AA Goalie Leaders Thru Feb 1

[WestMetro]

Over 90% Saves, With at least 250 minutes thru Feb 1

 Name  Team  MIN  W  GAA  SV %

Cody Ticen Lakeville South 617.41 10 1.32 .943

Tyler Steffens White Bear Lake 966:56:00 14 1.58 0.935
Remington Keopple Hill-Murray 942:33:00 11 1.62 0.934

Josie Bothun Forest Lake 486:15:00 6 1.68 0.933
Jonah Spaeth Blake 255:00:00 5 1.2 0.933
Hudson Hodges Moorhead 996:36:00 14 1.79 0.932
Bennett Weestrand Eastview 1089:02:00 12 2.25 0.925
Will Tollefson Rosemount 914:31:00 14 1.78 0.925

Zach Wiese Owatonna 817:35:00 13 1.56 0.924
Derek Manzella Eagan 1036:54:00 14 1.87 0.922
Carter Clafton Grand Rapids 998:00:00 12 1.89 0.921
Louden Hogg Edina 985:47:00 9 2.02 0.921

Ethan Dahlmeir Lakeville South 407:49:00 4 2.25 0.92
Caleb Mayer Lakeville North 927:24:00 12 2.31 0.92
Tommy Aitken St. Thomas Academy 727:24:00 6 2.38 0.919

Carsten Lardy St. Thomas Academy 251:57:00 3 1.82 0.919
Carson Limesand Benilde-St. Margaret's 817:18:00 9 2.06 0.918


 Name  Team  MIN  W  GAA  SV %
Simon Hedin Hastings 248:02:00 4 2.06 0.916
Owen Carlson Cloquet-Esko-Carlton 806:28:00 8 2.47 0.916
Marko Belak Cretin-Derham Hall 1044:42:00 17 1.86 0.915
Will Larson Andover 612:00:00 10 1.25 0.914
Matthew Syverson Academy of Holy Angels 970:10:00 12 2.84 0.913
Parker Slotsve Maple Grove 470:40:00 8 1.52 0.913
Zach Hayes Hopkins 1035:18:00 5 3.25 0.912
Axel Rosenlund Eden Prairie 675:11:00 9 2.34 0.912
Garret Bonello Wayzata 1107:21:00 13 2.3 0.912
Logan Bies Stillwater 567:49:00 7 2.16 0.912

Josh Weyandt Chanhassen 663:00:00 3 3.92 0.908
Cooper Olson Osseo 612:00:00 5 3.67 0.907
Connor Dokken East Ridge 807:11:00 7 2.72 0.907
Aksel Reid Blake 864:07:00 12 2.42 0.906
Josh Koziol Elk River/Zimmerman 1111:45:00 8 3.21 0.906
Jacob Walsh Cloquet-Esko-Carlton 284:32:00 3 2.87 0.905
Eli Andrews Eden Prairie 357:16:00 6 1.57 0.905
Andrew Tuttle Roseau 990:26:00 12 2.63 0.904
Evan Wittchow Burnsville 1045:02:00 12 2.54 0.904
Trevor Boschee Prior Lake 941:47:00 12 2.33 0.904
William Pinney St. Louis Park 1027:42:00 12 2.73 0.903
Ryan Wallin Blaine 781:04:00 11 2.55 0.903
Tim Pundt Rochester Century 1074:23:00 16 2.42 0.9
Dylan Halliwill Holy Family 978:04:00 10 3.18 0.9


Conner Nelsen Park of Cottage Grove 1094:22:00 7 3.45 0.9

[HockeyCrazy1970]

I would love to see these separated by A and AA.
Then I would love to see PageStat run each of the top 10 through a SOS calculation. I'm of the opinion that some goalies have strong stats because of the quality of the teams (and shots) they face. It will take some effort because each goalie needs their individual games input (not just SOS) but that would be a start. Some of these starter goalies don't play against the weak opponents so their partners get the games where they could really pick up saves and shutouts. The teams that play A vs AA should yield an interesting result as well. Credit should be given to goalies that face top teams/offenses/shooters game after game with no softballs.

[InThePipes]

I would love to see these separated by A and AA.
Then I would love to see PageStat run each of the top 10 through a SOS calculation. I'm of the opinion that some goalies have strong stats because of the quality of the teams (and shots) they face. It will take some effort because each goalie needs their individual games input (not just SOS) but that would be a start. Some of these starter goalies don't play against the weak opponents so their partners get the games where they could really pick up saves and shutouts. The teams that play A vs AA should yield an interesting result as well. Credit should be given to goalies that face top teams/offenses/shooters game after game with no softballs.

This is all very true and has been discussed on almost an annual basis on this board. While it can be fun to look at save %, it probably isn't worth getting caught up in as it doesn't account for team strength, style of play, quality of scoring chances faced, how many cocktails the shot counter had at the safety meeting, are the shots entered correctly in the Hub, and we could go on and on.

[HockeyFan1969]

I would love to see these separated by A and AA.
Then I would love to see PageStat run each of the top 10 through a SOS calculation. I'm of the opinion that some goalies have strong stats because of the quality of the teams (and shots) they face. It will take some effort because each goalie needs their individual games input (not just SOS) but that would be a start. Some of these starter goalies don't play against the weak opponents so their partners get the games where they could really pick up saves and shutouts. The teams that play A vs AA should yield an interesting result as well. Credit should be given to goalies that face top teams/offenses/shooters game after game with no softballs.

I believe these are separated by A/AA as this is a AA list.

Looking at the list, I don't see anyone who hasn't played some pretty good competition over the season save maybe 1-2. How do you take into account other factors as well such as the defensive efficiency of the team in front of them. Use last season as an example. Use Edina as comp 1. They play an extremely challenging schedule. Then look at Marshall as comp 2. They play a pretty soft schedule by comparison. Do you downgrade a top end guy like Caspers? He didn't roll into any games with Vorkicky, Boltman or Reiners, et al in front of him. Do you downgrade Hogg since he had superior talent in front of him? Tough ones to answer. ITP adds some other variables that are so true also. As always, goalie evaluation is still more art than science. Part of what makes it fun.