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Joel J. Laing

  • Class
    2000
  • Induction
    2006
  • Sport(s)
    Hockey
Hockey Career Stats

Goaltender ... Graduated as school single season record holder for shutouts (6 in 1999-00), goals against average (1.82 in 1999-00) and save percentage (.947 in 1999-00) … School record holder for career shutouts (13) and save percentage (.926) … 1999-00: Played in 27 games … 17-7-2 with a 1.82 goals against average and a .947 save percentage … Set school record for shutouts in a season with six … Set school record for shutouts in a career with 13 … First in the nation in save percentage and third in GAA … Allowed two or fewer goals in 17 games … Had 40 or more saves four times … ECAC Goaltender of the Week five times … ECAC Player of the Week once … USCHO.com Defensive Player of the Week once … RPI Invitational All-Tournament Team … Rensselaer’s All-Decade Team of the 1990s … Team’s Most Valuable Player … Team’s Scholar-Athlete Award … All-ECAC First Team … ECAC Goaltender of the Year … Hobey Baker Award finalist … National All-American First Team … National Academic All-American First Team (3.97 cumulative GPA) … National Academic All-America of the Year … ECAC All-Academic … 1998-99: Played in 27 games, starting 26 … 16-9-0 with a 2.81 GAA and .921 save percentage … School record five shutouts … Fifth in nation in save percentage, 17th in winning percentage (.640) and 26th in GAA … Had a consecutive shutout streak of 197:31, just 1:14 shy of then-ECAC record … Allowed two or fewer goals 13 times … Had 50 saves in three different games … MVP of RPI Invitational … RPI Invitational All-Tournament Team … Four-time ECAC Goaltender of the Week, including three straight … All-ECAC Honorable Mention … Team’s Scholar-Athlete Award … Team was 23-12-2 overall and 13-7-2 in ECAC … Team played in ECAC Semi-Finals … 1997-98: Played in 19 games, starting 17 … 9-8-2 with a 2.95 GAA and .918 save percentage … Two shutouts … Eleventh in nation in save percentage … Team’s Scholar-Athlete Award … 1996-97: Played in 20 games, all as starter … 10-7-2 with a 3.07 GAA and a .918 save percentage … Third in nation in save percentage … RPI Invitational All-Tournament Team … ECAC Rookie of the Week three times … Other: SAAC … Olympia ... Maryfield, Saskatchewan ... Management major.

                          GP-GS       MP        Svs   GA   Sv%   GAA     Record        Pct. ShO
1999 – 2000    27         1612:58   877    49   .947   1.82  17 – 7 – 2    .692   6
1998 – 1999    27-26  1558:55    852    73   .921   2.81  16 - 9 - 0      .640   5
1997 – 1998    19-17  1076:63    528    53   .909   2.95   9 – 8 – 2     .526   2
1996 – 1997    20-20  1096:13    624    56   .918   3.07  10 – 7 – 2    .579   0
Totals                                                                  .926
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