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Brad Eidsness
# 31
Goalie - G
Height: 6-0  Weight: 175
Sophomore
Previous Affiliations
   Okotoks-AJHL
Previous Experience
  
Hometown
   Chestermere, Alberta
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Courtesy: FightingSioux.com
Release: 09/03/2009

Enters the season having started 33 consecutive games, the third-longest streak in school history behind Jean-Philippe Lamoureux (55) and Al Finkelstein (40) ...Ranks fifth in UND history in career save percentage (.906) and sixth in goals against average (2.56).

2008-09 (Freshman): Named to All-WCHA third team and All-WCHA rookie team ... A two-time Hockey Commissioner's Association Rookie of the Month honorable mention (Dec., Feb.) ... Named UND's Male Rookie of the Year (all sports) ... Also earned team rookie of the year honors ... Earned WCHA Rookie of the Week honors a league-leading three times (Nov. 18, Dec. 9 and Feb. 17) ... Led the WCHA in wins (24), winning percentage (.650) and conference winning percentage (.731) ... Joined Ed Belfour (1986-87) and Karl Goehring (1998) as the only freshman goaltenders in UND history to win 20 games ... Only Belfour (29) won more as a Sioux freshman ... Set UND freshman records for consecutive appearances (40) and consecutive starts (34) ... Both streaks remain intact heading into the 2009-10 season ... Appeared in 41 total games, one shy of the school record set by Jean-Philippe Lamoureux in 2007-08 ... His 24 wins rank fourth all-time in UND single-season history ... His 2.56 goals against average is the eighth-best in school history by a freshman and his .906 save percentage ranks ninth ... Became just the fourth goalie in UND history to record at least 1,000 saves in a season ... Finished second in the WCHA goals against average race (conference games) by .0002 ... His conference mark of 2.3934 was second only to Minnesota Duluth's Alex Stalock (2.3932) ... Recorded his first career shutout with 14 saves in a 5-0 win at Michigan Tech (Jan. 17) ... Made a season-high 39 saves in a 10-1 win at Harvard (Dec. 5) ... Earned first letter.

Before UND: Drafted by the Buffalo Sabres in the fifth round (139th overall) of the 2007 NHL Entry Draft ... A 2007 graduate of Holy Trinity Academy ... Spent the previous three seasons with the Okotoks Oilers of the AJHL ... Named the 2008 AJHL Most Valuable Player after leading the league in wins (29) and save percentage (.933) ... His .933 save percentage tied the AJHL single-season record ... Went 29-4-4 with a 2.12 goals against average ... Named to the 2008 AJHL All-League team and participated in the 2008 Rogers AJHL All-Star game ... Received the 2008 Enerflex AJHL Scholarship ... Appeared in 48 games in 2006-07 and went 24-18-2 with a 2.87 goals against average and a .904 save percentage ... Led the Oilers to the AJHL semifinals that year with a 2.87 goals against average and .907 save percentage in 16 playoff games ... Named to the 2007 CJAHL West Prospect team ... Represented Canada and captured the gold medal at the 2007 World Junior A Challenge in November as a member of Team Canada West.

Personal: Majoring in entrepreneurship ... Son of Bryce and Karen Eidsness.

Eidsness' Career Statistics

Year

 GP

MIN

GA

GAA

SVS

SV%

SO

W-L-T

2008-09

  41

2441:11

104

2.56

1001

.906

1

24-12-4

Totals

 41

2441:11

104

2.56

1001

.906

1

24-12-4

 

 

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