OAKLEY CENTRAL HOCKEY LEAGUE GOALTENDER OF THE WEEK ANNOUNCED
Oklahoma City’s Doug Groenestege Earns Weekly Award
The Central Hockey League announced today that the recipient for the Oakley CHL Goaltender of the Week for the period ending March 8th, 2009 is Doug Groenestege of the Oklahoma City Blazers.
Groenestege had a whirlwind of a 72 hour period starting in three straight games in a three-in-three weekend that saw the Blazers and Groenestege go 3-0. The Stratford, Ontario native allowed just one goal in wins over Wichita and Amarillo and then made 30 saves and stopped five of six shooters in a the Blazers 4-3 shootout win over New Mexico. The Sher-Wood/CHL Goaltender of the Month for November made 82 saves for a .943 save percentage. This is the second time that Groenestege has won the weekly goaltending award (won for the week of February 16th). On the season, the first-year Blazer leads the league with a 2.08 goals against average and sits with a 21-5-4 record.
In recognition of their achievement, both Nelson and Groenestege will receive a special gift from Oakley.
Oakley CHL Goaltender of the Week
Doug Groenestege, Oklahoma City Blazers
Position: G
(Weekly Totals)
Games Played: 3
Record: 3-0-0
GAA: 1.48
Save %: 0.943
Saves: 82 of 87
Previous Winners of the Oakley CHL Goaltender of the Week
Oct. 20 – Juha Toivonen, Odessa Jackalopes
Oct. 27 – Andy Franck, Oklahoma City Blazers
Nov. 3 – Alexandre Vincent, Odessa Jackalopes
Nov. 10 – Kevin Beech, Mississippi RiverKings
Nov. 17 – Sebastien Centomo, Laredo Bucks
Nov. 24 – Andrew Penner, Colorado Eagles
Dec. 1 – Juha Toivonen, Odessa Jackalopes
Dec. 8 – Alexandre Vincent, Odessa Jackalopes
Dec. 15 – Dustin Traylen, Corpus Christi IceRays
Dec. 22 – Tim Boron, Wichita Thunder
Dec. 29 – Marco Emond, Arizona Sundogs
Jan. 5 – Marco Emond, Arizona Sundogs
Jan. 12 – Kevin Beech, Mississippi RiverKings
Jan. 19 – Brett Jaeger, Texas Brahmas
Jan. 26 – Kris Tebbs, Corpus Christi IceRays
Feb. 2 – Ken Carroll, Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs
Feb. 9 – Christian Boucher, Rio Grande Valley
Feb. 16 – Doug Groenestege, Oklahoma City Blazers
Feb. 23 – Kyle McNulty, New Mexico Scorpions
Mar. 2 – Jon Horrell, Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs
Mar. 9 – Doug Groenestege, Oklahoma City Blazers