On Sunday, March 28, 2004, at 09:58  AM, John T Whelan wrote:

> On Sat, 27 Mar 2004, Deron Treadwell wrote:
>
>>> ... Maine's Howard partially redeemed himself playing a solid game.
>
>> Partially redeemed himself?  He's going to the Frozen Four.  He didn't
>> play his best over the weekend, but at the end his team won both games
>> and with only 1 goal allowed on Saturday, he worked down that 1.22
>> goals against average.
>
> Cornell fans may have been keeping closer tabs on this than anyone,
> since David LeNeveu set the season record last year with a 1.2023 GAA.
> Howard entered the weekend with a GAA of 1.05.  After the Harvard game
> it was up to 1.22.  Last night he got it back down to 1.2046.
>
> Does anyone know the minimum time played to qualify for NCAA
> goaltending records?  If it's 1/3 of the team's minutes (which is what
> USCHO uses), Howard qualifies.

I think it is 1/3 of the team's minutes. As I recall, all the leagues
use that - and my guess is they use it for a reason.

John