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Shaw Named GPT Athlete of the Week
December 17, 2018 | Men's Ice Hockey
Senior goaltender Austin Shaw of the Princeton men's hockey team has been named the GoPrincetonTigers.com Athlete of the Week, presented by Coach USA.
Shaw faced his first top-10 team on Saturday in No. 9 Penn State, coming into the game as Princeton had a three-goal deficit. Shaw stopped all 21 shots he faced, including three in overtime, as the Tigers battled back to tie Penn State, 4-4.
This was Shaw's fourth career appearance in goal.
From TigerBlog:
That fourth goal led a goalie change, as senior Austin Shaw replaced starter Ryan Ferland, the MVP of the ECAC tournament last year.
Shaw had played just short of 27 minutes for his career prior to being inserted against the Nittany Lions, who were on a roll at that point. So what happened?
Well, Shaw would play the final 39:43 of regulation and the five minutes of overtime, for a total of 44:43. And he would not allow a goal.
Along the way, he made 21 saves, including three in the overtime. He played with a lot of confidence, something that grew as the night went on.
Even with Shaw's performance, it was still a 4-1 game until late in the second period and a 4-2 game until less than five minutes were left in the third. Princeton rallied, scoring twice 3:26 apart to force the eventual tie.
While Shaw was an unlikely hero, the night was also a showcase of Princeton's stars, who couldn't be more fun to watch, whether it's all the way at the top of an NHL arena (the kind in which they likely will be playing in the very near future) or much closer to the ice at Baker Rink.
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Shaw faced his first top-10 team on Saturday in No. 9 Penn State, coming into the game as Princeton had a three-goal deficit. Shaw stopped all 21 shots he faced, including three in overtime, as the Tigers battled back to tie Penn State, 4-4.
This was Shaw's fourth career appearance in goal.
From TigerBlog:
That fourth goal led a goalie change, as senior Austin Shaw replaced starter Ryan Ferland, the MVP of the ECAC tournament last year.
Shaw had played just short of 27 minutes for his career prior to being inserted against the Nittany Lions, who were on a roll at that point. So what happened?
Well, Shaw would play the final 39:43 of regulation and the five minutes of overtime, for a total of 44:43. And he would not allow a goal.
Along the way, he made 21 saves, including three in the overtime. He played with a lot of confidence, something that grew as the night went on.
Even with Shaw's performance, it was still a 4-1 game until late in the second period and a 4-2 game until less than five minutes were left in the third. Princeton rallied, scoring twice 3:26 apart to force the eventual tie.
While Shaw was an unlikely hero, the night was also a showcase of Princeton's stars, who couldn't be more fun to watch, whether it's all the way at the top of an NHL arena (the kind in which they likely will be playing in the very near future) or much closer to the ice at Baker Rink.
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