SportsOakville Beaver 42 SPORTS EDITOR: JON KUIPERIJ Phone 905-845-3824 (ext. 432) Fax 905-337-5571 email
[email protected] • FRIDAY,APRIL 24, 2009 Mason a Calder finalist Oakville may soon boast its first-ever since Tony Esposito recorded 15 shutouts in National Hockey League award winner. 1970. HIGH-FLYING Local resident Steve Mason has been Mason ranked second in the league with a ’HAWK: selected as one of the finalists for the National 2.29 goals-against average, eighth with Assad Bahrm of Hockey League’s rook- 3,664 minutes played, ninth with 33 wins, the W.H. Morden ie-of-the-year award, 10th with 61 games played, and 11th with a Seahawks (in the NHL announced .916 save percentage. He led all rookie goal- black) goes up Wednesday. The tenders in all categories except save percent- for a shot as Sir Columbus Blue Jackets age, where he finished second to Nashville’s E. MacMillan goaltender, Anaheim Pekka Rinne (.917). Mustangs oppo- Ducks forward Bobby Coming off knee surgery the previous nent Jordan Ryan and Chicago spring, Mason started the season with the Murray contests Blackhawks forward American Hockey League’s Syracuse during Tuesday’s Kris Versteeg are the Crunch. The Minor Oaks Hockey Association Halton District Steve Mason three finalists chosen by product was called up after six games and School Board ele- the Professional Hockey won his first three starts, stopped a season- mentary boys’ Writers for Calder Trophy consideration. high 48 shots in a Dec. 17 win over the San basketball cham- The winner of the Calder Trophy will be Jose Sharks, and posted three shutouts in a pionship game at unveiled during the 2009 NHL Awards, which four-game span from Dec.