Sabourin named ECHL Saver of the Week

November 2, 2004 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release

PRINCETON, N.J. - Dany Sabourin of Wheeling is the Reebok Hockey ECHL Saver of the Week for October 25-31.

Sabourin posted back-to-back 2-1 shootout wins, finishing the week 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 2-1-0 with a goals-against average of 1.59 and a save percentage of .946 while leading the league in shootout wins with two.

In the home opener for Wheeling on Saturday, the 24-year-old Sabourin made 30 saves in regulation and two saves in overtime before stopping eight of the nine shooters in the shootout as Wheeling beat Toledo 2-1 for its first win of the season. The 6-4 and 200-pound Sabourin 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 Sunday. The Atlantic City goal was inadvertently scored by the Nailers, who knocked the puck into the empty net vacated by Sabourin on a delayed penalty.

Sabourin played his first NHL game with Calgary on October 29, 2003, stopping 19 of 20 shots in the first two periods and finishing with 24 saves in a 4-3 overtime loss at Dallas. Winless in four NHL games with Calgary, Sabourin also played in the American Hockey League with Lowell, going 5-7-2 with a goal-against average of 2.85 and a save percentage of .904, and in the ECHL with Las Vegas, finishing 6-3-1 with a goals-against average of 2.35 and a save percentage of .937.

Runners Up: Peter Aubry, Alaska (2-0-0, 1.50 GAA, .944 save pct.) and Maxime Daigneault, South Carolina (2-0-0, 1.50 GAA, .952 save pct.).

Also Nominated: Jake Moreland (Atlantic City), Jason Saal (Augusta), Kelly Guard (Charlotte), Mike Ayers (Dayton), Simon Lajeunesse (Fresno), T.J. Aceti (Gwinnett), Randy Hevey (Mississippi), Frederic Cloutier (Pensacola), Nick Boucher (Pee Dee), Alfie Michaud (Peoria), Barry Brust (Reading), Trevor Koenig (San Diego), Davis Parley (Texas), Scott Fankhouser (Toledo), and Andrew Allen (Trenton).

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