The Ontario Hockey League today announced the OHL Performers of the Month for January 2007.Goaltender of the Month
Michal Neuvirth, Plymouth Whalers
Neuvirth posted a 1.29 goals-against average and a 0.960 save percentage in nine games for the Whalers to win the OHL Goaltender of the Month for January.
Neuvirth went 7-1-0-0 and posted three shutouts during the month. He had two of the shutouts in back-to-back games. The first was a 5-0 victory over the Owen Sound Attack on New Years Day and the second was a 3-0 win in London over the Knights on January 5.
Neuvirth’s shutout streak reached 164:18 and was the second longest in Whalers history behind Rob Zepp’s 182:13 streak from January 21-29, 2000. Neuvirth’s final shutout of the month was on January 27, when he made 42 saves to blank Sault Ste. Marie 6-0 and was named first star of the game.
The native of the Czech Republic currently leads the Ontario Hockey League with a .930 save percentage and is second in the league with four shutouts.
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