Greenville's Morrison Named Reebok Hockey ECHL Saver of the Week
Published on December 21, 2004 under ECHL (ECHL) News Release
PRINCETON, N.J. - Mike Morrison of Greenville is the Reebok Hockey
ECHL Saver of the Week for December 13-19.
Signed by Edmonton of the National Hockey League in August, the 25-year-old
Morrison was 2-0-0 with a shutout, a goals-against average of 1.00 and had
92 saves for a save percentage of .979. He recorded his first shutout of
the season with 45 saves in a 1-0 win at Las Vegas on Tuesday and had 47
saves in a 5-2 win against American Conference leader Gwinnett on Saturday.
The 6-3 and 194-pound Morrison has won his last four starts, including
road wins at Fresno, Bakersfield and Las Vegas, to improve to 8-4-2 while
lowering his goals-against average to 2.64 and raising his save percentage
to .925.
Selected in the seventh round (186th overall) by Edmonton in the 1998 NHL
Entry Draft, Morrison was 12-8-2 with three shutouts and a team-leading
goals-against average of 2.52 and a save percentage of .913 in 27 games
with Toronto of the American Hockey League in 2003-04. Recalled to Edmonton
in February 2004, Morrison dressed as a back-up to Tommy Salo for the
Oilers games at Nashville on February 15 and Detroit on February 16, but
did not see any playing time.
In his first professional season in 2002-03, Morrison was 9-18-6 with a
goals-against average of 3.48 and a save percentage of .892 in 38 games
with Columbus of the ECHL.
Runners Up: David Currie, Johnstown (2 gp, 1-0-1, 0.96 GAA, .971
save pct.) and Dany Sabourin, Wheeling (3 gp, 3-0-0, 1.33 GAA, .954 save
pct.).
Also Nominated: Peter Aubry (Alaska), Jake Moreland (Atlantic
City), Alex Westlund (Charlotte), Mike Minard (Columbia), Craig Kowalski
(Florida), Sean Fields (Gwinnett), Sebastien Centomo (Las Vegas), Nathan
Marsters (Louisiana), Frederic Cloutier (Pensacola), Chris Beckford-Tseu
(Peoria), Barry Brust (Reading), Eddy Ferhi (San Diego), Scott Fankhouser
(Toledo) and Chris Houle (Trenton).
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