PRINCETON, N.J. - Mississippi goaltender Greg Gardner is the ITECH HOCKEY ECHL Saver of the Week for December 15-21.
Under contract to Rochester of the American Hockey League, Gardner was 2-0-0 with a shutout, a 1.50 goals against average and a .948 save percentage as the Sea Wolves went 3-0-0, extending their winning streak to four games and their road unbeaten streak to an ECHL season-high six games. Gardner is 3-0-0 with a 1.33 goals against average in the last 10 games during which Mississippi has gone 9-0-1 to improve to 17-8-5 and move atop the ECHL with 39 points, tied with Gwinnett (18-8-3) for first place in the Central Division of the Western Conference, and with Florida (17-6-5) of the Southern Division in the Eastern Conference.
The 6-0 and 190-pound Gardner made 34 saves and picked up his second shutout, tying him for the ECHL lead, in a 4-0 win against Columbus on Saturday. He returned between the pipes on Sunday and stopped 21 shots in a 6-3 win over Pensacola.
Gardner is 10-6-3 with a 2.56 goals against average and a .920 save percentage while ranking fifth in the ECHL with 564 saves in 19 games.
In 2002-03 with Mississippi, Gardner was 32-17-4 with a 2.77 goals against average in 55 regular season games. He ranked second in the ECHL with 32 wins while ranking third with 3,140 minutes, 1,651 saves and a .919 save percentage. He was 8-4 with a 2.03 goals against average and helped the Sea Wolves advance to the Southern Conference Finals of the Kelly Cup Playoffs.
Runners Up: Tyler Masters, Cincinnati (1-0-0, 1.00 GAA, .971 save pct.) and Brent Krahn, Las Vegas (1-0-0, 0.92 GAA, .972 save pct.).
Also Nominated: Lance Mayes (Alaska), Scott Stirling (Atlantic City), Jason Saal (Augusta), David St. Germain (Charlotte), Jamie Hodson (Greensboro), Blair Allison (Idaho), Brian Eklund (Pensacola), Mike Valley (Peoria), Cody Rudkowsky (Reading), Davis Parley (Texas), Andrew Allen (Trenton) and Nick Boucher (Wheeling).
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