Career: Ranks fifth all-time
at UND in career goals against average (2.45) and sixth in save percentage
(.904) ... Ranks sixth in games played (89), seventh in career wins (50), and
is tied for eighth in shutouts (four) ... Ranks 10th in career winning
percentage (.657) and total saves (1,987) ... Only goalie in UND history to
appear in at least 40 games in each of his first two seasons ... One of only
two goalies (with Karl Goehring) in UND history to win 20-plus games in each of
his first two seasons.
2010-11 (Junior): Recipient of the NCAA Elite 88 award for men's hockey, presented to the
student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average participating
at the finals site for each of the NCAA's 88 championships ... A WCHA Scholar-Athlete
for the second straight season ... Also named to his second consecutive
All-WCHA Academic team ... Named to Athletics Director's Fall Honor Roll ... Appeared
in seven games ... Started UND's regular season finale at Michigan Tech (March
5) and stopped 18 of 20 shots in an 11-2 win ... Start was his first since Nov.
19 at Nebraska Omaha ... Earned third letter.
2009-10 (Sophomore):
Named
to All-WCHA second team ... Named a WCHA Scholar-Athlete and selected to
All-WCHA Academic team ... Led the nation in minutes played (2387:54) ... Named
to WCHA Final Five All-Tournament Team ... Stopped 74 of 80 shots (.925 save
percentage) in three tournament games ... Stopped all 22 shots he faced in 2-0
quarterfinal win over No. 11 Minnesota Duluth ... Tied for the WCHA lead in
wins (24) and ranked second in goals against average (2.11) and fourth in save
percentage (.914) ... Ranked eighth nationally in goals against average ...
Posted the fifth-lowest GAA and ninth-lowest save percentage in UND history ...
Garnered back-to-back WCHA Defensive Player of the Week honors on Feb. 22 and
March 3, the first of his career ... Appeared in 41 games for the second
straight year, a total topped only by Jean-Philippe Lamoureux's 42 in 2007-08
... Won 24 games for the second straight year, tied for fourth-most in UND single-season
history ... Earned a career-high three shutouts, tied for seventh-most in
school history ... Recorded his first career playoff shutout with 27-save
effort in 6-0 win over Minnesota in Game One of WCHA first round playoff series
... Stopped 67 of 71 shots (.944) in the series ... Started UND's last 16 games
... Went 12-2-0 with a 1.72 GAA and .933 save percentage in his last 14 games
... Made a season-high 33 saves in a 1-0 loss at No. 3 Denver (Nov. 20) ...
Earned first shutout of the season with 22 saves against Minnesota (Oct. 16) in
the WCHA opener, a 4-0 Sioux win ... Saw his streak of consecutive starts end
at 38 in October, the third-longest streak in school history ... Streak spanned
from Nov. 15, 2008 to Oct. 17, 2009 ... Earned his second letter.
2008-09 (Freshman): Named to All-WCHA
third team and All-WCHA rookie team ... A two-time Hockey Commissioner's
Association Rookie of the Month honorable mention (Dec., Feb.) ... Named UND's
Male Rookie of the Year (all sports) ... Also earned team rookie of the year
honors ... Earned WCHA Rookie of the Week honors a league-leading three times
(Nov. 18, Dec. 9 and Feb. 17) ... Led the WCHA in wins (24), winning percentage (.650) and
conference winning percentage (.731) ... Joined Ed Belfour (1986-87) and Karl
Goehring (1998) as the only freshman goaltenders in UND history to win 20 games
... Only Belfour (29) won more as a Sioux freshman ... Set UND freshman records
for consecutive appearances (40) and consecutive starts (34) ... Both streaks
remained intact heading into the 2009-10 season ... Appeared in 41 total games,
one shy of the school record set by Jean-Philippe Lamoureux in 2007-08 ... His
24 wins rank fourth all-time in UND single-season history ... His 2.56 goals
against average is the eighth-best in school history by a freshman and his .906
save percentage ranks ninth ... Became just the fourth goalie in UND history to
record at least 1,000 saves in a season ... Finished second in the WCHA goals
against average race (conference games) by .0002 ... His conference mark of
2.3934 was second only to Minnesota Duluth's Alex Stalock (2.3932) ... Recorded
his first career shutout with 14 saves in a 5-0 win at Michigan Tech (Jan. 17)
... Made a season-high 39 saves in a 10-1 win at Harvard (Dec. 5) ... Earned
first letter.
Before UND: Drafted by the
Buffalo Sabres in the fifth round (139th overall) of the 2007 NHL Entry Draft
... A 2007 graduate of Holy Trinity Academy ... Spent the previous three
seasons with the Okotoks Oilers of the AJHL ... Named the 2008 AJHL Most
Valuable Player after leading the league in wins (29) and save percentage (.933)
... His .933 save percentage tied the AJHL single-season record ... Went 29-4-4 with a 2.12 goals against average
... Named to the 2008 AJHL All-League team and participated in the 2008 Rogers
AJHL All-Star game ... Received the 2008 Enerflex AJHL Scholarship ... Appeared
in 48 games in 2006-07 and went 24-18-2 with a 2.87 goals against average and a
.904 save percentage ... Led the Oilers to the AJHL semifinals that year with a
2.87 goals against average and .907 save percentage in 16 playoff games ...
Named to the 2007 CJAHL West Prospect team ... Represented Canada and captured
the gold medal at the 2007 World Junior A Challenge in November as a member of Team Canada West.
Personal: Received his bachelor's degree in entrepreneurship and is currently
pursuing his master's degree in business administration ... Son of Bryce and
Karen Eidsness.
Eidsness'
Career Overall Statistics:
Year |
GP |
W-L-T |
MIN |
GA |
GAA |
SVS |
SV% |
SHO |
2008-09 |
41 |
24-12-4 |
2441:11 |
104 |
2.56 |
1,001 |
.906 |
1
|
2009-10 |
41 |
24-10-4 |
2387:54 |
84 |
2.11 |
891 |
.914 |
3 |
2010-11 |
7 |
2-2-1 |
323:00 |
22 |
4.09 |
95 |
.812 |
0 |
Totals |
89 |
50-24-9 |
5152:05 |
210
|
2.45 |
1,987 |
.904 |
4 |
Eidsness' Career WCHA Statistics:
Year |
GP |
W-L-T |
MIN |
GA |
GAA |
SVS |
SV% |
SHO |
2008-09 |
27 |
17-5-4 |
1604:24 |
64 |
2.39 |
640 |
.909 |
1
|
2009-10 |
27 |
14-8-2 |
1541:03 |
56 |
2.18 |
593 |
.914 |
1 |
2010-11 |
5 |
2-2-0 |
248:23 |
14 |
3.38 |
75 |
.843 |
0 |
Totals |
59 |
33-15-6 |
3393:50 |
134 |
2.37 |
1,308 |
.907 |
2 |
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