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Wranglers' McKenna Named Rbk Hockey Goalie Of The Week

February 27, 2007 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release


PRINCETON, N.J. - Mike McKenna of the Las Vegas Wranglers is the Rbk Hockey ECHL Goaltender of the Week for Feb. 19-25, 2007. He becomes the first three-time winner having captured the award for Nov. 13-19 and Nov. 27-Dec. 3.

The St. Louis, Mo. native was 2-0-0 and stopped all 64 shots he faced to record his fourth and fifth shutouts of the season, tying him for the league lead. He helped Las Vegas go 2-0-1 to stay on top of the Pacific Division.

In his second professional season, the 23-year-old stopped all 22 shots he faced in a 5-0 win at Victoria on Feb. 21 and made 42 saves in a 3-0 win at Victoria on Feb. 24. The 42 stops is one off of his season high of 43 saves on Dec. 1 at Idaho and Jan. 6 at Phoenix.

The 6-foot-2 and 190-pound McKenna, who has not allowed a goal in 169:03, is 16-3-6 and leads the ECHL with a goals-against average of 2.14 and a save percentage of .934.

Selected in the sixth round (172nd overall) by the Nashville Predators in the 2002 National Hockey League Entry Draft, McKenna was 19-2-1 with a shutout, a goals-against average of 2.13 and a save percentage of .923 in 25 regular season games as a rookie with Las Vegas last season. He earned ECHL Rookie of the Month honors in December after going 6-0-0 with a shutout, a goals-against average of 2.33 and a save percentage of .919 in seven appearances. He was 1-1 with a goals-against average of 3.12 and a save percentage of .905 in four Kelly Cup Playoff games with the Wranglers.

Voted as the starting goaltender for the National Conference he made 17 saves in the ECHL All-Star Game. McKenna, who was selected to the All-Star Game in 2006 as well, has spent time in the American Hockey League this season with both Milwaukee and Omaha after playing last season with Norfolk.

He played four years at St. Lawrence University in the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference where he was 32-44-8 with a goals-against average of 3.01 and a save percentage of .905 save percentage in 95 games. He was named ECAC Rookie of the Week twice as a freshman in 2001-02.

Runners Up: Yutaka Fukufuji, Reading Royals (3-0-0, 1.67 GAA, .946 save pct.), Steve Silverthorn, Idaho Steelheads (3-0-0, 2.33 GAA, .920 save pct.) and Devan Dubnyk, Stockton Thunder (2-0-0, 2.50 GAA, .943 save pct.).

Also Nominated: Jamie Hodson (Bakersfield), Craig Kowalski (Florida), Scott Stirling (Fresno), Dan Turple (Gwinnett), Davis Parley (South Carolina), Dominic Vicari (Toledo), Gregg Naumenko (Trenton) and Rob McVicar (Utah).


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