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Originally posted by Jigga Beef:
Who are everyone’s picks for goalie of the year?

For me I would say:

1) Dan Pyne-. In AAA play he had a 92.15 Save % (first among all starters) and 1.33 GAA playing 405 minutes. His defense was VERY good by not only limiting the number of shots he saw, but also making sure many of the shots were in low scoring percentage areas. So with such a good defense I wasn’t sure if he should be the goalie of the year, but after his play in the flyers cup final that sealed the deal for me. He made a number of stops late in the 3rd period on Nick Seravalli who made some great moves to get around those great La Salle defensemen and get open looks at the net.

2) Dave Donzanti- He wasn’t really on my radar during the regular season but he started to stand out to me in the ICSHL playoffs after playing well against Kennett and Salesianum. But what the game that impressed me most was the flyers cup game against Henderson where he made 30 saves, 18 of which were in the 2nd period. He played great in not only a flyers cup game but a huge neighborhood rivalry with over 800 people watching, and not only that managed to beat the defending state champion’s who had a very potent scoring attack. After that he played very solid against Shawnee making some on the doorstop saves and capped it off by playing solid against Rusin to win the flyers cup and carried that momentum into states to help win it for East.

3) Steve Boraske- Played 908 minutes in the regular season, made 483 saves for a 91.65 Save % and 2.18 GAA! Although Ridley’s defense was the stronger part of their team, they still gave up a decent number of shots and Boraske always played well, even managed to help his team beat Haverford High twice and was the only goalie who managed to shut them out all year, which was not an easy feat. He helped carried his team to their first flyers cup in a long time making 30 saves, some of which were Top 10 material and even took the game into overtime.

4) Robert Southerland- Again a goalie who had a great defense, but still impressed me. He played solid throughout the season, with a 90 save % and 2.54 goals against. He also played exceptional in the ICHSL playoffs, and made it a goaltenders dual. Before the Flyers Cup Rob would have been the #2 goalie on my list. I don’t think he played particularly bad in the flyers cup but Perk Valley just seemed to lose their spark and the whole team seemed to play uninspired, squeaking out 2 overtime wins against lesser opponents. I think he played his best game of the Flyer’s Cup in the loss to Rustin making 32 or so saves. I think Southerland might more goalie skill or talent compared to those above him on this list but just feel the 3 above him played better down the stretch.

5) Chris McCullough- Chris seemed to be more of a disappointment of this year. He still posed a 90 Save %, and 2.17 GAA but he just didn’t stand out to me as much as last year, his team also relied on him to win most of their games because they lacked a big goal scoring forward. He certainly had his games like shutting out O’hara when Coll was still healthy and taking his team into OT in the Flyers Cup Vs. Marple. I feel Chris like Rob Southerland may be a more talented goaltender’s in the area.

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Originally posted by Snipe:
HHFAN

Ziegler (your nominee for D of the year) and DeLuca are arguably as good a pair of defensemen as there are in this area for HS. It doesn't make sense that Sutherland would have had an MVP like season with those sort of players in front of him. I think you are talking Flyer's Cup Championship at a minimum to consider him an MVP type. Are you saying the players in front of him are over-rated?

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Originally posted by icehockeyisfun:
i say this because i was looking at most of his posts and whenever the name sutherland has come up he has jumped right on it and complimented him

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Originally posted by ralphy:
It really comes down to 2, Dan Pyne and David Donzanti.

WC East simply does not get to the State Title without Donzanti, he carried that team from the second half of the year on. Truly the definition of MVP.

Since the middle of his sophomore year, Pyne has been rock steady. That's with several pretty good goaltenders at LaSalle waiting in the wings. The argument can be made in the local AAA HS league that his team was so dominant that his talent wasn't always needed to carry his team. But it was evident in the FC final, where in a tight game, Pyne comes up with some really big saves to keep that game at 1 - 1 until LaSalle broke through in the third period. If HGP breaks through and takes a lead, the momentum could have carried them through to another title. Pyne's play made sure that didn't happen. I saw about a dozen LaSalle AAA games where he played and he didn't give up a soft goal. He is the "defending" goalie of the year, did nothing to lose the title, and if you could consider the level of non-league competition faced, hard not to repeat.

It's a tough one - Co MVP's........

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Originally posted by Matt Sacks:
Pondhockey11,

I look at everything, but put more emphasis on the local schedule, Flyers cup and states.

Not every team plays in Christmas tourney's, the Meadville tourney and such so I don't put as much weight into those games, but I do look at them.

hhfan,
Pyne may have only played 500 minutes in La Salle's AAA schedule, but he did play over 1200 minutes in La Salle's overall schedule...with that said.....the amount of minutes that someone plays does not determine how good they are, Pyne played almost every minute that was available in AAA play. Should I punish him because his team only played 10 league games?

Also (for everyone) Goalie of the Year and Player of the Year, don't translate into MVP. To me MVP and Player of the year hold two different meanings.

MVP: Player most valuable to his team. (Usually going to a player that plays at a high level and is a large part of his teams success.)

Player of the Year: The best Player in the participating leagues irrespective of team finish. (that player could come from a top team, but doesn't necessarily have to)

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Fine on Pyne's steadyness...but he had a light load at less than 500 minutes.