Barry Brust Receives Goaltender of the Month Honor - AHL

Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at 11:45AM
Jessica Quiroli in American Hockey League (AHL), Austin Ice Bats, Houston Aeros, Minnesota Wild, Player Honors, Team News, Texas Wildcatters

MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com - SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that  Barry Brust of the Houston Aeros has been named the Rbk X-Pulse/AHL  Goaltender of the Month for April. Brust stopped 110 of 116 shots in  five appearances, posting a 1.22 goals-against average and .948 save  percentage to help Houston secure a berth in the 2008 Calder Cup  Playoffs. 
 
 Brust began the week with a 25-save shutout on Apr. 2, backstopping  the Aeros to a 2-0 win over Lake Erie, then made 29 saves in a 4-1  win over Grand Rapids on Apr. 4. Brust stopped 22 shots in a 2-1  loss to Milwaukee and 19 shots in a 1-0 setback at Quad City before  finishing the regular season with 15 saves in a 3-2 victory over  Milwaukee on Apr. 12. 
 

ADVERTISEMENT  Originally a third-round draft choice by the Minnesota Wild in 2002,  the 24-year-old native of Swan River, Man., was 24-16-3 in 43  appearances for Houston in 2007-08, ranking sixth in the AHL with a  2.27 goals-against average and seventh with a .919 save percentage  along with four shutouts. Brust and teammate Nolan Schaefer shared  the AHL’s Harry “Hap” Holmes Award as the Aeros allowed the fewest  goals in the league during the regular season. 
 

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