AHL Goalie News — Saturday May 16, 2009

Game Reports

The AHL playoffs are down to, essentially, four goalies:

• Manitoba’s AHL Goalie of the Year Cory Schneider vs. Houston’s ECHL call-up/playoff revelation Anton Khudobin

• Providence’s Finnish stalward Tuukka Rask vs. Hershey’s “the Caps sure know how to pick goalie prospects” playoff revelation Michal Neuvirth

• Friday night, Schneider bested Khudobin in a 2-1 win for Manitoba, stopping 31 shots to Khudobin’s 16, putting Manitoba up 1-0 in the series. (ProHockeyNews.com)
• Both series will be in play tonight as Providence and Hershey play their Game 1 and Manitoba and Houston play Game 2.

Mark Fistric and Matt Beaudoin work in front of Cory Schneider – Photo by Chris Jerina

Features

• Neuvirth may have been the difference in the playoff run for Hershey after Simeon Varlemov‘s call-up to Washington. (Lebanon Daily News)

• More on Neuvirth, who carries the high hopes a talented Hershey team on his back. (PennLive.com)