Mike Richter Award watch list announced for top NCAA goaltender

By @MichaelCaples –

“Let’s Play Hockey” announced the watch list for the Mike Richter Award today, which is annually presented by the Minnesota-based publication and the Herb Brooks Foundation to the goaltender deemed most outstanding in NCAA Division I men’s hockey.

The watch list features four players with Michigan ties, and one Michigan native – Cam Johnson, the goaltender between the pipes for the defending national champions in North Dakota.

Here are the four ‘tenders with Michigan ties featured on the watch list:

Gordon Defiel – Lake Superior State

Cam Johnson – North Dakota (Troy native)

Eric Schierhorn – Minnesota (Muskegon Lumberjacks alum)

Atte Tolvanen – Northern Michigan