Columbus' Tapp Named ITECH HOCKEY ECHL Saver of the Week
January 13, 2004 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release
PRINCETON, N.J. - Columbus goaltender Jason Tapp is the ITECH HOCKEY ECHL Saver of the Week for January 5-11.
Making his first-ever ECHL start, Tapp had 30 saves in a 3-0 win at South Carolina on Tuesday and then made 21 saves in a 4-0 win at Gwinnett to post back-to-back shutouts. Tapp, who joined the Cottonmouths from Knoxville of the South East Hockey League, set a Columbus team record for longest shutout streak with 168:55. The 25-year-old Tapp allowed a goal at 8:55 of the third period in a 3-1 win against Gwinnett on Saturday and was 3-0-0 with a 0.33 goals against average and a .989 save percentage after three games. He closed out the week allowing five goals in a 5-1 loss against Mississippi.
The 5-7 and 182-pound Tapp is tied for fifth in the ECHL with two shutouts and is 3-1-0 with a 1.50 goals against average and a .950 save percentage in his first four starts.
In 16 games with Knoxville in 2003-04, Tapp is 7-8-0 with a 2.74 goals against average and a .924 save percentage.
Tapp played in 2002-03 with Knoxville in the Atlantic Coast Hockey League and also with the Nijmegen Tigers in the Netherlands. Born in Kelowna, B.C., Tapp played four years at Boston University going 18-22-4 with a 3.37 goals against average and a .883 save percentage in 52 games.
Runners Up: Matt Underhill, Florence (2-0-0, 1.00 GAA, .975 save pct.), David Currie, Johnstown (3-0-0, 1.33 GAA, .950 save pct.) and Andrew Allen, Trenton (1-0-1, 0.96 GAA, .978 save pct.)
Also Nominated: Dan Murphy (Alaska), Scott Stirling (Atlantic City), Gregg Naumenko (Augusta), Scott Meyer (Charlotte), Tyler Masters (Cincinnati), Josh Blackburn (Columbia), Andrew Penner (Dayton), Rob Zepp (Florida), Daniel Berthiaume (Greensboro), Michael Garnett (Gwinnett), Marc Magliarditi (Las Vegas), Frederic Cloutier (Louisiana), Sean Matile (Mississippi), Brian Eklund (Pensacola), Cody Rudkowsky (Reading), Kirk Daubenspeck (South Carolina), Davis Parley (Texas) and Nick Boucher (Wheeling).
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