Ryan Munce of the Johnstown Chiefs Named Rbk Hockey ECHL Goaltender of the Week

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MLN Newswire -www.mlntherawfeed.com - Princeton, N.J. (April 3, 2007) – The ECHL announced on Tuesday that Ryan Munce of the Johnstown Chiefs is the Rbk Hockey ECHL Goaltender of the Week for Mar. 26-Apr. 1, 2007.

The Mississauga, Ontario native was 3-0-0 with a 1.00 goals-against
average and a save percentage of .960 to help the Chiefs go 4-0-0 to move
into the fifth and final playoff spot in the North Division with 70 points
(32-31-6).

After stopping 25 of 26 shots in a 3-1 win at Cincinnati on Mar. 27, the
21-year-old made 24 saves in a 6-1 win against Toledo on Mar. 30 and
closed out the week stopping 23 shots in a 2-1 overtime win against
Cincinnati on Apr. 1.

Since being assigned to Johnstown after he was traded from the Los Angeles
King to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Jan. 21, the 6-foot-2 and 185-pound
Munce is 5-3-1 with a 2.53 goals-against average and a save percentage of
.916 in 13 games. He began the season with Reading and was 5-6-4 with a
goals-against average of 3.30 and a save percentage of .884 in 17 games
for the Royals.

Selected in the third round (82nd overall) by the Los Angeles Kings in the
2003 NHL Entry Draft and under NHL contract to Tampa Bay, Munce led the
ECHL as a rookie in 2005-06 with 3,234 minutes, 1,705 saves and eight
shootout wins and was 30-18-5 with a goals-against average of 2.78 and a
save percentage of .919 in 55 games with Bakersfield. He was 5-5-0 with a
goals-against average of 3.36 and a save percentage of .889 to help
Bakersfield advance to the division finals in the Kelly Cup Playoffs.

Prior to turning professional, Munce played three seasons in the Ontario
Hockey League where he was 55-56-14 with five shutouts, a goals-against
average of 2.98 and a save percentage of .912 in 136 regular season games
for Sarnia.