Seattle Thunderbirds goaltender Thomas Milic was named Western Hockey League Goaltender of the Week for the week ending Dec. 12.<\/p>\n
The WHL announced Dec. 13 that Milic had received the honor.<\/p>\n
Milic posted a 2-0-0-0 record, 0.96 goals-against average and .966 save percentage over 125 minutes of work this past week, turning aside 56 of 58 shots in the process, according to a WHL news release.<\/p>\n
The product of Coquitlam, B.C., began his week Dec. 7 by turning aside 31 shots in a 2-1 Thunderbirds shootout victory over the Kelowna Rockets at the accesso ShoWare Center in Kent.<\/p>\n
Three nights later, the 18-year-old posted a victory in his first-ever start in his home province of British Columbia, stopping 25 of 26 shots in a 6-1 victory over the Kamloops Blazers.<\/p>\n
Milic, who was named the U.S. Division Rookie of the Year during the 2020-21 WHL season, has helped Seattle, as of Dec. 13, collect nine of a possible 10 points in his last five outings.<\/p>\n
The 6-foot, 170-pound netminder was originally selected by the Thunderbirds in the third round of the 2018 WHL Draft. In 30 career WHL appearances, all with the Thunderbirds, Milic holds a 17-10-2-0 record to go along with a 2.65 goals-against average, .911 save percentage and two shutouts.<\/p>\n
Seattle entered this week in third place in the Western Conference just behind the Everett Silvertips and Kamloops Blazers. The Thunderbirds play Everett at 7:05 p.m. Friday, Dec. 17 at the ShoWare Center and then travel to play the Silvertips on Dec. 18. They are then off for 10 days before playing the Spokane Chiefs at 7:05 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 28 at the ShoWare.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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