Idaho's Doyle Named Sun National Bank ECHL Saver of the Month

November 4, 2004 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release

PRINCETON, N.J. - Frank Doyle of the Idaho Steelheads is the Sun National Bank ECHL Saver of the Month for October.

In his first professional season, the 24-year-old Doyle led the ECHL in October with four wins, going 4-0-0 with a goal-against average of 1.47 and a save percentage of .939.

Under contract to Utah of the American Hockey League, the 6-1 and 175-pound Doyle began his professional career making 26 saves in a 5-1 season-opening win against Alaska on October 22. Doyle made 22 saves in a 5-2 win against Alaska on October 23 and had 22 saves in a 5-2 win at Fresno on October 29. He closed out the month making 22 saves in a 2-1 win at Fresno that moved the defending Kelly Cup Champion Steelheads into first place in the West Division.

In 2003-04 with the University of Maine, Doyle was 19-4-0 with five shutouts and a save percentage of .923. He led the nation with a .826 winning percentage while his goals-against average of 1.81 ranked fourth in the country. In his first season with the Black Bears in 2002-03, Doyle was 10-4-5 with a goals-against average of 2.14 and a save percentage of .915.

Doyle was named to the 2003-04 CoSIDA Academic All-America At-Large First Team. The Men's At-Large program for the Academic All-America program includes the sports of fencing, golf, gymnastics, hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, tennis, volleyball, water polo and wrestling. Doyle, who graduated from Maine with a cumulative GPA of 3.85 in business administration, was named as the top male student athlete at Maine and was also named to the Hockey East All-Academic Team in each of his two seasons.

Runners Up: Chris Madden, Long Beach (2-0-0, 0.96 GAA, .971 save pct.) and Andrew Allen, Trenton (3-0-0, 1.33 GAA, .971 save pct.).

Also Nominated: Peter Aubry (Alaska), Jake Moreland (Atlantic City), Jason Saal (Augusta), Randy Petruk (Bakersfield), Alex Westlund (Charlotte), Adam Berkhoel (Gwinnett), Sebastien Centomo (Las Vegas), Jason Wolfe (Mississippi), Nick Boucher (Pee Dee), Frederic Cloutier (Pensacola), Alfie Michaud (Peoria), Cody Rudkowsky (Reading), Trevor Koenig (San Diego), Maxime Daigneault (South Carolina), Davis Parley (Texas), Scott Fankhouser (Toledo) and Dany Sabourin (Wheeling).

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