Denver’s Tanner Jaillet wins the Mike Richter Award as top goaltender

Denver’s Tanner Jaillet is 27-5-4 with a 1.83 goals-against average and .928 save percentage (photo: Melissa Wade).

CHICAGO — Denver’s Tanner Jaillet has been named the winner of the 2017 Mike Richter Award as the top goaltender in Division I men’s college hockey.

Jaillet, the NCHC goaltender of the year, is 27-5-4 with a 1.83 goals-against average and .928 save percentage.

The other finalists were Michael Bitzer of Bemidji State, Hunter Miska of Minnesota Duluth, Cal Petersen of Notre Dame and Charles Williams of Canisius.

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