Checkers' Holt Named Rbk Hockey Goalie Of The Week
March 11, 2008 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release
PRINCETON, N.J. - Chris
Holt of the Charlotte Checkers is the Rbk Hockey ECHL Goaltender
of the Week for Mar. 3-9.
The South Surrey, British Columbia native was 3-0-0 with a goals-against
average of 2.00 and a save percentage of .938 to help Charlotte clinch a
berth in the Kelly Cup Playoffs for the fourth straight year.
After stopping 33 of 36 shots in a 4-3 win against Gwinnett on Mar. 4, the
6-foot-3 and 225-pound Holt turned aside 23 shots for a 5-2 win against
Dayton on Mar. 6 before making 34 saves in a 3-1 win against Dayton on Mar.
8.
The 22 year old, who is on a season-high three-game winning streak, is
12-8-1 and is tied for second in the ECHL with three shutouts while ranking
fourth with a 2.30 goals-against average and a .927 save percentage.
Selected in the sixth round (180th overall) by New York in the 2003
National Hockey League Entry Draft and under NHL contract to Rangers, Holt
has also played in the American Hockey League where he is 5-3-0 with a 2.42
goals-against average and a .906 save percentage in nine games with
Hartford.
Holt was 24-18-2 with a shutout, a 3.15 goals-against average and a .899
save percentage in 45 regular season games and 2-2 with a 2.96
goals-against average and a .904 save percentage in four Kelly Cup Playoff
games for the Checkers in 2006-07. He also played in the AHL and was 2-1-0
with a 2.00 goals-against average and a .918 save percentage in six games
for Hartford.
In his rookie season in 2005-06, Holt was 3-2-1 with a goals-against
average of 4.06 and a save percentage of .879 in nine games with Hartford
and he also made his NHL
debut with the Rangers when he came on in relief and stopped two shots
in the final 10 minutes of a 5-1 loss at Washington on Dec. 3, 2005.
Runners Up: Craig
Kowalski, Gwinnett (3-1-0, 2.51 GAA, .922 save pct.) and Kevin
Lalande, Las Vegas (1-0-1, 0.96 GAA, .968 save pct.).
Also Nominated: Mike
Brown (Alaska), Gerald
Coleman (Augusta), Rejean
Beauchemin (Dayton), Jake
Moreland (Fresno), Davis
Parley (South Carolina), Jason
Smith (Trenton) and Michael
Mole (Utah).
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