Nailers' Sabourin Named Reebok Hockey ECHL Saver of the Week

November 9, 2004 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release

PRINCETON, N.J. - Dany Sabourin of Wheeling is the Reebok Hockey ECHL Saver of the Week for November 1-7.

Under contract to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League, the 24-year-old Sabourin was 2-0-0 with two shutouts and 72 saves and extended his streak without allowing a goal to 210:02. After 34 saves in a 2-0 win at Dayton on November 5 and 30 saves in a 2-0 win against Reading on November 6, Sabourin came off the bench and did not allow a goal in the final 19:38 of a 5-0 loss to Reading on November 7.

Sabourin becomes only the second goaltender since 1997-98 to win the award in consecutive weeks, joining Tyrone Garner, who accomplished the feat in 2000-01. Sabourin won the award for October 25-31 after going 2-0-0 with a goals-against average of 0.46 and a save percentage of .985 while stopping 13 of 14 shooters in the shootout.

Sabourin is 4-1-0 in six games and leads the league in goals-against average (0.91) and shootout wins (2). He is tied for the league lead in wins (4) and shutouts (2) and ranks second in save percentage (.970).

The streak began on October 30 following a goal by Toledo with 26 seconds remaining in regulation. After making two saves in overtime, Sabourin stopped eight of nine shooters in the Nailers' 2-1 shootout win. He made 32 saves in regulation and one save in overtime before stopping all five shooters in the shootout to give Wheeling a 2-1 win over Atlantic City on October 31. The Atlantic City goal was inadvertently scored when Wheeling knocked the puck into its empty net on a delayed penalty.

The ECHL record is 236:03 by Darryl Paquette of Hampton Roads, who did not allow a goal from March 23-April 2, 1997, including a league record three consecutive shutouts March 25-29, 1997. Trenton's Andrew Allen tied the record for consecutive shutouts with three from February 5-14, 2003 and he had a scoreless streak of 199:40 from February 5-15, 2003.

Runners Up: Chris Madden, Long Beach (2-1-0, 1.33 GAA, .968 save pct.) and Todd Ford, Pensacola (2-0-0, 1.50 GAA, .945 save pct.).

Also Nominated: Adam Munro (Atlantic City), Jason Saal (Augusta), Kelly Guard (Charlotte), Andrew Penner (Dayton), T.J. Aceti (Gwinnett), David Currie (Johnstown), Marc Magliarditi (Las Vegas), Jason Wolfe (Mississippi), Chris Beckford-Tseu (Peoria), Barry Brust (Reading), Trevor Koenig (San Diego), Maxime Daigneault (South Carolina), Phi
l Osaer (Texas) and Chris Houle (Trenton).

ECHL Stories from November 9, 2004

• Royals Suspend Sullivan - Reading Royals
• First Place Condors Prepare to Host Three Key Games - Bakersfield Condors
• Gulls' affiliate brings hockey to So. Cal - San Diego Gulls
• Bullies Crush Stingrays 5-2 - Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies
• Gladiators Hold on For 5-4 Shootout Win - Atlanta Gladiators
• Lynx Announce Opening Night: Part II Festivities - Augusta Lynx
• Dayton Bombers Participate in Young Readers' Day - Dayton Bombers
• Less Than 900 Tickets Remain For Friday's Game - Johnstown Chiefs
• Mississippi Makes Three Roster Moves - Mississippi Sea Wolves
• ECHL Transactions - ECHL
• Wheeling's Reynolds Suspended Five Games - ECHL
• Reading's Rome Suspended Two Games - ECHL
• Rivermen Purchase AHL Franchise from the NHL's St. Louis Blues - Peoria Rivermen
• Dayton Bombers Launch Redesigned Website - Dayton Bombers
• Yummy Media brings San Diego Gulls to the computer desktop - San Diego Gulls
• Gwinnett Game Rescheduled - Louisiana IceGators
• Sabourin named ECHL Saver of the Week - Wheeling Nailers
• Ford Called Up to St.John's of the AHL - Pensacola Ice Pilots
• Nailers' Sabourin Named Reebok Hockey ECHL Saver of the Week - ECHL
• Greenville's St. Pierre Named In Glas Co. ECHL Player of the Week - ECHL
• St. Pierre receives league top honor - Greenville Grrrowl
• ECHL Today - ECHL

The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.