Morrison receives league-wide honor
December 21, 2004 - ECHL (ECHL)
Greenville Grrrowl News Release
GREENVILLE, SC â The Greenville Grrrowl of the ECHL, proud affiliates of the Chicago Blackhawks and Edmonton Oilers have announced that MIKE MORRISON has been named the Reebok Hockey ECHL Saver of the Week for December 13-19.
Signed by Edmonton of the National Hockey League in August, the 25-year-old Morrison was 2-0-0 with a shutout, a goals-against average of 1.00 and had 92 saves for a save percentage of .979. He recorded his first shutout of the season with 45 saves in a 1-0 win at Las Vegas on Tuesday and had 47 saves in a 5-2 win against American Conference leader Gwinnett on Saturday.
The 6-3 and 194-pound Morrison has won his last four starts, including road wins at Fresno, Bakersfield and Las Vegas, to improve to 8-4-2 while lowering his goals-against average to 2.64 and raising his save percentage to .925.
Selected in the seventh round (186th overall) by Edmonton in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft, Morrison was 12-8-2 with three shutouts and a team-leading goals-against average of 2.52 and a save percentage of .913 in 27 games with Toronto of the American Hockey League in 2003-04. Recalled to Edmonton in February 2004, Morrison dressed as a back-up to Tommy Salo for the Oilers games at Nashville on February 15 and Detroit on February 16, but did not see any playing time.
In his first professional season in 2002-03, Morrison was 9-18-6 with a goals-against average of 3.48 and a save percentage of .892 in 38 games with Columbus of the ECHL.
The Grrrowl (12-11-3 = 27 points) will play again after the Christmas holidays in Florence against the Pee Dee Pride on 12/26, and return home on 12/28 to face the Augusta Lynx. Mini-plans and flex packs are available now by contacting the Grrrowl office. Please call 467-4777 for additional ticket information. All games are broadcast through TEAMLINE on www.grrrowl.com.
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