{"id":54044,"date":"2014-03-08T12:30:11","date_gmt":"2014-03-08T17:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=54044"},"modified":"2014-03-08T11:57:36","modified_gmt":"2014-03-08T16:57:36","slug":"finn-earns-second-rookie-of-the-month-honor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=54044","title":{"rendered":"Finn Earns Second Rookie of the Month Honor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/COLGATE-C-GATE.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-54047\" alt=\"COLGATE C-GATE\" src=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/COLGATE-C-GATE-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/COLGATE-C-GATE-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/COLGATE-C-GATE.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Netminder was 3-1-2 in February<\/p>\n<p>(Albany, NY \u2013 March 5, 2014) Colgate goaltender Charlie Finn took home his second-straight ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Month award after helping the Raiders secure a first-round bye.<\/p>\n<p>Finn continued his good play in the month of February with a 3-1-2 record. He posted a .945 save percentage and 1.63 goals-against average. He faced three ranked opponents out of the six games and went 2-0-1 in those games with wins over No. 8 Cornell and No. 5 Quinnipiac. He allowed only one goal in four of the six games. He made 30-plus saves in three games, including 41 in a 4-4 tie with No. 3 Union and 31 at No. 5 Quinnipiac. He allowed only one power-play goal all month long on 31 chances for opponents.<\/p>\n<p>He pushed aside an average of 28.8 shots per game and was named rookie of the week on Feb. 25.<\/p>\n<p>The North Vancouver, B.C., native has enjoyed an excellent second half of the season with a 9-2-3 mark since a 2-2 tie and shootout win over then No. 1 Minnesota in early January. He was named ECAC Hockey Rookie and Goalie of the Month in January.<\/p>\n<p>He helped secure Colgate\u2019s second first-round bye in the last two seasons and finished the regular season with a 13-6-4 overall record and an 11-3-3 mark in conference. He finished the year in the top-4 in league goals against average and save percentage. His .735 winning percentage was second in ECAC Hockey.<\/p>\n<p>The upcoming ECAC Hockey Tournament features four first-round series conducted at on-campus sites Friday-Sunday, March 7-9; four quarterfinals series at on-campus sites Friday-Sunday, March 14-16; and the championship semifinals and championship game\u00a0March 21-22\u00a0at the 1980 Rink-Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, New York.<\/p>\n<p>The Raiders earned a first-round bye in the tournament after finishing second in the league. Colgate\u2019s opponent has yet to be determined as the league re-seeds after the first round. The games are on\u00a0March 14-16.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Netminder was 3-1-2 in February (Albany, NY \u2013 March 5, 2014) Colgate goaltender Charlie Finn took home his second-straight ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Month award after helping the Raiders secure a first-round bye. Finn continued his good play in the month of February with a 3-1-2 record. He posted a .945 save percentage and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=54044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54044\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=54044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=54044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=54044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}