Noah Ruden

Class:
Sophomore
Position:
G
Height:
6-0
Weight:
170
Hometown:
Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
S/C:
R

Senior (2005-06)... Academic All-Big Ten Conference ... U-M Athletic Academic Achievement award ... Had single-season highs for games played (23), starts (19), wins (10), minutes (1191:19), saves (553) ... First NCAA Tournament start, appearance at North Dakota; 28 saves in 5-1 loss (March 24) ... First career playoff start, win vs. Ferris State; 28 saves in 6-4 win (March 10) ... Notched first career shutout in 23-save performance at Alaska Fairbanks (Oct. 29) ... Career-high 39 saves in 3-2 win vs. Ohio State (Feb. 4); 15 saves in second period tied career period high ... 15 saves in third period vs. Nebraska-Omaha tied career period high (Dec. 10) ... Made then career-high 37 saves at Miami; 15 saves in second period tied career period high (Dec. 3) ... Career-best six consecutive starts, 3-2-1 (Feb. 4-18) ... Won consecutive starts for first time in career (Oct. 29-Nov. 4) ... Made first appearance and start of season vs. Merrimack; also fist career start at Yost Ice Arena (Oct. 16).

Junior (2004-05)... Academic All-Big Ten Conference ... Great Lakes Invitational All-Tournament team (Dec. 29-30) ... Set career-best shutout streak of 69:04 with carry over from last season (Feb. 28-Dec. 29) ... Saw first playoff action of career in third period vs. Notre Dame (March 11) ... Recorded career-high 35 saves in overtime loss vs. Michigan State (Dec. 30). Had season-best shutout streak of 58:45 in the game ... Made first start of season against Michigan Tech and earned the win (Dec. 29) ... Played entire third period at Minnesota, allowing zero goals on 10 shots (Nov. 26) ... Made season debut in third period vs. Miami (Nov. 6).

Sophomore (2003-04)... Academic All-Big Ten Conference ... CCHA All-Academic special mention ... Made a career-high eight appearances ... U-M Athletic Academic Achievement award ... Made the first three starts of his career and earned a 1-2-0 record ... Earned first-career win against Michigan Tech (Dec. 28), making 12 saves on 13 shots in 43:04 of play ... Earned first start in goal against Boston College in the Great Lakes Invitational (Dec. 27) ... Made 32 saves on 36 shots against the Eagles ... Saw action in Michigan's series against Notre Dame (Feb. 27-28) ... Played 25:24, allowing one goal after Al Montoya was hurt in the second period on Feb. 27 ... Got third-career start on Feb. 28 ... Recorded four saves in relief in U-M's 7-1 victory over Ohio State (Jan. 10) ... Made three saves in final 7:40 of third period against Niagara (Nov. 1) ... Made his first appearance of the season in relief of Al Montoya in U-M's loss to Miami (Ohio) (Oct. 10). Played 14:10, allowing two goals on six shots against.

Freshman (2002-03)... Recipient of U-M's Athletic Academic Achievement award ... Saw action in three games, serving as a relief goaltender on each occasion ... Saw action in the final 16:50 of a 4-0 loss to Michigan State (Feb. 28), stopping all six shots he faced ... Played the final 25:57 of a 10-3 victory against Western Michigan (Jan. 10), stopping eight of nine shots ... Saw the first action of his career in a relief effort against Merrimack (Oct. 19), stopping all eight shots he faced in the final 13:04 of a 5-1 victory.

Club/Junior Team... Played for the Tri-City Storm of the United States Hockey League from 2000-02 ... Saw action in 43 games in 2001-02, posting a 20-16-4 mark to go along with a 2.95 goals-against average and a .903 save percentage ... Ranked third in the USHL for minutes played (2664:00) and saves (1288) ... Led the league in shootout wins (5) ... Established Tri-City single-season records for wins, minutes (2382:00) and shutouts (4) ... Saw action with the Tulsa Crude (formerly the Dubuque Fighting Saints) for the 2000-01 and part of the 2001-02 campaign ... Also played baseball for four years (1997-2000) at Andover High School.

Personal... Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts, majoring in communications ... Graduated from Andover (Mich.) High School in 2000 ... Father, Andrew, and mother, Jo Klein, are Michigan graduates.