Michigan State University Athletics
Dominic Vicari Named CCHA Defensive Player Of The Week
11/15/2004 12:00:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey
Nov. 15, 2004
EAST LANSING, Mich. - Michigan State sophomore netminder Dominic Vicari (Clinton Township, Mich.) was named the CCHA Defensive Player of the Week on Nov. 15, after stopping 52-of-53 shots (.981) in a weekend tie and shutout over No. 8 Cornell. It marked the second time in his career that he has earned CCHA Defensive Player of the Week honors.
Vicari posted his first shutout of the season and the eighth of his career as he stopped 32 shots in Sunday's 2-0 win en route to No. 1 star of the game honors. With the shutout, Vicari moved into third place on MSU's career blankings list, surpassing Bob Essensa (1983-87) who had seven. Ryan Miller (1999-2002) is State's career leader with 26, while Chad Alban (1994-98) is second with 12. While on Friday, he stopped 20-of-21 shots in MSU's 1-1 OT tie with Cornell en route to No. 2 star of the game honors.
For the season, he is 4-3-1 with a 1.77 GAA and a .938 saves percentage. He ranks second in the CCHA and eighth in the nation in GAA, and second in the CCHA and ninth in nation in saves percentage.
Michigan State (5-4-1 overall, 3-3-0 CCHA) returns to conference action with a pair of games against in-state rival Michigan (7-2-1 overall, 5-1-0 CCHA) this week. On Thursday, Nov. 18, the two teams meet in East Lansing for an 8:05 p.m. face-off as the game will be televised live by CSTV. On Saturday, Nov. 20, the series moves to Ann Arbor as the puck will drop at 7:35 p.m. Saturday's contest will be televised by Comcast Local Detroit.
