Miguel Beaudry Called Up To Rochester Americans
Published on April 1, 2009 under Central Hockey League (CHL)
Rapid City Rush News Release
(Rapid City, SD) - The Rapid City Rush are proud to announce the first call-up in team history as goaltender Miguel Beaudry is making his way up to the American Hockey League. Beaudry will join the AHL's Rochester Americans immediately. The Americans are the AHL affiliate of the NHL's Florida Panthers. This is the 3rd time Beaudry has been called up. The first time was in his rookie season when he joined the Utah Grizzlies, and in 2006-07 when he was called to the Houston Aeros.
"It's good, especially since I didn't finish off the regular season the way I wanted," said Beaudry. "It feels good to get called up and I'm going to try my hardest to help the team win as much as I can. Any time you're a call-up, you're not going to start, but my job is to work hard in practice, make the team better, and be ready in case I get that opportunity. At my age, I want to make the most out of this opportunity since I don't know if will come around again."
Beaudry had a solid stretch through the month of December. After posting a 4.25 goals against average and a .853 save percentage in the month of November, Beaudry heated up in the final month of the '08 calendar year. During his 11 games during the month of December, Beaudry posted a 2.35 goals against average and a .929 save percentage. This is excluding the November 29th home-opener for Rapid City when Beaudry shutout the Colorado Eagles for the first time in over a year, making 27 saves in the win.
"It's great for Miguel to get this opportunity and also great for the Rapid City Rush organization," said coach Rush head coach Joe Ferras. "Miguel was a standout for our club all year and I know Miguel will take full advantage of this opportunity."
Beaudry picked up his third shutout of the season on for the expansion Rush on Tuesday, March 3rd . With the 23-save performance, Beaudry tied a career high for shutouts in a season, something that he has done twice before. Beaudry had 3 shutouts in 2003-04 in his rookie season with the New Mexico Scorpions as well as in 2005-06, his first year with the Austin Ice Bats. Beaudry also finished the regular season tied for the league lead in shutouts.
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