Freshman netminder
Simon Latkoczy adds NCHC Rookie of the Week to his resume after an unbeaten weekend against Colorado College. Latkoczy went 1-0-1 and posted a 1.87 goals-against average, .934 save% with 57 saves.
The Trencin, Slovakia native allowed only two even strength goals last weekend against the Tigers. In games he's started, Latkoczy hadn't given up an even strength goal since January 14th against Minnesota Duluth. The Rookie netminder had multiple big time saves this weekend including standing tall on an overtime penalty shot in Friday night's contest.
This is the eigth NCHC weekly award for the Mavericks this season. He joins forwards
Ray Fust (Week 15) and
Matt Miller (Week 9), blueliners
Jacob Guevin (Week 16),
Jonny Tychonick (Week 9) and netminder
Jake Kucharski (Week 3, 9).
Latkoczy and the No. 15 Mavericks will hop on the road this weekend for a two-game series with the Miami RedHawks.