Trenton's Rudkowsky Named East Coast Hockey League Goalie of the Week
January 13, 2003 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release
PRINCETON, N.J. - Trenton's Cody Rudkowsky is the East Coast Hockey League Goalie of the Week for January 6-12.
The 24-year-old Rudkowsky was 3-0 with a 2.00 goals against average and a ..938 save percentage as Trenton went 3-1 on its four-game road trip.
Rudkowsky opened the week making 31 saves in a 4-3 win at Charlotte on Tuesday. He made 31 saves in a 4-2 win at Columbia on Thursday and had 29 saves in a 3-1 win at South Carolina on Friday.
The 6-1 and 201-pound Rudkowsky is 12-2-5 and ranks seventh in the ECHL with a 2.58 goals against average and has a .918 save percentage.
Rudkowsky opened 2002-03 with Trenton, making 15 saves in the Titans' 4-3 season-opening win over Richmond on October 11. He was called up to Worcester of the American Hockey League on October 14, but did not appear in a game before being called up to St. Louis of the National Hockey League. He won his NHL debut on October 24 making 10 saves after entering the game in the second period to replace former Peoria teammate Curtis Sanford, who was forced to leave because of injury. Rudkowsky is the only player in history to win in the ECHL, win in the NHL and return to win in the ECHL all in the same season.
Runners Up: Kyle Kettles, Louisiana (1-0, 0.00 GAA, 1.000 save pct), Alfie Michaud, Peoria (2-0, 1.50 GAA, .953 save pct) and Doug Teskey, Toledo (3-0, 2.29 GAA, .941 save pct)
Also Nominated: Matthew Yeats (Atlantic City), David Brumby (Augusta), Niklas Sundberg (Baton Rouge), Scott Meyer (Charlotte), Patrick Couture (Columbia), Shane Bendera (Dayton), Tyrone Garner (Jackson), Greg Gardner (Mississippi), Ron Vogel (Pee Dee), Maxime Gingras (Pensacola), Jeff Sanger (Reading), Marc Magliarditi (Richmond), Kirk Daubenspeck (South Carolina), and Tyler McKay (Wheeling).
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