carolina) and Jeff
Frazee (Trenton).
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