Former Las Vegas Goaltender Krahn Earns AHL Honor
February 27, 2006 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - The American Hockey League announced that former Las
Vegas Wranglers and current Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights goaltender Brent
Krahn has been named the CCM Vector/AHL Player of the Week.
Selected in the first round (ninth overall) by the Calgary Flames in the
2000 NHL Entry Draft and in his third professional season, the 23-year-old
was 3-0-0 on the road with goals against of 1.62 and a save percentage of
.938.
After making 18 saves in a 2-1 come-from-behind win in Manchester on Feb.
22, the 6-foot-4 and 211-pound Krahn had 20 saves in a 3-2 win at Rochester
on Feb. 24 before stopping 37 shots in regulation and overtime and all five
shooters in the shootout for a 3-2 win at Toronto on Feb. 25.
He is 18-15-6 and is tied for second in the league with three shutouts
while ranking fifth in goals against with 2.52 and eighth in save
percentage with .912.
In his first professional season in 2003-04, Krahn was 7-5-2 with goals
against of 2.61 and save percentage of .925 in 14 games with Las Vegas. He
also played in the AHL going 2-3-0 with goals against of 2.62 and a save
percentage of .924 in seven games with Lowell and 3-7-1 with goals against
of 3.44 and save percentage of .884 in 14 games with San Antonio.
Also nominated for the award were former Johnstown and current Cleveland
goaltender Dimitri Patzold, former Charlotte and current Hartford
defenseman Thomas Pock, former Columbia and current Manitoba right
wing Jesse Schultz, Trenton and Philadelphia goaltender Martin
Houle and former Dayton and current Toronto goaltender
Jean-Sebastien Aubin.
The ECHL has affiliations with 21 of the 27 teams in the AHL and for the
past 16 years there has been a former ECHL player on the AHL team that has
won the Calder Cup.
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