PICKARD SETS WHL CAREER SAVES MARK
Vancouver, B.C. – Calvin Pickard of the Seattle Thunderbirds became the WHL’s All-Time leader in career saves on Sunday night in Vancouver, B.C.
The 19-year-old from Winnipeg, MB, stopped 42 of 45 shots he faced in a 3-2 setback to the Giants, giving him 6,959 career saves, eclipsing the previous long-held record of 6,958 saves set by former Thunderbirds netminder Danny Lorenz (1986-1990).
Pickard is in his fourth season in the WHL with the Thunderbirds, having appeared in 217 career regular-season games. He currently sits sixth on the WHL’s list of All-Time Games Played and third on the All-Time Minutes Played list at 12,639.
Pickard was the Thunderbirds’ second-round pick, 38th overall, in the 2007 WHL Bantam Draft. He was the Western Conference nominee for WHL Goaltender of the Year in 2009-10 for the Thunderbirds, and was selected by the Colorado Avalanche in the second round, 49th overall, in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft.
Congratulations to Calvin Pickard of the Seattle Thunderbirds on setting the WHL record for Career Saves.
CALVIN PICKARD – CAREER STATISTICS
|
Season |
Team |
GP |
GA |
Mins |
Saves |
GAA |
SV% |
W |
L |
OTL |
SOL |
T |
SO |
|
2011-12 |
Seattle Thunderbirds |
40 |
127 |
2244 |
1317 |
3.40 |
0.912 |
17 |
21 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
|
2010-11 |
Seattle Thunderbirds |
68 |
225 |
4013 |
2443 |
3.36 |
0.916 |
27 |
33 |
3 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
|
2009-10 |
Seattle Thunderbirds |
62 |
190 |
3688 |
2017 |
3.09 |
0.914 |
16 |
34 |
7 |
5 |
0 |
3 |
|
2008-09 |
Seattle Thunderbirds |
47 |
137 |
2694 |
1182 |
3.05 |
0.896 |
23 |
16 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
|
|
TOTALS |
217 |
679 |
12639 |
6959 |
3.22 |
0.911 |
83 |
104 |
12 |
15 |
0 |
10 |
|
Playoffs |
Team |
GP |
GA |
Mins |
Saves |
GAA |
SV% |
W |
L |
OTL |
SOL |
T |
SO |
|
2009 |
Seattle Thunderbirds |
5 |
15 |
297 |
162 |
3.03 |
0.915 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
TOTALS |
5 |
15 |
297 |
162 |
3.03 |
0.915 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
