WHL Goalie of the Month, CHL Goalie of the Week: Carter Hart
EVERETT, Wash. – The Everett Silvertips (@WHLSilvertips), six time and 2017-18 U.S. Division champions, announced in conjunction with the Western Hockey League that goaltender Carter Hart has been named Vaughn WHL Goaltender of the Month for March and in conjunction with the Canadian Hockey League that Hart has been named Vaughn CHL Goaltender of the Week. The honors come one day after Hart was named WHL Goaltender of the Week and league nominee for Vaughn CHL Goaltender of the Week for the week ending Apr. 1.
It is the fourth time in six months Hart has been named WHL Goaltender of the Month. Hart has also taken CHL Goaltender of the Week honors for the fourth time this season.
Hart, 19, was 9-2-0-1 in the month with a 1.96 goals-against-average, .930 save percentage and one shutout. The month he manufactured helped the Silvertips clinch the U.S. Division, the top record in the Western Conference, and a first round victory over the Seattle Thunderbirds in the 2018 WHL Playoffs, 4-1 in a best-of-seven series.
Coming off his sixth WHL Goaltender of the Week award this season and 15th in his career, he played in every minute of the Tips five-game series win and helped the Tips eliminate the Thunderbirds in a 4-0 win with a 36-save shutout in Game 5 on Saturday night, before more than 6,100 fans in downtown Everett. In the first round series win, he went 4-0-1-0 while maintaining a 1.97 GAA, .938 SV% and one shutout.
Nearing the end of the first round of the 2018 WHL Playoffs, Hart leads all goaltenders in GAA and SV% while sitting in a tie for first in wins and shutouts.
For his playoff career, Hart is 15-12-5 with a .924 save percentage and three shutouts. The WHL Western Conference Player of the Year, Top Goaltender, and First Team All-Star is the back-to-back recipient of the WHL Goaltender of the Year award and 2016 CHL Goaltender of the Year honors, is a three-time recipient of the Silvertips Most Valuable Player award and carries a lifetime record of 116-46-10-2 with a .927 save percentage, 2.01 goals-against-average and 26 career shutouts in 190 games, all with the Silvertips. He is the franchise goaltending leader in wins (116) and is tied for the WHL all-time lead in shutouts (26).
The 6-foot-2, 185 pound goaltender led the league this season in goals against average (1.60), save percentage (.947), shutouts (7), and was fourth in wins (31) while compiling a record of 31-6-1-3 in 41 games. He helped Canada capture the gold medal at this season’s World Junior Championship tournament and is a second round selection (48th overall) of the Philadelphia Flyers in the 2016 National Hockey League Entry Draft. He had a 13-game winning streak this season, surrounding his gold medal accomplishment in Buffalo and was named to three straight WHL Goaltender of the Month honors.
Vaughn WHL Goaltender of the Month
March: Carter Hart, Everett Silvertips
February: Riley Lamb, Red Deer Rebels
January: Carter Hart, Everett Silvertips
December: Carter Hart, Everett Silvertips
November: Carter Hart, Everett Silvertips
September/October: Logan Flodell, Swift Current Broncos
OTHER CHL GOALTENDER OF THE WEEK NOMINEES:
Jeremy Helvig (Kingston Frontenacs)
Samuel Harvey (Rouyn-Noranda Huskies)
All individual WHL Conference Award winners will be eligible for the overall league awards at the 2018 WHL Awards luncheon in Red Deer, AB., on Wednesday, May 2. Hart is vying to become the first goaltender since Darcy Kuemper (Red Deer) to earn WHL Player of the Year honors as recipient of the Four Broncos Memorial Trophy. He is vying to become the first honoree of the Top Goaltender award in league history for three straight years, and joins Chet Pickard (Tri-City), Mike Vernon (Calgary), and Ray Martyniuk (Flin Flon) as the only four goaltenders to earn the award on back-to-back occasions.
WHL Conference Awards are voted upon by all WHL General Managers and Head Coaches.
2018 Silvertips Playoff tickets are currently available at www.everettsilvertips.com/playoffs. The Tips hold home ice advantage and will face either the Portland Winterhawks or Spokane Chiefs in round two, opening on Friday at 7:35 p.m. for Game 1 at Angel of the Winds Arena.
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