MACINTYRE AND WELCH RECEIVE CCHA WEEKLY ACCOLADES
Pair of Ferris State Skaters Earn Player of the Week Kudos
Ferris State University freshman Derek MacIntyre (Stanwood, Mich.) has been named this week's (Dec. 13) Central Collegiate Hockey Association's (CCHA) Goaltender of the Week while freshman defenseman Adam Welch (Hastings, Minn.) was chosen as the CCHA Rookie of the Week in an announcement made by the league office.
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| Derek MacIntyre |
MacIntyre registered a career-high 34 saves in last Saturday's (Dec. 11) 2-1 victory at Miami (Ohio) en route to garnering Perani Cup third star of the game recognition. MacIntyre, who sports a current 2-3-0 mark with a 3.28 goals against average (17 goals allowed) and an .896 saves percentage (146 total saves) in seven contests this campaign, posted a .971 save percentage in Saturday's encounter as the Bulldogs notched their first road victory of the season. MacIntyre's previous game best was a 33-save performance against Ohio State (10/16). The 6-2, 204-pound netminder was an eighth-round draft pick of the San Jose Sharks in the 2004 National Hockey League (NHL) Entry Draft and was selected as the nation's fifth-best incoming frosh goaltender by Inside College Hockey for the 2004-05 season.
Welch recorded a +4 plus/minus rating in last weekend's (Dec. 10-11) two-game set as Ferris notched a tie and win versus the RedHawks. The 6-3, 205-pound defenseman scored his first collegiate goal in Saturday's (Dec. 11) contest while serving as a part of a penalty-killing unit which held Miami to no power-play markers in 10 such opportunities. Welch was +2 in each series' game and tallied a game-tying goal early in the third period. In 15 outings this season, Welch has one point (1-0--1) and with a +6 plus/minus rating.  |
| Adam Welch |
MacIntyre and Welch join senior goaltender Mike Brown (Calgary, Alberta) as current FSU skaters to attain CCHA Player of the Week laurels in the 2004-05 season. Brown was named CCHA Goaltender of the Week (Nov. 1) for his efforts in a league home-and-home series split with Michigan.
Ferris State, which is 6-10-2 overall and 3-7-2 in the CCHA this season to date, is presently idle until Dec. 31-Jan. 1 when the Bulldogs will participate in the 16th annual Badger Hockey Showdown at Wisconsin's Kohl Center in Madison, Wis. FSU, the defending tourney champions, will skate against the Clarkson Golden Knights in Friday's (Dec. 31) first-round opening contest at 5:05 p.m. (EST) while host Wisconsin battles Yale in the second game at 8:05 p.m. (EST). The third-place and championship outings are slated for Saturday (Jan. 1) at 5:05 p.m. (EST) and 8:05 p.m. (EST), respectively.
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