Lynx's McKee Named CCM Vector Rookie Of The Month

February 5, 2007 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release

PRINCETON, N.J. - Augusta goaltender Dave McKee is the CCM Vector ECHL Rookie of the Month for January.

The 23-year-old was 8-0-0 with a 2.74 goals-against average and a save percentage of .911 in nine games in January as the Lynx went 10-1-1 and moved into fourth place in the South Division.

The Irving, Texas native is tied for second in the ECHL with 19 wins and had a nine-game win streak from Dec. 31-Jan. 28 and lowered his goals-against average from 3.77 to 3.48.

The 6-foot-1 and 187-pound McKee had 35 saves in a 3-2 win against South Division leader Gwinnett on Jan. 4 and made 32 saves in a 4-3 shootout win against Texas on Jan. 12. After making 20 saves in an 8-3 win against Pensacola, he had 34 saves in a 4-1 win at Columbia on Jan. 23 and 30 saves in a 7-4 win at Trenton before ending the month with 24 saves in a 6-3 win at Wheeling. McKee also came on in relief in two games, picking up a win at Johnstown on Jan. 27 and a no decision at South Carolina on Jan. 5. McKee played three seasons at Cornell University where he was 65-24-13 with 18 shutouts, a goals-against average of 1.71 and a save percentage of .926 in 102 games from 2003-06. He was 27-5-3 with 10 shutouts, a goals-against average of 1.24 and a save percentage of .947 in 2004-05.

Runners Up: Colton Fretter, Gwinnett (12 gp, 7g, 9a, 16 pts) and Sergei Ogorodnikov, Pensacola (13 gp, 9g, 7a, 16 pts).

Also Nominated: Julian Talbot (Alaska), Rane Carnegie (Bakersfield), Mike Ouellette (Charlotte), Cedrick Desjardins (Cincinnati), Greg Rallo (Idaho), Aki Seitsonen (Las Vegas), Brock Hooton (Phoenix), Viktor Dovgan (South Carolina), Devan Dubnyk (Stockton), Mike Madill (Texas), Evan McGrath (Toledo), Mark Pandolfo (Trenton) and Andy Sertich (Utah).

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