3 wins, 3 shutouts for Laker goalie
Another win, another shutout for freshman goalie Nick Kossoff of the Lake Superior State Lakers.
Playing in their second of two games at the Catamount Cup in Burlington, Vermont on Wednesday, Lake Superior State got 28 saves from Kossoff to blank the Brown University Bears 3-0.
The win gave the Lakers an even 1-1 record at the annual Catamount Cup event. Lake Superior State had dropped its Catamount Cup opener, losing 1-0 to tournament-host University of Vermont Catamounts on Tuesday.
The two games mark the final non-conference matches of the season for the Lakers, who will now concentrate on Western Collegiate Hockey Association league play for the balance of the 2015-2016 campaign.
As for Kossoff, his third shutout of the season was also his third victory of the campaign.
To be sure, Kossoff has sparkling numbers with a 1.74 goals against average and .931 save percentage to go with a record of 3-3-1 as a Laker freshman.
The lanky puck-stopper, who stands in at 6-foot-3, 190 pounds and has a 1996 birth date, has made a quick adjustment to the Division 1, National Collegiate Athletic Association level at Lake Superior State after playing a single season in the North American Hockey League for the erstwhile Keystone Ice Miners.
SECOND HALF
As they eye the second half of the 2015-2016 season, the Lakers have a heavy WCHA schedule that features 16 games — eight at home and eight on the road.
The Lakers will head into conference play in 2016 with a 4-4-4 record from 12 games (they have an overall mark of 7-11-4 in 22 outings) which has them tied for sixth place in the 10-team WCHA with 12 points.
Tied with Alaska-Anchorage for sixth spot, the Lakers are within two points of fifth place Northern Michigan and have two games in hand on the Wildcats
The Lakers will begin 2016 with four straight games at home — January 8-9 against second-place Bowling Green and January 16-17 against aforementioned Alaska-Anchorage.
PHOTO: Lakers goalie Nick Kossoff is having an outstanding freshman season for Lake Superior State.
Lakers have as good a 1 – 2 punch in the nets with Nick and Gordy. GO LAKERS!!