AHL Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins

Sabourin wins Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award

Published on April 16, 2006 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins News Release


WILKES-BARRE, PA - Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins goaltender Dany Sabourin has won the Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award for the 2005-06 season, it was announced Sunday by the American Hockey League. Since 1972, the award has been presented to the goaltender(s) appearing in at least 25 games for the team which allows the fewest goals in the regular season.

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, which finished their regular season with a record of 51-18-5-6, allowed just 178 goals in 2005-06, more than 30 goals fewer than any other AHL team. The 178 goals allowed also sets a new team record for fewest goals allowed in a season, 29 fewer than the 197 allowed by the 2001-02 team.

Sabourin was the only one of the Penguins' four goaltenders this season to qualify for the award, playing in 49 games. Sabourin, also a First Team AHL All-Star and winner of the Aldege "Baz" Bastien Award as the top goaltender in the American Hockey League, posted a record of 30-14-4 with a league-leading 2.26 goals-against average, a league-leading .922 save percentage and four shutouts (tied for third). He set new team records for wins (30), consecutive wins (nine, from Oct. 9-Dec. 12), consecutive road wins (eight, from Oct. 9-Dec. 2) and longest unbeaten streak (nine games, from Oct. 9-Dec. 12) this year.

The Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award, which was first awarded in 1948 to the goaltender with the best goals-against average in the AHL, is named for Hockey Hall of Famer Harry "Hap" Holmes, a prominent figure in early professional hockey and an outstanding goaltender of his time. Previous winners or co-winners of the award include Gil Mayer (1951, '53, '54, '55, '56), Johnny Bower (1957, '58), Marcel Paille (1961, '62), Gerry Cheevers (1965), Pete Peeters (1979), Pelle Lindbergh (1981), Olaf Kolzig (1994), Mike Dunham (1995), Manny Legace (1996), Jean-Sebastien Giguere (1998), Martin Biron (1999), Mika Noronen (2001) and Jason LaBarbera (2005).

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