A trio of former Thunder Bay major midget Kings’ goaltenders had winning performances over the weekend with their respective clubs.
In the NCAA ranks Paul Karpowich led his Clarkson Golden Knights to road victories over ECAC rivals Princeton and Quinnipiac.
The junior netminder started with a 36-save performance Friday vs. the Tigers and followed that up with 34 more stops Saturday against Quinnipiac in a pair of 5-3 triumphs.
Meanwhile Karpowich’s former Kings’ teammate Drew Strandberg was between the pipes backstopping his Wisconsin-Superior Yellowjackets to a two-game sweep over Wisconsin-Steven’s Point.
He only allowed three goals in the two games, which UWS won by scores of 2-1 and 4-2.
The other ex-Kings goalie coming through was Colin Dzijacky, who posted his first shutout at the Jr. A level, as he led his Grand Prairie Storm to a 6-0 win against St. Albert in Alberta Jr. Hockey League action Friday.
He turned aside all 30 shots he faced winning his eighth game of the season, which is the most among all rookie goalies in the AJHL.
Dzijacky is also ninth overall in goals-against average among all netminders at 2.65 and is tied for sixth in save percentage at .917.
MONTHLY HONOUR: The Southern Professional Hockey League has recognized Thunder Bay native Trevor Karasiewicz with player of the month laurels for November.
In 14 games the Louisiana Ice Gators forward racked up 27 points on seven goals and 20 assists.
The 28-year-old Karasiewicz currently leads the SPHL in overall offensive production with 29 points in 17 contests.
He began the season as the fifth-leading scorer in league history.
OHL MOVE: A recent deal in the Ontario Hockey League saw the London Knights ship Thunder Bay’s Michael MacDonald to the Sudbury Wolves for a second round draft pick and future considerations.
The 19-year-old forward has scored in four straight contests for the Wolves and in 27 games overall with Sudbury and London MacDonald has registered 23 points including 11 goals.
LEADING THE WAY: A seven-game point streak has sent Haley Irwin to the top of the leader board of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association.
She leads all players in the WCHA women’s conference in points with 27 in just 12 games.
Her latest big effort came Saturday as the UMD Bulldogs blanked St. Cloud St. 5-0 highlighted by Irwin’s natural hat-trick and two assist performance.
The junior forward is also second in the NCAA in overall points with 36 and third in game-winning markers with four.
VOTE GETTERS: Balloting is well underway to help choose who will play in the upcoming NHL all-star game in Raleigh, N.C.
Duncan Keith and Chris Pronger are battling it out for top spot overall among defenceman with less than 100 votes separating the pair who has seen over 137,000 ballots cast in their favour.
New York Rangers rearguard Marc Staal has garnered 47,396 selections in the D-man category as well.
Kenora’s Mike Richards leads all area forwards in votes with 107,322 followed by Eric Staal at 62,113.
Thunder Bay’s Patrick Sharp has picked 41,196 votes, which is the fourth best total among write-in ballots.