William H Bonney
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Lol South Lyon is much closer to Ann Arbor and far more there are Wolverines fans.
Hence why I didn't say closer
Lol South Lyon is much closer to Ann Arbor and far more there are Wolverines fans.
He makes the men's world championship roster as a 19-year-old, should be great experience for him.
Augustine became the 20th teenager since 1930 to play goal in the World Championships. Names on that list include Andrei Vasilevskiy, Mike Richter, Vladislav Tretiak, the late Pelle Lindbergh and former Red Wings standout Dominik Hasek. He is the youngest goalie ever to play in the net for the Americans at the World Championships.
“Obviously Trey is getting an opportunity here because of the circumstances (Lyon got injured) and he has made the most of it,” said U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame goalie John Vanbiesbrouck, who is also USA Hockey’s Assistant Executive Director of Hockey operations.
“We knew coming in that (Augustine) was extremely poised,” Vanbiesbrouck said. “That puts him at the top of his age group, and he’s probably beyond his years. We knew his capability to stick with it when the chips are down…He is one of the best I’ve seen at being able to come off the bench. He did that a lot with the (U.S.) NTDP.”
Augustine ranks third in goals-against average (1.37) and fourth in save percentage (.929) among all goalies in the World Hockey Championshps this year. He has stopped 39-of-42 shots in three games.
It's all good. He probably wasn't getting another game with it moving into the elimination rounds either way. It makes sense to play the NHL goalies when the games matter, but he got his games in and did well. Mission accomplished.The US is bringing in Charlie Lindgren of the Washington Capitals so it looks like Augustine is back to #3 again in the goalie depth chart for them at the World Hockey Championships.
Either way, I think he will spend another year at MSU before being offered a contract by the Redwings just like they have done with their other promising young goalie prospect Sebastian Cossa (drafted 15th overall 2021) who is now backstopping their AHL affiliate Grand Rapids Griffins in the AHL playoffs.It's all good. He probably wasn't getting another game with it moving into the elimination rounds either way. It makes sense to play the NHL goalies when the games matter, but he got his games in and did well. Mission accomplished.
Yes his NCAA performance this year was pretty impressive helping MSU win the Big Ten Conference for the first time and a semifinalist for the Mike Richter award (best goaltender) despite being the youngest goalkeeper in NCAA Division I hockey.Not to be that guy. Buy Poland wasn't exactly the Soviet team of the 1980's.
Though Augustine has impressed in NCAA play.
What about Moysevich?In a re-ranking (I will leave the re-draft for others), there is an argument that after their D+1 seasons five goalies would be in the top 32:
Augustine, Clara, Fowler, and Slukynski, Zavragin.
Will be fun to follow the goalies from 2023 the next 5 years.
It feels like most people have never heard of Moy. Hardly ever talked about.What about Moysevich?
I'm just sitting here hoping 2023 for Detroit is something anywhere near even close to 2017 for Dallas