Two former UMass-Lowell goaltenders were atop the NHL
statistical charts as hockey's top league finished its 2017-18 regular season
on Sunday.
Connor Hellebuyck of the Winnipeg Jets led all NHL
goaltenders with 44 victories, setting a new league standard for American-born
netminders, while Carter Hutton of the St. Louis Blues paced the circuit in
both goals-against average (2.09) and save percentage (.931). Hellebuyck finished
44-11-9 in 67 games this season, while Hutton went 17-7-3 in 32 contests.
Hellebuyck, a 2012 Jets' draft choice, from Commerce,
Mich., played at UML from 2012 to 2014. He backstopped the River Hawks to both
the 2013 Hockey East championship and the 2013 NCAA Frozen Four as a freshman,
and went 38-12-2 (1.60, .946) in 53 career appearances. Hutton, a free agent
from Thunder Bay, Ont., went 32-41-10 (2.33, .913) in 85 outings at UML from
2006 to 2010.
Winnipeg will face the Minnesota Wild in the first round
of the 2018 Stanley Cup Playoffs, while St. Louis was eliminated from
postseason contention by the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday night.
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