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Victoria's Boxma Named Rbk Hockey ECHL Goaltender Of The Week

February 28, 2006 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release


PRINCETON, N.J. - B.J. Boxma of the Victoria Salmon Kings is the Rbk Hockey ECHL Goaltender of the Week for February 20-26.

The 24-year-old went 2-0-1 with an overtime win, a shootout win and an overtime loss while posting a goals against of 2.49 and a save percentage of .924 in games against Alaska and Las Vegas, who rank first and second, respectively, in the ECHL in points and were the first two teams to quality for the Kelly Cup Playoffs.

The 6-foot and 200-pound Boxma made 30 saves in regulation, including all 10 shots in the third period, and stopped two shots in overtime as the Salmon Kings won 3-2 in overtime at Las Vegas, only the fifth loss in 22 games at home for the Wranglers. After making 33 saves in regulation and stopping two of three shots in overtime of a 3-2 loss to Alaska on Feb. 24, Boxma had 25 saves in regulation and stopped all five shots in overtime before denying four of five shooters in the shootout of a 4-3 win against the Aces on Feb. 25.

In his first full season with Victoria and in the ECHL, Boxma improved to 4-11-4 and lowered his goals against to 3.20 while raising his save percentage to .900 in 21 games.

He played at the University of Alberta in 2004-05 and at Grant MacEwan College in 2003-04. He played professionally in 2002-03 and was 0-1-0 with goals against of 6.77 and save percentage of .853 in two games with Reading of the ECHL and 0-1-0 with goals against of 9.79 and save percentage of .714 in one game with Manchester of the American Hockey League. He also played for Long Beach of the West Coast Hockey League where he was 12-13-0 with a shutout, a goals against of 3.56 and a save percentage of .879 in 26 games.

The native of Edson, Alberta played four seasons in the Western Hockey League with Edmonton from 1997-98, with Kootenay from 1998-2002 and with Swift Current from 2000-02. He helped Kootenay win the WHL Championship and the Memorial Cup in 2001-02 going 16-6 with goals against of 2.22 and save percentage of .910.

Runners Up: Marc Magliarditi, Las Vegas (2-0-1, 1.62 GAA, .943 save pct.), Yutaka Fukufuji, Reading (1-0-1, 1.44 GAA, .955 save pct.) and Alfie Michaud, Utah (3-0-1, 1.050, .960 save pct.).

Also Nominated: Matt Underhill (Alaska), Jason Wolfe (Augusta), Cam Ellsworth (Greenville), Sean Fields (Gwinnett), Tom Lawson (San Diego), Davis Parley (South Carolina), Drew MacIntyre (Toledo), Rejean Beauchemin (Trenton) and Andy Franck (Wheeling).

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