Al Montoya

Class:
Sophomore
Position:
G
Height:
6-2
Weight:
185
Hometown:
Glenview, Ill.
S/C:
L
NHL:
NYR

Junior (2004-05)... Alternate captain ... Academic All-Big Ten Conference ... All-Midwest Regional Team ... Led nation in minutes played with 2358:51 ... Set career-best shutout streak of 150:01 (Oct. 23-30). Also had shutout streak of 128:40 (March 11-18) ... Had three shutouts (vs. Ferris State on Oct. 29, at Notre Dame on Dec. 4, vs. Notre Dame on March 12). 13 career shutouts are just two shy of Marty Turco's all-time school record of 15 set from 1995-98 ... Had career-best 11-game winning streak (Feb. 11-March 25), career-best 14-game unbeaten streak (Jan. 29-March 25). Had eight-game winning streak (Dec. 3-Jan. 15) ... Registered three assists (vs. Michigan State on Feb. 4, at Nebraska-Omaha on Feb. 12 and vs. Notre Dame on Feb. 19). Has five career helpers ... Made season-high 33 saves vs. Western Michigan (Jan. 7) ... Missed Great Lakes Invitational while playing for Team USA at 2005 IIHF World Junior Championship (Dec. 25-Jan. 4) ... Preseason All-Inside College Hockey Online second team ... Preseason All-U.S. College Hockey Online second team ... Preseason All-CCHA first team ... Mickey and Wally Grant Scholarship for Ice Hockey.

Sophomore (2003-04)... CCHA All-Academic honorable mention ... U-M Athletic Academic Achievement award ... Jofa/AHCA All-America West second team ... All-Northeast Regional team ... All-CCHA second team ... Finalist for CCHA Goaltender of the Year ... Two-time CCHA Defensive Player of the Week (Jan. 26, Oct. 28) ... Recipient of the Perani Cup for U-M, awarded to player with the most game stars during the CCHA regular season ... Named HBC Financial Group/CCHA Player of the Month in January. Posted 6-0-0 record, two shutouts, a 0.83 GAA and .952 (five GA) save percentage in six games ... Awarded the Hal Downes Trophy as U-M's most valuable player ... His six blankings set the U-M single-season record for shutouts. The standard had been five, which was reached by Jack Tompkins (1929-30) and Marty Turco (1995-96) ... Holds second-most wins in school history (56) after two seasons (Marty Turco, 61) ... Has third-best winning percentage (.705) after two seasons (Turco, .785; Steve Shields, .782) ... Set career-high with 42 saves in the NCAA Northeast Regional final against Boston College (March 28) ... Had 30+ saves in nine games with a 6-2-1 record ... Notched his 50th career victory with a 35-save performance against Miami (Ohio) (Feb. 14) ... Set season-high with seven game winning streak from Jan. 9-Feb. 6. Undefeated in nine games (8-0-1) from Dec. 12-Feb. 6 ... Andrew K. Abel and Dr. Tama D. Abel Scholarship for Men's Ice Hockey.

Freshman (2002-03)... Named to Inside College Hockey.com's All-Rookie Team ... Named the Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA Midwest Regional ... CCHA Super Six All-Tournament team ... CCHA Rookie of the Week (Nov. 18) ... CCHA Defensive Player of the Week (Dec. 2) ... One of three U-M freshmen named to the Bauer/CCHA All-Rookie Team ... Recorded the most victories (30) of any freshman netminder in the nation and tied for the national lead with Ferris State's Mike Brown ... Ranked ninth nationally with a 2.33 goals-against average, tops among the nation's freshmen goaltenders ... Established U-M freshman goaltending records for wins (30), save percentage (.911) and games played (43). Marty Turco posted 27 wins during his rookie year in 1994-95, while Josh Blackburn posted a .905 SV% and played in 41 games as a freshman in 1998-99 ... Became the second freshman goaltender under head coach Red Berenson to backstop his team to the Frozen Four. Marty Turco took Michigan to the Frozen Four as a rookie in 1994-95 ... Posted an 18-2-0 mark with a 1.99 goals-against average and a .924 SV% at Yost Ice Arena ... In road/neutral site games, he was 12-8-3 with a 2.61 GAA and a .901 SV% ... Limited opponents to one goal or less in 17 of his 43 appearances ... Recorded four shutouts (vs. Niagara on Oct. 11, vs. Lake Superior State on Nov. 16, vs. Lake Superior State on Jan. 25, vs. Ohio State on March 21). First career shutout was in his first collegiate game, stopping 29 shots en route to a 3-0 blanking of Niagara (Oct. 11) at the Xerox College Hockey Showcase to become the third straight U-M freshman starting goaltender to notch a shutout in his collegiate debut. Marty Turco helped blanked York, 8-0, in his first appearance (Oct. 14, 1994), while Josh Blackburn posted a 2-0 win over Lake Superior State (Oct. 11, 1998) ... Recorded season-high 38 saves twice (at Minnesota on Dec. 1, at Ohio State on March 8) ... Ranked as the youngest player in the nation with a Feb. 13, 1985, birthday ... Red Berenson Scholarship for Ice Hockey.

Club/Junior Team... Played for the United States National Team Development Program's Under-17 Team in 2001-02 ... Saw action in 34 games, posting an 11-16-2 mark to go along with a 3.23 goals-against average and a .912 save percentage ... Teammate of sophomores Mike Brown, T.J. Hensick and Matt Hunwick during 2001-02 campaign ... Skated for the Texas Tornado of the North American Hockey League in 2000-01, registering an 11-3-0 mark to go along with a 2.82 GAA and an .891 SV% in 16 games ... Was a teammate of senior Nick Martens in 2000-01 ... Also played football for Loyola Academy as a freshman in 1999.

National/International... Earned fourth place with Team USA at 2005 IIHF World Junior Championship. Had 3-4-0 record with a 3.36 GAA and a .904 save percentage ... Participated in 2004 USA Hockey National Junior Evaluation Camp held Aug. 9-14, 2004, in Grand Forks, N.D. ... Backstopped Team USA's World Junior Team to first gold medal at 2004 IIHF World Junior Championship in Finland ... Started all six games and posted save percentage of .944 and a goals-against average of 1.33 , notching two shutouts and allowing just eight goals ... Earned the Directorate Award as top goaltender at the 2004 IIHF World Junior Championship, becoming the fifth U.S. goalie to win a Directorate Award ... Named to the All-tournament team ... GAA and save percentage rank second all-time among U.S. goaltenders at the WJC ... Attended evaluation camp for the 2002 and 2003 U.S. National Junior Team ... Led the U.S. National Under-17 Team to the gold medal at the World Under-17 Challenge in Winnipeg, Manitoba ... Helped the U.S. Under-17 Select Team to a gold medal at the 2001 Four Nations Tournament in Slovakia.

Personal... Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts, majoring in psychology ... Graduated from Ann Arbor (Mich.) Huron High School in 2002 ... Also attended Loyola Academy (Wilmette, Ill.) and Fossil Ridge High School (Fort Worth, Texas) ... Fast-tracked through high school ... Brother, David Walsh, attended the United States Naval Academy and was a four-year letterwinner on the football team ... Drafted in the first round (No. 6 overall) by the New York Rangers in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft. Ranks as the second-highest draft pick in Michigan history.