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  Alec Richards

Alec Richards

Player Profile

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Robbinsdale, MN

High School:
Breck School

Height / Weight:
6-4 / 190

Position:
G

Experience:
**

Catch:
L

Bulldog Best: Made career-high 57 saves in five-OT win at Union (3/4/06) to help Yale advance to the second round of the ECACHL playoffs... ECACHL weekly honors on five separate occasions during his rookie season... Broke Alex Westlund's ('99, 839 saves) single-season saves record with 885 in 2005-06.

2007-08: Injury limited the junior to only 11 games... Had a 3-4-0 record (.429)... Led team with a .919 save percentage... Finished the season with a GAA of 2.02... Stopped all 21 shots against RPI (3/1)... Split time with sophomore goaltender Billy Blase.

2006-07: Started 26 games and finished with .891 save percentage... Made a season-high 41 saves vs. Brown (1/6) in a 4-3 win... Recorded first career point, an assist, vs. UConn (11/11)... Stopped the puck 28 times in a 4-3 OT win at No. 8 New Hampshire... Earned ECAC Goalie of the Week honors on 11/21 after making 46 saves in road victories over Dartmouth and Harvard.

2005-06: Played in 29 games and finished the season as Yale's top goaltender with .912 save percentage and 3.02 GAA... Recorded shutout, the first of his career, with 29 saves vs. Rensselaer (1/21)... Made 40+ saves five times, including two games with 44, at Minnesota State (12/29) and at Dartmouth (3/11)... Made a season-high 57 saves in a five-overtime game at Union (3/4), the longest game in NCAA history, in the first round of the ECACHL playoffs... Earned ECACHL recognition five times during the season: two goalie of the week honors and three rookie of the week honors... Shared team rookie of the year award with Michael Karwoski.

At Breck School: Posted 39-6-3 overall record during three-year career... Went 19-1-1 with a 1.70 GAA as a junior... Had a 1.90 GAA, .920 Save Percentage and a 15-2-2 record in 2004-05 before playing four games with the Indiana Ice of the USHL... Won the Frank Brimseck Award as the top senior goalie in Minnesota... Led Breck to state title as a junior and to sectional finals as a senior... All-state, all-conference and all-metro honors... Made the headmaster's list.

Personal: Alexander Michael Richards is the son of Michael Richards... Grandfather played goalie at University of North Dakota... Economics major... Branford College.

Year 	GP 	Min 	Svs 	GA  	Sv% 	GAA 	SHO 	W-L-T
2005-06 	29 	1686:14 	885 	85 	.912 	3.02 	1 	8-15-3
2006-07 	26 	1518:02 	646 	79 	.891 	3.12 	0 	9-15-2
2007-08 	11 	563:20 	217 	19 	.919 	2.02 	1 	3-4-0
Totals 	66 	4330:36 	1748 	183 	.905 	2.91 	2 	20-34-5

 
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