UW's Geoffrion, UND's Lamoureux, UW's McDonagh Named Red Baron WCHA Players of the Week
Wisconsin's Blake Geoffrion is the WCHA Offensive Player of the Week |
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Dec. 4, 2007
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Red Baron WCHA Offensive Player of the Week
Blake Geoffrion
So., F, Wisconsin
MADISON, Wisc. - University of Wisconsin center iceman Blake Geoffrion, who produce four scoring points as an offensive catalyst in the Badgers' two-game conference sweep over St. Cloud State University last weekend, has been named the Red Baron WCHA Offensive Player of the Week for Dec. 4-10.
A 6-2, 195-pound sophomore from Brentwood, Tenn., Geoffrion led the Badgers with one goal and three assists, fired eight shots on goal and earned a +3 plus-minus rating in the back-to-back, come-from-behind victories.
In a 3-2 victory at the Kohl Center last Friday (Nov. 30) night, the Nashville Predators' (NHL) draftee scored a game-tying goal at 4:15 of the third period that knotted the score at 2-2. He then came back last Saturday (Dec. 1) evening to set up three of Wisconsin's four goals as the Badgers overcame a 3-2 third period defict to win 4-3. One of his three assists came on teammate Josh Engel's game-winning goal at 17:32 of the final period.
Geoffrion, who ranks third in team scoring so far this season with six goals, eight assists and 14 points in 14 games, is the grandson of Hockey Hall of Famer Bernie `Boom Boom' Geoffrion, who won six Stanley Cups with the Montreal Canadiens and is credited with popularizing the slap shot, and the great grandson of Canadiens' great Howie Morenz, another member of the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Also nominated this week were: Jimmy Kilpatrick, F, CC; Mike Howe, F, UM; Mick Berge, F, MSU; and Ryan Duncan, F, UND.
Red Baron WCHA Defensive Player of the Week
Jean-Philippe Lamoureux
Sr., G, North Dakota
MADISON, Wisc. - Veteran University of North Dakota goaltender Jean-Philippe Lamoureux, who stopped 63 of 65 shots on goal for a .969 saves percentage and posted four shutout periods in a conference road series against University of Denver last weekend, has been named Red Baron WCHA Defensive Player of the Week for Dec. 4-10. In addition, UND held the Pioneers to just one power-play goal in 12 series opportunities.
A 5-8, 152-pound senior from Grand Forks, N.D., Lamoureux was named the game's first star last Saturday (Nov. 1) night as he made 35 saves while leading the Fighting Sioux to a 3-1 victory over the host Pioneers. Included in his 35 saves were a third period total of 24, and he also had 11 stops on the power-play as UND blanked DU on all seven of its man-advantage opportunities.
Lamoureux also got the start between the pipes last Friday (Nov. 30) evening in Denver, surrending only one power-play goal while making 28 saves in a 1-0 setback.
On the 2007-08 season, Lamoureux ranks No. 1 among WCHA goaltenders overall in goals-against average at 1.52, is second in saves percentage at .940, and owns a 7-5-1 record over 751:10 of action.
Also nominated this week were: Brian Connelly, D, CC; Chris Butler, D, DU; Jeff Frazee, G, UM; and Mike Zacharias, G, MSU.
Red Baron WCHA Rookie of the Week
Ryan McDonagh
Fr., D, Wisconsin
MADISON, Wisc. - Ryan McDonagh, a defenseman at the University of Wisconsin, has been named Red Baron WCHA Rookie of the Week for Dec. 4-10 as a result of his strong play at both ends of the ice in a 3-2, 4-3 two-game conference sweep over visiting St. Cloud State University last weekend.
A 6-1, 203-pound freshman from Arden Hills, Minn., McDonagh earned a +4 plus-minus on-ice rating, collected two assists and fired four shots on goal in the series to help the host Badgers to a pair of come-from-behind victories over the Huskies on Nov. 30-Dec. 1. He had assists on both the game-tying and game-winning goals last Friday night at the Kohl Center. The only time St. Cloud State scored all weekend with McDonagh on the ice came during a Huskies' power-play.
On the 2007-08 season, McDonagh, a first round NHL Draft pick (12th overall) of the Montreal Canadiens in 2007, leads Wisconsin in plus-minus at +8 and is one point out of the team scoring lead among defensemen with three goals and five assists for eight points while playing in all 14 UW games.
Also nominated this week were: Richard Bachman, G, CC; Tyler Bozak, F, DU; and Rylan Galiardi, F, MSU.
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