Here's a list of the Goaltender statistics going into the NCAA Tournament. Eighteen goaltenders listed -- Vermont had a platoon going to start the season, they are going with Hoffman now, but I included both since their stats are identical. And I kept Billet just to aggravate everyone. I'm kidding! He shows up among the NCAA leaders still so I just left him in. (Asterisk denotes: Starter*, Back-Up**) Faragher and Shafer for St Cloud and Robert Morris do not, however, show up among the NCAA leaders.
GP W-L-T GA SV SV% GAA Connor Hellebuyck UML 27 17-8-2 47 773 0.943 1.73 Michael Garteig, QP 39 24-9-6 74 768 0.912 1.89 Adam Wilcox,Minnesota 34 23-5-6 65 912 0.933 1.91 Cole Huggins, Minn St 33 21-7-1 58 709 0.924 1.91 Colin Stevens, Union 32 24-4-2 60 810 0.931 1.96 Steven Summerhays ND 37 21-13-2 72 888 0.925 2.00 Brody Hoffman,Vermont* 19 10-7-2 37 471 0.927 2.01 Joel Rumpel, Wis 28 21-5-1 56 743 0.930 2.03 Zane Gothberg, NoDak 30 18-9-3 59 708 0.923 2.05 Sam Brittain, Denver 38 19-13-6 81 1110 0.932 2.11 Thatcher Demko, BC* 21 14-4-3 45 528 0.921 2.13 Jon Gillies, Prov 32 18-8-5 70 914 0.929 2.20 C.J. Motte, Ferris St 38 27-8-3 86 1074 0.926 2.25 Charlie Finn, Colgate 28 16-7-4 65 711 0.916 2.40 Brian Billett, BC** 17 12-3-1 37 427 0.920 2.42 Mike Santaquida, Vt** 19 10-7-2 46 476 0.912 2.46 Ryan Faragher ST CLOUD 33 19-8-4 87 840 0.906 2.76 Terry Shafer, R MORRIS 35 14-15-5 95 971 0.911 3.02
Chartology
The #1 Seeds: Minnesota comes in with the third ranked goalie Adam Wilcox, followed by Union's Colin Stevens at #5, Joel Stumpel of Wisconsin #8, and Thatcher Demko at #11.
In the Northeast, #1 ranked Connor Hellebuyck goes against Cole Huggins (Minn. St) at #4, while Denver and BC are at #10 and #11, respectively. Denver's Sam Brittain has the most saves (1110) coming in, allowing the fourth most goals (81), has the third best save percentage (.932) and 19 wins.
Goals Against Averages
Northeast: 1.94
East: 1.98
Midwest: 2.15
West: 2.29
Total Goals Allowed
Northeast: 231
East: 241
Midwest: 266
West: 319
Save Percentages
West: .919
Midwest: .924
East: .925
Northeast: .930
Will follow up with Offense so we can truly determine the Group of Death by the numbers.
Boston College Eagles NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament 2014