After leading Men’s Hockey to a semifinal finish and their seventh straight division title, goalie Ryan Grinnell was named the Ontario University Athletic East’s Most Valuable Player this weekend.
Grinnell’s season was one of the Blue’s finest in recent memory. U of T’s star goalie finished the regular season among the national leaders in save percentage (.921) and goals against (2.20) as tallied by Canadian Interuniversity Sport, and gathered two OUA male athlete of the week awards on the way to a 18-9-1 record.
The net-minder had two regular-season shutouts, but in the postseason he tallied two more on McGill, his presence a huge mitigating factor. The Blues swept the Redmen thanks in large part to his 50 saves over the two contests.
In the final four, Grinnell’s 82 saves kept U of T neck-and-neck with Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières before Les Patriotes defeated the Blues 5-4 in overtime, twice.
Grinnell was also named an OUA first team all-star. Teammates Andre Robichaud represented the Blues’ defence and Simon Barg and Anthony Pallotta the offence on the all-star’s second team.
