CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Sophomore goaltender Joseph Woll earned his third conference award of the season after strong showing in the conference quarterfinals against Merrimack, collecting Hockey East Defensive Player of the Week honors on Tuesday morning.
The St. Louis native turned in a season-best 37 saves in game one of the Hockey East semifinals, shutting out No. 10-seed Merrimack, 1-0, on Friday, March 9.
Woll earned his second shutout of the season and third of his career after stopping all 37 shots. It marked the second-year backstopper's second-straight shut out to start the playoffs as Woll backstopped the Eagles' to a 7-0 win in against the Catamounts in the 2017 Hockey East game one quarterfinals.