ROCHESTER, NY – Senior Michael Tilford not only earned First Team All-Conference honors from the United Collegiate Hockey Conference (UCHC) but was also voted the top goaltender in the conference. The All-UCHC teams were announced Wednesday on the UCHC website (theuchc.com).
Tilford started every game down the stretch for the Golden Flyers who earned the No. 5 seed in the conference tournament and upended Elmira in the first round of the tournament before falling to #3 ranked Utica in the semifinal round.
Tilford finished with a .925 save percentage and a 2.38 goals against average overall. In conference games he boasted a 1.92 goals against average and a .938 save percentage with 320 saves and a 6-4-1 record.
He led the conference in save percentage and was third in the conference standings for goals against average.