UHL names monthly award winners
Published on January 5, 2007 under International Hockey League 2 (IHL 2) News Release
LAKE ST. LOUIS, MO--- The United Hockey League (UHL) announced Friday that Quad City Mallards right wing Don Parsons has been named Sher-Wood UHL Player of the Month and Muskegon Fury goaltender Clayton Pool has been named Southern Sports Supply UHL Goaltender of the Month for December.
Parsons completed the month with 21 points (16g, 5a) and a plus-4 rating in 14 games played. He had five multi-goal games during the month, including a league season high four goals on December 20th in the 7-1 win vs. Bloomington. He netted two game-winning games in December, including two goals in a span of 31 seconds during the final two minutes of the 4-2 win vs. Muskegon on New Year's Eve. Parsons also reached a historic milestone when he scored his 600th career goal on December 15th. The Boston, Massachussetts native became just the third American born player at any level of professional hockey to score 600 goals in a career. He has since become the leading American born goal scorer in minor professional hockey history. Parsons, who turns 38 this month, currently leads the UHL with 25 goals and 16 power play goals this season. He ranks seventh in scoring with 35 points (25g, 10a) in 29 games played. He was also recently named to the Western Conference team for the 2007 UHL All-Star Classic.
Other players nominated for the Sher-Wood UHL Player of the Month include: Bloomington forward Alex Goupil, Chicago center Maris Ziedins, Elmira right wing Brent Cullaton, Flint left wing Jeff Zehr, Fort Wayne center J.C. Ruid, Kalamazoo left wing Lucas Drake, Muskegon left wing Mike Watt, Port Huron right wing Bobby Kukulka, and Rockford right wing Nicolas Corbeil.
Pool finished the month with 9-2-0 record, a 2.00 goals against average (GAA), a .937 save percentage (SPCT), and two shutouts. At one point in December, he had a six-game winning streak. He earned back-to-back shutouts on the road as he stopped all 34 Flint shots on December 8th, then stopped all 35 Bloomington shots on December 15th. Including the two shutouts, Pool did not allow a goal on the road in 194:50 minutes of game action which is nearly ten periods of play. The 28-year-old native of Abbotsford, British Columbia has yet to lose a game on the road this season (14-0-0). He currently leads all UHL goaltenders in GAA (2.00), SPCT (.935), wins (22), and is tied for the league lead in shutouts (3). It is the second consecutive monthly honor for Pool who was also recently named to the Eastern Conference team for the 2007 UHL All-Star Classic.
Other goaltenders nominated for the Southern Sports Supply UHL Goaltender of the Month include: Chicago's Marty Magers, Elmira's David Lemanowicz, Flint's Jason Muzzatti, Fort Wayne's Kevin St. Pierre, Kalamazoo's Tom Askey, Port Huron's Dustin Traylen, Quad City's Jason Tapp, and Rockford's Frederic Cloutier.
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