Hornet Alumni Goalie Kris Mayotte receives third ECACHL Goalie of the Week Honor

Albany, N.Y. – Senior Kris Mayotte (Pittsburgh, PA) strengthened his
bid for all-league honors by being named the ECACHL Goalie of the Week for the third time this season. He is the first goaltender in the league to receive the award three times. Mayotte combined for 55 saves on 57 shots to help Union pick up wins over Brown (2-1) and Yale (5-1) and extend the team’s unbeaten streak to five games. The pair of wins helped the Dutchmen retain sixth place in the league standings and stay within striking distance of a top four finish. Fellow senior Jonathan Poirier (St. Jerome, QUE) and junior Olivier Bouchard (Quebec City, QUE) were named to the league honor roll.

In the game against Brown Mayotte made 27 saves, including 10 on the power play, to pick up his first career win against the Bears. He made several key stops particularly in the second period where the Bears outshot Union 13-7 and had seven power play shots on three attempts. Two of those stops came at the beginning and end of the period. He made a kick save on a point-blank shot early on and then stopped another shot in front with his blocker to keep the game tied at 1-1 until his teammates could tally the game-winner.

In game two Mayotte made 28 saves in his 15th win of the season to defeat Yale and give Union its 10th win at home. Mayotte's lone goal allowed came on the power play after the Dutchmen had built a three-goal lead. He kept the Bulldogs off the scoreboard through the first and second periods with another exceptional effort. Just over midway through the first he made a last-second kick save at the right post. He bested that with just over five minutes remaining in the same period by denying Yale on a breakaway opportunity to keep the game scoreless. In the second period he came up with two glove saves right in front to help maintain Union's three-goal advantage.

Mayotte compiled a save percentage above 90 in both games to bring his season total to 22. Union is 15-2-5 in those contests. He has allowed just one goal in four of his last five games and no more than two goals in five straight. Mayotte is currently first in league games in save percentage at .928 and second in the league in goals against average at 2.16.

Kris has had an outstanding career at Union and former Hornet Goalie Shaun Williams of the Chicago Steel will be following in Kris' footsteps as the goalie for Union College next year.

Congratulations Kris on a fine career at Union College and carrying on the tradition of the Pittsburgh Hornets as the "Goaltending Factory" for amateur hockey in the USA