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Lindberg Honored As Hockey East Goaltender Of the Month
February 04, 2021 | Hockey
The netminder led the nation on goals against average and save percentage in January.
AMHERST, Mass. – University of Massachusetts hockey junior Filip Lindberg has been tabbed the Hockey East Goaltender of the Month for January, the league office announced on Thursday. Lindberg, is the third Minuteman to earn a monthly award this season, joining Bobby Trivigno and Josh Lopina who were honored for their November/ December performances.
Lindberg started four of nine games for UMass in January and went 2-0-2 with a shootout win and a shootout loss, all against ranked foes. He posted the best goals-against average (0.48) and save percentage (.980) in the nation last month, letting up just two goals on 98 shots over 250 minutes of action. The two-time Hockey East Defensive Player of the Week posted two shutouts last month to lead the league.
The Espoo, Finland native did not allow more than one goal in any of his four starts. In back-to-back overtime games against #18 Providence, Lindberg allowed just one goal in 130:00 of work and secured a shootout win for the Minutemen, denying each of the Friars' five shot attempts.
He posted his second shutout of the month with 16 saves in a 5-0 win over #16 UMass Lowell and followed up with 28 stops in a 2-1 victory against the River Hawks in Lowell, UMass' first win in the Tsongas Center since 2011.
Lindberg started four of nine games for UMass in January and went 2-0-2 with a shootout win and a shootout loss, all against ranked foes. He posted the best goals-against average (0.48) and save percentage (.980) in the nation last month, letting up just two goals on 98 shots over 250 minutes of action. The two-time Hockey East Defensive Player of the Week posted two shutouts last month to lead the league.
The Espoo, Finland native did not allow more than one goal in any of his four starts. In back-to-back overtime games against #18 Providence, Lindberg allowed just one goal in 130:00 of work and secured a shootout win for the Minutemen, denying each of the Friars' five shot attempts.
He posted his second shutout of the month with 16 saves in a 5-0 win over #16 UMass Lowell and followed up with 28 stops in a 2-1 victory against the River Hawks in Lowell, UMass' first win in the Tsongas Center since 2011.
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