Blackburn Named CCHA Defensive Player of the Week
11/5/2001 12:00:00 AM | Ice Hockey
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. -- University of Michigan senior Josh Blackburn (Choctaw, Okla.), a goaltender on the Wolverines ice hockey team, has been named the Central Collegiate Hockey Association's Defensive Player of the Week, the league office announced today (Monday, Nov. 5).
Blackburn, the first U-M player to receive an honor from the league this season, blocked 62 of 63 shots (.984 saves percentage) in a weekend sweep at Alaska Fairbanks, including a season-high 36 stops in a 4-0 win over the Nanooks on Saturday (Nov. 3). Blackburn also notched his 10th career shutout in Saturday's win, moving him to within one blanking of Marty Turco's U-M career record 11, set from 1994-97.
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Blackburn, who grew up in Fairbanks, is receiving the honor for the third time in his career. He earned Defensive Player of the Week laurels once each during his sophomore and junior campaigns.
Michigan (4-4-1, 3-3-1 CCHA), ranked 13th in the latest USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll, is off this weekend, and will resume action on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 16-17, traveling to Omaha, Neb., for a two-game CCHA series with the No. 6 Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks. Opening faceoff for both nights is slated for 7:05 p.m. CST at the Omaha Civic Auditorium in downtown Omaha.
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