South Carolina's Daubenspeck Named Sun National Bank ECHL Saver of the Month
November 3, 2002 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release
PRINCETON, N.J. - Kirk Daubenspeck of the South Carolina Stingrays is the Sun National Bank East Coast Hockey League Saver of the Month for October.
Daubenspeck went 6-0-0 with a 2.72 goals against average and a .913 save percentage while helping the Stingrays to a 6-0-0 start and first place in the Southeast Division. The 6-0-0 start is the best ever in the team's 10-year history. He finished the month leading the league with three shootout wins and tied for the league lead with six wins.
He opened the month making 25 saves in a 5-4 shootout win at Pee Dee on October 11 and the following night made 27 saves in a 7-6 shootout win at defending Kelly Cup Champion Greenville. He made 25 saves in a 3-2 shootout win against Columbia on October 19.
Daubenspeck earned ECHL Goalie of the Week honors on October 28 after going 3-0-0 while lowering his goals against average to 2.72 and raising his save percentage to .913. He made 28 saves in a 4-2 win against Greenville on October 22 and had 31 saves in a 5-1 win over Augusta on October 25. He closed out the month making 43 saves in a 4-2 win against Roanoke on October 26 while playing every minute in net for South Carolina.
Runners-up: Patrick Couture, Columbia (6-2-0, 2.80 GAA, .908 save pct.), Greg Gardner, Mississippi (6-2-0, 2.73 GAA, .917 save pct.) and Brian Finley, Toledo (4-0-0, 1.81 GAA, .938 save pct.)
Others Nominated: Jason Saal (Arkansas), Geoffrey Faulkner (Augusta), Jeff Blair (Baton Rouge), Niklas Sundberg (Charlotte), Mark Kielkucki (Cincinnati), Shane Bendera (Dayton), Rob Zepp (Florida), Daniel Berthiaume (Greensboro), Tyrone Garner (Jackson), Peter Aubry (Johnstown), Mike Smith (Lexington), Frederic Cloutier (Louisiana), Matt Underhill (Pee Dee), Maxime Gingras (Pensacola), Duane Derksen (Peoria), Scott Fankhouser (Reading), Marc Magliarditi (Richmond), Sebastien LaPlante (Roanoke), David St. Germain (Trenton), and Mike Valley (Wheeling).
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