Skinner Makes 33 Saves for First Jets Win, Belchetz Stops 43 for First NCAA Shutout

NHLAround the league

• Joey Daccord made 32 saves as the Seattle Kraken beat the Calgary Flames 6-1 at Climate Pledge Arena, after stopping 24 shots in another 6-1 win against the Flames in Thursday’s season opener. “Honestly, the energy was absolutely nuts in the arena tonight,” Daccord said. (NHL.com)
• Igor Shesterkin made 28 saves and set up an empty-net goal in the New York Rangers’ 4-2 win against the Utah Mammoth, three days after his goal against Tampa Bay. He also tried for another empty-net goal of his own, but a defender stopped it deep in the Utah zone. He is the first goalie with points in consecutive appearances since Connor Ingram on Feb. 6-9, 2025. (NHL.com) On Monday the NHL named him its first star of the week: 2-1-0 with a 1.67 goals-against average and a .934 save percentage in three games, plus his goal and an assist. (NHL.com)
• Lukas Dostal made 29 saves as the Anaheim Ducks beat the Florida Panthers 3-2 in overtime at Honda Center. (NHL.com)

On InGoal: Shesterkin’s first goalie goal in Rangers history and every NHL goalie goal, plus Joey Daccord ProRead 14.

AHLCranley earns his first AHL shutout

Will Cranley made 24 saves for his first career AHL shutout as the Springfield Thunderbirds beat the Providence Bruins 2-0 at Amica Mutual Pavilion on Sunday, in his first start of the season. His stops included a glove save on a rush chance from Dans Locmelis, and he held firm through 12 Providence shots in the third period. Springfield is 2-0. (Springfield Thunderbirds)

Cranley is from Peterborough, Ontario. The St. Louis Blues drafted him in the sixth round (163rd overall) in 2020 out of the OHL’s Ottawa 67’s and later signed him to a three-year entry-level contract. (Blues)

ECHLDelia signs with Norfolk

Collin Delia signed an ECHL contract with the Norfolk Admirals on Saturday. (ECHL)

Norfolk is the Winnipeg Jets’ ECHL affiliate. The 32-year-old played for Brynäs IF and Kalmar HC in Sweden last season and attended the Pittsburgh Penguins’ training camp on a tryout in September. Norfolk opens its season on Oct. 17. (Hockeysverige)

On InGoal: InGoal Radio Episode 95 with Collin Delia and Collin Delia ProRead 3.

CollegeBelchetz's first NCAA shutout, DeMarinis stops 57 for Saint Michael's

UConn sophomore Taylor Belchetz made a career-high 43 saves for her first career shutout as the No. 12 Huskies beat No. 9 Clarkson 4-0 in Storrs on Saturday. She stopped 13 shots in each of the first two periods and 17 in the third, a night after making 29 saves in a 3-2 comeback win that started the weekend sweep. (Clarkson Athletics, The Daily Campus)

Saint Michael’s junior Jordana DeMarinis made 57 saves in a 4-2 loss to Franklin Pierce in the Purple Knights’ home opener on Friday, including a paddle stop on a one-timer at the left post in the first period. (Saint Michael’s Athletics)

Other notable performances in men’s Division I:

• Jack Lisson made 23 saves as Canisius beat Ferris State 4-0 on Friday.
• Oliver Auyeung-Ashton made 30 saves as Northern Michigan beat Miami 3-0 on Friday.
• Mikhail Yegorov made 16 saves as Boston University won 4-0 at Alaska on Saturday.

(Saves from the College Hockey News box scores.)

InternationalArmalis, 34, is Liiga's player of the month

Ilves goaltender Mantas Armalis was named Liiga’s player of the month for September after winning all five of his starts, three of them shutouts. He allowed five goals in the month and led Liiga goalies with a 1.00 goals-against average and a .963 save percentage. At 34, he is the oldest goalie ever to win the award, which fans vote on in the Liiga app; he took 45 percent of the vote. (Ilves)

• Metallurg Magnitogorsk’s Aleksandr Smolin is the KHL’s goaltender of the week for the first time in his career. He won both his starts with a 0.50 goals-against average, including a 45-save shutout in a 2-0 win against Spartak. (KHL)

JuniorDéniger marks his 18th birthday with a shutout for Quebec

Patrick Déniger stopped all 21 shots as the Quebec Remparts beat the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada 7-0 at home on Sunday. (RDS) It was his first shutout of the season, two days after he turned 18. “It’s a really nice birthday present, but the guys really made the job easy for me,” he said (in French: “C’est un très beau cadeau, mais les gars m’ont vraiment rendu la job facile”). (Le Soleil)

JuniorNotable performances in the OHL, WHL, and AJHL

• Pittsburgh Penguins prospect Matvei Nikonovich, 18, made 53 saves on 56 shots in his second OHL start as the Barrie Colts beat the Sarnia Sting 5-3 on Saturday. It was his first OHL win and ended Barrie’s five-game winless start to the season. (Barrie 360)
• Carolina Hurricanes prospect Zach Jovanovski made 19 saves as the Guelph Storm beat the Kitchener Rangers 6-0 on Sunday. He has two shutouts in his two games this season and has stopped all 44 shots he has faced. “I still approach things the same way. It doesn’t matter how the game’s going. My job’s the same every night,” he said. (Guelph Storm / GuelphToday)
• Utah Mammoth prospect Ivan Tkach-Tkachenko made 35 saves for his first career OHL shutout as the Sarnia Sting won 3-0 in Oshawa on Sunday. He was named the game’s second star. (Sarnia Sting)
• Carsten Leyerzapf, 17, made 48 saves as the Wenatchee Wild won 3-2 in a shootout in Everett on Saturday. He stopped all 32 shots he faced in the first two periods. (Wenatchee Wild)
• Madden Mulawka made 54 saves on 58 shots as the AJHL’s Devon Xtreme beat the Canmore Eagles 5-4 on Sunday. (AJHL game report)

New on InGoal

Calgary’s Devin Cooley has asked Bauer for glove mock-ups with a black T and black netting after his white glove laces showed on a goal-line review. Read: Would a Black Pocket Have Hidden It?

Birthdays

Happy birthday to four-time Stanley Cup champion and Hall of Famer Patrick Roy (61) of the Montreal Canadiens and Colorado Avalanche, former St. Louis Blues and Columbus Blue Jackets goalie Curtis Sanford (47), Vancouver Goldeneyes goalie Emerance Maschmeyer (32), an Olympic gold medallist with Canada in 2022, and Buffalo Sabres goalie Colten Ellis (26).

On InGoal: Pro Tips: Post Entries and Exits with Curtis Sanford and InGoal Radio Episode 345 with Emerance Maschmeyer.

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