Michigan State University Athletics
Palmisano Earns CCHA Honors For Alaska Series
10/25/2010 12:00:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey
Oct. 25, 2010
East Lansing, Mich. - Drew Palmisano earned CCHA Goaltender of the Week honors for his performance in the Alaska series, as announced by the CCHA office on Monday, Oct. 25. Palmisano earns the honor for the second time in his career and the first time this season.
Palmisano has played every minute in net for the Spartans in the first two weeks of the season, as the Spartans have earned a win and a tie against a pair of top-10 teams: No. 6/8 Maine and No. 9/9 Alaska. Allowing just one goal in each game against the Nanooks, Palmisano stopped 45 of 47 shots against in the weekend set. He improved his GAA to 1.92 and his save percentage to .932, both which rank third in the overall CCHA rankings. Nationally, he ranks eighth in goals-against average and 10th in save percentage.
The Spartans have started the year with a 2-0-2 overall record, and are unbeaten in their first four games (2-0-2) for the first time since the 2005-06 season, when they started 3-0-1. Michigan State is one of six teams who have played a game this season and do not have a loss. The others are Boston University (4-0-1), Merrimack (1-0-2), Minnesota-Duluth (5-0-1), Michigan Tech (3-0-2), and Robert Morris (4-0-0) - the only team with an unblemished record. Six schools - the Ivy League institutions - have yet to play a game; most get underway this weekend with their first games.
The Spartans have a non-league set on tap for Friday and Saturday, welcoming the Alabama-Huntsville Chargers (and their head coach Chris Luongo, who is a four-year Spartan letterman (1986-89). Gametime on Friday and Saturday is 7:05 p.m.
