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Over 90% Saves for AA Goalies with at least 300 minutes in regular season


Name  Team  MIN  W  GAA  SV %

Carter Clafton Grand Rapids 1252:39:00 17 1.63 0.935

Remington Keopple Hill-Murray 1105:58:00 13 1.66 0.934


Tommy Aitken St. Thomas Academy 983:19:00 11 2.07 0.929
Will Tollefson Rosemount 1118:51:00 17 1.73 0.929
Hudson Hodges Moorhead 1149:36:00 16 1.91 0.927
Louden Hogg Edina 1205:47:00 11 1.86 0.927
Caleb Mayer Lakeville North 1129:54:00 15 2.21 0.927
Cody Ticen Lakeville South 870:51:00 14 1.82 0.926
Derek Manzella Eagan 1291:54:00 16 1.89 0.926
Tyler Steffens White Bear Lake 1170:32:00 15 1.83 0.926
Will Larson Andover 663:00:00 11 1.15 0.925
Bennett Weestrand Eastview 1280:51:00 13 2.35 0.921
Ethan Dahlmeir Lakeville South 407:49:00 4 2.25 0.92

Carson Limesand Benilde-St. Margaret's 1072:18:00 13 2 0.919
Zach Hayes Hopkins 1298:18:00 7 3.06 0.916


 Name  Team  MIN  W  GAA  SV %
Connor Dokken East Ridge 958:31:00 10 2.34 0.916
Carsten Lardy St. Thomas Academy 302:57:00 4 1.85 0.915
Owen Carlson Cloquet-Esko-Carlton 823:28:00 8 2.48 0.915
Matthew Syverson Academy of Holy Angels 1174:10:00 16 2.69 0.914
Simon Hedin Hastings 307:02:00 4 2.16 0.913
Zach Wiese Owatonna 1123:35:00 17 1.72 0.913

Eli Andrews Eden Prairie 459:16:00 8 1.67 0.911
Josie Bothun Forest Lake 564:07:00 6 2.35 0.91
Tim Pundt Rochester Century 1286:23:00 19 2.26 0.909
Axel Rosenlund Eden Prairie 777:11:00 10 2.36 0.909
Garret Bonello Wayzata 1268:41:00 14 2.41 0.908
Marko Belak Cretin-Derham Hall 1197:42:00 19 2.17 0.906
Evan Wittchow Burnsville 1198:02:00 14 2.51 0.906
Trevor Boschee Prior Lake 1145:47:00 16 2.23 0.906
Aksel Reid Blake 1020:17:00 14 2.4 0.906
Josh Koziol Elk River/Zimmerman 1247:45:00 10 3.11 0.905
Josh Weyandt Chanhassen 865:09:00 3 3.95 0.905
Jacob Walsh Cloquet-Esko-Carlton 420:32:00 4 3.03 0.905
Konrad Kausch Duluth East 1238:52:00 10 2.84 0.904
Logan Bies Stillwater 822:49:00 11 2.23 0.904
Parker Slotsve Maple Grove 575:50:00 9 1.77 0.904
William Pinney St. Louis Park 1282:11:00 16 2.63 0.903
Ryan Wallin Blaine 987:48:00 14 2.58 0.903
Andrew Tuttle Roseau 1143:26:00 14 2.59 0.902
Conner Nelsen Park of Cottage Grove 1254:58:00 9 3.29 0.902
Cooper Olson Osseo 739:17:00 6 3.86 0.901

With 41, does that make a 90% save percentage just above ordinary...in other words, has the bar for good goaltending been raised? Think about it, if you see 30 shots(10/period), translates to 3.00 goals allowed,

nu2hockey wrote: ↑Mon Feb 17, 2020 4:18 pm With 41, does that make a 90% save percentage just above ordinary...in other words, has the bar for good goaltending been raised? Think about it, if you see 30 shots(10/period), translates to 3.00 goals allowed,

I'll defer to WestMetro on what he goal was here, but if I were looking to cut people from this list, I think I'd raise the 300 minute limit before raising the save percentage. That's just six games, and most of the leaders here are well over 1,000 minutes.

