Rockford Reassigns Hildebrand to Indy
December 21, 2016 - ECHL (ECHL)
Indy Fuel News Release
INDIANAPOLIS - The American Hockey League's Rockford IceHogs announced Wednesday afternoon that they have reassigned goaltender Jake Hildebrand to the ECHL's Indy Fuel. The two-time CCM/ECHL Goaltender of the Week appeared in three games with the IceHogs, posting a 0-1-1-0 record, 4.55 goals against average and .868 save percentage. In his first AHL start on Dec. 7 against San Antonio, Hildebrand tallied 36 saves in a 3-2 shootout loss to the Rampage.
Hildebrand, 23, compiled a 7-4-1-1 record along with a 2.89 goals against average and a .912 save percentage with the Fuel. He recorded his first professional shutout with a 37-save performance in Alaska on Nov. 12. The product of Michigan State University made his professional debut last spring with the Allen Americans, posting a 5-1-0-0 record, 2.31 goals against average and .925 save percentage in six appearances. Hildebrand saw action in eight playoff games in 2016, including a 3-2 record en route to the Americans' second straight Kelly Cup championship. With the Spartans, Hildebrand became the first player to be named Team MVP in each of his four years at school, in addition to earning NCAA First Team All American, Big Ten Player and Goaltender of the Year honors in 2014-15.
Defensemen Keevin Cutting, 24, saw action in seven games with Indy, posting a -3 +/- rating. Cutting will join former teammate Tyler Currier in Wheeling to fulfill Indy's obligations of the trade that brought forward Josh Shalla to Indy on December 17.
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