Lynx' Wolfe Named Reebok Hockey ECHL Goaltender Of The Week

November 29, 2005 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release

PRINCETON, N.J. - Jason Wolfe of the Augusta Lynx is the Reebok Hockey ECHL Goaltender of the Week for November 21-27.

The 6-foot-5 and 220-pound goaltender was 2-0-0 with a 1.44 goals-against average and stopping 95 of 98 shots for a .969 save percentage as the Lynx were 2-1-0 and improved to 7-5-2.

Wolfe made a team-high 53 saves, including 14 in the third period and two in overtime, and then stopped five of six shooters in the shootout for a 3-2 shootout win at Gwinnett on Thanksgiving and celebrated his birthday on Nov. 26 making 42 saves in a 3-1 win against Charlotte.

Signed by Augusta on Oct. 13, Wolfe is 2-2-0 and ranks third in the league with a save percentage of .939 while he ranks fifth in the league in shootout percentage with .833 and is tied for sixth in the league with a goals-against average of 2.27 in five games.

In 2004-05 with Bakersfield, Mississippi and Texas of the ECHL, Wolfe was 9-12-2 with a shutout, a goals-against average of 3.70 and a save percentage of .901 in 23 games.

In 2003-04 with Reading and Roanoke of the ECHL, he was 16-16-3 and had a goals-against average of 3.35 in 37 games.

Before turning professional, the College Park, Md. Native played four years at Merrimack College from 1998-2002 playing 18 games, including 10 as a senior.

Runners Up: Cody Rundkowsky, Reading (2-0-0, .55 GAA, .978 save pct.) and Brett Jaeger, Fresno (1-0-1, 1.88 GAA, .932 save pct).

Also Nominated: Ryan Munce (Bakersfield), Mike Brodeur (Greenville), Sean Fields (Gwinnett), Steve Silverthorn (Idaho), Greg Hewitt (Long Beach), Frederic Cloutier (Pensacola), Mike Mole (Phoenix), Cody Rundkowsky (Reading), Tom Lawson (San Diego), Maxime Daigneault (South Carolina), Logan Koopmans (Toledo), Dustin Traylen (Trenton) and Justin Eddy (Utah).

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