Fayetteville's Sean Bonar Named Bauer Player of the Week
Published on January 31, 2017 under SPHL (SPHL) News Release
HUNTERSVILLE, NC - The Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) today announced Sean Bonar of the Fayetteville FireAntz is the Bauer Player of the Week for January 23-29.
Bonar went 2-0-0, with a 1.99 goals against average and a .938 save percentage as the FireAntz swept a pair of games with Knoxville and extended their winning streak to three games.
On Thursday, the Delta, BC native stopped 30 of 32 shots in a 3-2 overtime win over the Ice Bears. Bonar had another solid night between the pipes on Saturday, making 30 saves as the FireAntz defeated Knoxville 5-2. Bonar stopped 15 shots in the third period alone as Knoxville outshot Fayetteville 16-3.
Bonar has started Fayetteville's last 15 games, going 11-4-0 and currently leads all SPHL netminders in wins (15), shutouts (three), goals-against-average (2.16) and minutes played (1498:00). Bonar played his collegiate hockey at Princeton University and was named to the ECAC All-Academic Team each of his four seasons, majoring in Mechanical Engineering.
Also Nominated: Jonathan Turk, Columbus (2 gp, 2g, 1a, +3), Tanner Milliron, Evansville (1-0-0, 30 saves, 1 ga), Johnny Daniels, Huntsville (2 gp, 2g), Dylan Wells, Knoxville (0-1-1, 1.72 gaa, .934 save%), John Siemer, Macon (2 gp, 3a), Ryan Marcuz, Mississippi (3 gp, 3g, 1a, hat trick, 1 shg), Corey Banfield, Pensacola (3 gp, 1g, 2a), Storm Phaneuf, Peoria (1-1-0, 1.01 gaa, .967 save%, 1 shutout) and Ryan de Melo, Roanoke (1-1-0, 2.02 gaa, .957 save%) ###
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