NCAA Hockey: Top Five Plays
NCAA hockey: Cornell's Mitch Gillam leads stars of the week
The Peterborough, Ontario native posted a pair of shutouts in ECAC Hockey action over the weekend. On Friday against 10th-ranked Yale, the junior goaltender registered 30 saves in handing the Bulldogs their first shutout on the season in a 0-0 tie. On Saturday, Gillam made 27 saves without allowing a goal in a 1-0 victory against the Brown Bears. With the two consecutive shutouts he now has held the opposition scoreless in his last 167:31 in the net. On the season, Gillam has a 1.59 goals-against average, which is good for seventh in the nation and a .938 save percentage to go along with three shutouts.
The junior forward led the Huskies to a tie and a win against in-state rival Michigan State in non-conference play. In Saturday’s 5-4 overtime victory against the Spartans, Heinonen scored two goals, including the game-ender, and added two assists. In the last four minutes of Sunday’s 4-4 thriller, he scored a goal and added an assist to bring Michigan Tech back from a two-goal deficit to gain the tie. On the weekend, he finished with six points on three goals and three assists to go along with 13 shots on goal and a +5 rating. He now leads the team in scoring with 12 points on seven goals and five assists.
The senior from Niles, Illinois was instrumental in the Bulldogs’ weekend sweep of Colorado College. In the 5-0 shutout on Friday in Colorado Springs, he had two goals and an assist for Minnesota Duluth. He added four points on two goals and two assists in Saturday’s 6-0 shutout to seal the series against the Tigers. For the weekend he had seven points on four goals and three assists in addition to seven shots on goal and a +6 rating. On the season, Farley is tied for the team lead with 13 points on eight goals and five assists.
