Szuper Earns Oakley CHL Goaltender of the Week Honors for Second Time in Three Weeks
December 7, 2010 - Central Hockey League (CHL)
Arizona Sundogs News Release
PRESCOTT VALLEY, Ariz. - The Arizona Sundogs, in conjunction with the Central Hockey League, today announced that goaltender Levente Szuper has earned Oakley CHL Goaltender of the Week honors for the second time in three weeks.
Szuper appeared in net in two of Arizona's three games last week, compiling a 1-0-1 record and allowing just two goals on 69 shots for a .971 save percentage (SV%) and 0.96 goals against average (GAA).
On Thursday Szuper turned aside 30 of 31 shots through 65 minutes of action and three or four skaters in a shootout as Arizona earned a point in a 2-1 shootout loss to the Laredo Bucks.
Szuper followed up Thursday's outing with a 38-save performance in Saturday's night's 7-1 win over the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees, giving up a power-play goal in the third period after holding Rio Grande Valley scoreless for nearly 47 minutes.
The Budapest, Hungary, native has just one regulation loss in his last six starts, going 4-1-1 in that span.
Allowing just 17 goals in eight appearances this season, Szuper is 4-2-2 on the year and leads all netminders in both save percentage (.940) and goals against average (2.07).
The 5-foot-9, 175-pound backstop becomes the first two-time award winner this season and the first since Bossier-Shreveport's John DeCaro did so late last season.
Currently riding a two-game win streak, Arizona (8-9-3) continues a six-game road trip tonight at 6:05pm (Arizona time) against the Odessa Jackalopes (8-12-1). Listen to the game live online at www.cattlecountryradio.com and on KDDL 'Cattle Country' 94.3FM, the Official Radio Home of Arizona Sundogs Hockey.
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- Odessa Deals Arizona First Regulation Loss in Nine Road Games, 5-3 - Arizona Sundogs
- Point Earned Down South in 3-2 OT Loss - Fort Worth Brahmas
- Bucks Beat Brahmas in OT - Laredo Bucks
- Szuper Earns Oakley CHL Goaltender of the Week Honors for Second Time in Three Weeks - Arizona Sundogs
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