TROY, N.Y. – ECAC Hockey has announced its weekly men’s hockey award winners and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) men’s hockey student-athlete Linden Marshall has been named Goaltender of the Week after helping the Engineers to a 1-1-1 record in three league games last week.
A freshman from Victoria, B.C., Marshall posted a 1.61 goals against average and a .950 save percentage in the three contests. He led the nation in total saves, turning away 95 of the 100 shots he faced, including a career-high 45, in a 2-2 tie with Harvard on Tuesday. He also had 19 in a 2-1 overtime over St. Lawrence on Friday and 31 in a 3-0 loss to then-No. 3 Clarkson on Saturday (which included an empty-netter).
Marshall has appeared in 16 games for the Engineers this season, including 15 as a starter. A former member of the Trail Smoke Eaters, he has a 2.98 goals against average and a .911 save percentage. In 905:55 minutes, he has 459 total saves, stopping more than 40 in a game twice and more than 30 nine times.
In nine ECAC Hockey games (8 starts), Marshall is 2-3-2 with a 3.05 goals against average and a .911 save percentage, stopping 267 of 293 shots. He ranks sixth in conference save percentage and third in total saves.
The Engineers (4-16-4; 3-9-2 ECAC Hockey) are on the road this weekend, traveling to Brown and Yale on Friday (7pm) and Saturday (7pm), respectively.
