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Former Wisconsin goalie Mike Richter, left, presents the 2024 Mike Richter Award to the Badgers’ Kyle McClellan (photo: Jim Rosvold).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Kyle McClellan is the winner of the 2024 Mike Richter Award, given to the nation\u2019s top Division I men’s goaltender.<\/p>\n

McClellan beat out Colorado College\u2019s Kaidan Mbereko and Boston College\u2019s Jacob Fowler for the honor, which was presented Friday.<\/p>\n

The senior netminder was simply marvelous this season, posting seven shutout victories and a .931 save percentage to lead the nation in both categories. He went 24-12-1 on the season with a 1.94 goals-against average.<\/p>\n

McClellan, who was presented the award on-stage by Richter himself, was thrilled to be the first Badgers player to win the award — especially since Richter shined at Wisconsin himself from 1985 to 1987 before going to four NHL All-Star games and winning the 1994 Stanley Cup during a 15-year NHL career with the New York Rangers.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just pretty special as it is to win the award, but even more so after a former Badger, something that I\u2019ll remember for the rest of my life,\u201d an emotional McClellan said.<\/p>\n

The 25-year-old goaltender was thankful for all the support he received to get to this point.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re in the back, and they\u2019re always out rooting for you,\u201d McClellan said, referring to his dad, mom, stepmom, brother and girlfriend who were on hand to support him Friday along with his coaching staff and friends, and have always supported him.<\/p>\n

Badgers coach Mike Hastings wasn\u2019t surprised to see his goaltender come away with the award.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m proud of him,\u201d said Hastings, who just finished his first season behind the Wisconsin bench. \u201cYou saw the other two finalists, very worthy of being in that, but I do think Kyle did his part in earning that award through his play and through his conduct.\u201d<\/p>\n

McClellan is about to finish up school before joining the Minnesota Wild\u2019s AHL affiliate the Iowa Wild for an amateur tryout.<\/p>\n

As for next season in Madison, Hastings knows replacing McClellan won\u2019t be easy.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe one thing that he\u2019s done is he\u2019s provided an example,\u201d Hastings said. \u201cI\u2019m sure there\u2019s going to be some guys that will reach out to him and ask him, you know, part of his journey and how it was and what he was excited about and how it went for him. And hopefully knowing him, he\u2019ll be more than willing to pick up the phone and answer any of those questions.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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