WOOT! Attaboy, Courns. (https://x.com/i/status/2022394675215372521)
The full list of semifinalists:
Trey Augustine, Michigan State (Big Ten) *#
(JR – South Lyon, MI)
Alexis Cournoyer, Cornell (ECAC Hockey)
(FR - Trois-Rivières, PQ)
Emmett Croteau, Dartmouth (ECAC Hockey)
(JR – Bonnyville, AB)
Michael Hrabal, Massachusetts (Hockey East)
(JR – Prague, Czechia)
Jack Ivankovic, Michigan (Big Ten)
(FR - Mississauga, ON)
Josh Kotai, Augustana (CCHA) #
(JR - Abbotsford, BC)
Tyler Muszelik, Connecticut (Hockey East)
(SR - Long Valley, NJ)
Jan Spunar, North Dakota (NCHC)
(FR - Olomouc, Czechia)
Alex Tracy, Minnesota State (CCHA) #
(SR - Chicago, IL)
Lawton Zacher, Northeastern (Hockey East) #
(JR - Buffalo, NY)
*2024 Semifinalist
#2025 Semifinalist
Interesting. Stat-driven?
Quote from: adamw on February 13, 2026, 09:17:44 PMQuote from: Trotsky on February 13, 2026, 03:58:53 PMInteresting. Stat-driven?
yes - but the wrong stats
explain? genuinely curious. is it "just" sv% when it should be gsax? iirc courns's is like, a +4, as compared to some guys on the list who are +20 or so.
Quote from: stereax on February 13, 2026, 09:52:35 PMQuote from: adamw on February 13, 2026, 09:17:44 PMQuote from: Trotsky on February 13, 2026, 03:58:53 PMInteresting. Stat-driven?
yes - but the wrong stats
explain? genuinely curious. is it "just" sv% when it should be gsax? iirc courns's is like, a +4, as compared to some guys on the list who are +20 or so.
There's like 25 people who vote and I'm just one of them - so I can only speak for me. But, for example, I have a guy like Oliver Auyeung-Ashton ahead of Cournoyer. He plays on just about the worst team in college hockey. He's 2-12 with a GAA of 2.78. Both of which are bad, but totally meaningless - or should be. His save percentage is better than Cournoyer's and his xGA+ is WAY higher despite playing three fewer games. I've also seen the kid play, and he's kinda ridiculous. But I'd say 20+ of the voters completely ignored him. He's better than Croteau and Spunar too.
Spunar (NoDak) had a shutout last night ... 12 saves. He's 15-3 with a 1.66 GAA. And Auyeung-Ashton still has a higher save percentage than him.
Quote from: adamw on February 14, 2026, 09:44:01 AMQuote from: stereax on February 13, 2026, 09:52:35 PMQuote from: adamw on February 13, 2026, 09:17:44 PMQuote from: Trotsky on February 13, 2026, 03:58:53 PMInteresting. Stat-driven?
yes - but the wrong stats
explain? genuinely curious. is it "just" sv% when it should be gsax? iirc courns's is like, a +4, as compared to some guys on the list who are +20 or so.
There's like 25 people who vote and I'm just one of them - so I can only speak for me. But, for example, I have a guy like Oliver Auyeung-Ashton ahead of Cournoyer. He plays on just about the worst team in college hockey. He's 2-12 with a GAA of 2.78. Both of which are bad, but totally meaningless - or should be. His save percentage is better than Cournoyer's and his xGA+ is WAY higher despite playing three fewer games. I've also seen the kid play, and he's kinda ridiculous. But I'd say 20+ of the voters completely ignored him. He's better than Croteau and Spunar too.
Spunar (NoDak) had a shutout last night ... 12 saves. He's 15-3 with a 1.66 GAA. And Auyeung-Ashton still has a higher save percentage than him.
That makes a lot of sense! When I pulled up the goalie stats, Auyeung-Ashton's were genuinely mindboggling, lmao, enough that I remembered the kid. A fucking .927 on that team?
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