Gladiators' Fields Named Reebok Hockey ECHL Saver of the Week

March 15, 2005 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release

PRINCETON, N.J. - Gwinnett rookie goaltender Sean Fields is the Reebok Hockey ECHL Saver of the Week for March 7-13.

Posting wins over American Conference rivals Columbia and Pee Dee, Fields was 2-0-0 with a 1.00 goals-against average and a .958 save percentage while helping the Gladiators go 3-1-0 to move into the sixth playoff spot. The 6-0 and 190-pound, Fields stopped 20-of-21 shots in a 2-1 win over Columbia on Tuesday. Fields, who celebrated his 24th birthday on March 6, had 26 saves in a 4-1 victory at Pee Dee on Saturday.

Fields is 7-0-2 with a 2.44 goals-against average and a .915 save percentage in his last nine starts, helping the Gladiators move to within two points of South Carolina and Columbia for the fourth seed in the Kelly Cup Playoffs.

Fields, who began the season with Tulsa of the Central Hockey League, is 15-6-3 with a 2.47 goals-against average and .913 save percentage since joining Gwinnett on December 5. He has been the Gladiators nomination for Saver of the Week each of the past four weeks.

Prior to turning professional, the Edmonton, Alberta native played 123 games in four years at Boston University. He was named the team's Most Valuable Player in 2002-03 and 2003-04 and set numerous records including wins (62), saves (3066) and minutes (7308). Fields is the only player in history to win the Eberly Trophy for outstanding goaltender and the MVP award in back-to-back Beanpot Tournaments (2003 and 2004).

Runners Up: Trevor Koenig, Atlantic City (2-0-1, 1.44 GAA, .942 save pct.) and Scott Fankhouser, Toledo (3-0-0, 1.97 GAA, .911 save pct.).

Also Nominated: Peter Aubry (Alaska), Matus Kostur (Augusta), Alex Westlund (Charlotte), Kyle Kettles (Louisiana), Randy Petruk (Mississippi), Nick Boucher (Pee Dee), Frederic Cloutier (Pensacola), Chris Beckford-Tseu (Peoria), Cody Rudkowsky (Reading), Eddy Ferhi (San Diego), Justin Eddy (South Carolina), Davis Parley (Texas), Andrew Allen (Trenton) and Andy Chiodo (Wheeling).

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