Just passing on the data

And to generate conversation

Didn’t go back to check , but yes I’m thinking this years number over 90% is much higher

Raising the cutoff to 500 minutes would only reduce the count be 4-5 kids . Didn’t want to leave out some important support goalies

I think if you are trying to rank them I would base it on at least 60% of game time which would be about 750 minutes in most cases, considering pulled goalie time and overtimes.
If not ranking and just tracking, it is impressive to see so many over the 90 mark..lots of tenders working hard and training year around. Wonder if the total goals scored for all the games has gone down with the saves going up?
Or maybe everyone just tries to get pucks on net, so less quantity shots.

nu2hockey wrote: ↑Mon Feb 17, 2020 4:18 pm With 41, does that make a 90% save percentage just above ordinary...in other words, has the bar for good goaltending been raised? Think about it, if you see 30 shots(10/period), translates to 3.00 goals allowed,

I think we crossed that threshold several years ago. I am far from an expert on goaltending, but the improved coaching, training, and equipment has made a big impact on the quality of goalie play at the high school level. It’s tough to win if you’re not getting at least a 90% save rate.

I hate to call out one goalie, but Clafton realized his potential (and had better play in front of him) this season, and jumped from .886 to .935, and that is a huge reason for Rapids’ improvement.

Stang5280 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 18, 2020 11:57 am

nu2hockey wrote: ↑Mon Feb 17, 2020 4:18 pm With 41, does that make a 90% save percentage just above ordinary...in other words, has the bar for good goaltending been raised? Think about it, if you see 30 shots(10/period), translates to 3.00 goals allowed,

I think we crossed that threshold several years ago. I am far from an expert on goaltending, but the improved coaching, training, and equipment has made a big impact on the quality of goalie play at the high school level. It’s tough to win if you’re not getting at least a 90% save rate.

I hate to call out one goalie, but Clafton realized his potential (and had better play in front of him) this season, and jumped from .886 to .935, and that is a huge reason for Rapids’ improvement.

Stang is on to something here. % can be a somewhat misleading stat. 90% plus seeing high percent of grade A (50-50 pucks) is far cry from 90% from perimeter. Although any goalie will solid defense play any day

Stang5280 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 18, 2020 11:57 amI think we crossed that threshold several years ago. I am far from an expert on goaltending, but the improved coaching, training, and equipment has made a big impact on the quality of goalie play at the high school level. It’s tough to win if you’re not getting at least a 90% save rate.

A few years ago I was seeing NHL SOG broken out at even strength and on PP. It was normal to see a team lose 2-1 with the goalie stopping 100% 5-on-5 and giving up 2 goals on 4 shots on the kill. Add in OT played at 3-on-3 and a shot is not a shot is not a shot.

Like most statistics, it tells part of a story but for the whole book it really points you to which questions to ask. Brett Hull is in the Hall of Fame and just barely registers above 0 for +/- and Allen Iverson won the MVP in a season he shot 42%.

O-townClown wrote: ↑Tue Feb 18, 2020 12:56 pm

Stang5280 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 18, 2020 11:57 amI think we crossed that threshold several years ago. I am far from an expert on goaltending, but the improved coaching, training, and equipment has made a big impact on the quality of goalie play at the high school level. It’s tough to win if you’re not getting at least a 90% save rate.

A few years ago I was seeing NHL SOG broken out at even strength and on PP. It was normal to see a team lose 2-1 with the goalie stopping 100% 5-on-5 and giving up 2 goals on 4 shots on the kill. Add in OT played at 3-on-3 and a shot is not a shot is not a shot.

Like most statistics, it tells part of a story but for the whole book it really points you to which questions to ask. Brett Hull is in the Hall of Fame and just barely registers above 0 for +/- and Allen Iverson won the MVP in a season he shot 42%.

Yes, save % provides some insight, but is probably not nearly the whole story. The teams overall strength and maybe as importantly their team's playing style (lockdown defense vs. firewagon) has a HUGE impact on this statistic.