Houle Named ITECH HOCKEY ECHL Saver of the Week
Published on November 18, 2003 under ECHL (ECHL) News Release
PRINCETON, N.J. - Trenton rookie Chris Houle is the ITECH HOCKEY ECHL Saver of the Week for November 3-9.
The 6-3 and 197-pound Houle was 3-0-0 with a shutout, a 0.67 goals against average and a .973 save percentage as the Titans went 3-0-1 to improve to 8-5-1 and moved into a tie for third in the Northern Division with Wheeling and Reading.
Making his first professional start on Wednesday, the 21-year-old Houle made 19 saves in a 3-1 win over Toledo. Houle started against Toledo again on Saturday and made 34 saves, including 14 in the third period, in a 2-0 win for his first professional shutout. He closed out the week making 19 saves in a 2-1 win over Las Vegas which entered the game atop the ECHL with 21 points.
Houle earned Second-Team All-Rookie honors in the Ontario Hockey League in 2002-03 after going 22-14-3 with two shutouts, a 2.58 goals against average and a .917 save percentage while helping the London Knights advance to the OHL Western Conference Semifinals.
Runners Up: Jason Saal, Augusta (2-0-1, 0.97 GAA, .972 save pct.), Cory Campbell, Johnstown (2-0-0, 0.50 GAA, .981 save pct.) and Colin Zulianello, Long Beach (2-0-0, 0.48 GAA, .978 save pct.)
Also Nominated: Dan Murphy (Alaska), Scott Stirling (Atlantic City), Scott Meyer (Charlotte), Randy Petruk (Cincinnati), Josh Blackburn (Columbia), Bujar Amidovski (Dayton), Jeff Maund (Florida), Daniel Berthiaume (Greensboro), Michael Garnett (Gwinnett), Marc Magliarditi (Las Vegas), Frederic Cloutier (Louisiana), Greg Gardner (Mississippi), Bryan Eklund (Pensacola), Levente Szuper (Peoria), Cody Rudkowsky (Reading), David Brumby (South Carolina), Davis Parley (Texas), and Martin Brochu (Wheeling).
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