The netminder for the Chicago Blackhawks’ ECHL affiliate has been named the league’s goaltender of the week. Matt Tomkins, a 2012 seventh-round pick by the Blackhawks, earned the honors by stopping 88 of 91 shots (.967 save percentage) in a pair of wins by the Indy Fuel.
The Blackhawks currently do not have Tomkins under an NHL contract even though he’s still a member of one of their affiliates. The 23-year-old signed an AHL deal with the Rockford IceHogs over the summer after finishing his senior year at Ohio State, where he posted a .