ORONO, Maine. -- Junior goaltender Jeremy Swayman was named the seventh Mike Richter Award recipient, which was announced Saturday evening by Let's Play Hockey. The Mike Richter Award honors the nation's top collegiate goaltender.

Swayman, a fourth round draft pick of the Boston Bruins in 2017, finished his junior season at Maine with stellar numbers. He played in over 2,000 minutes and led the nation in saves with 1,099 also posting a 2.07 goals against average and his .939 save percentage was second in the nation. He faced 1,170 shots and allowed just 71 goals. He stopped more than 30 shots 25 times during the season, more than 40 twice and more than 50 (52) once.  Swayman is a Management major with a 3.38 GPA.

"Certainly Jeremy's numbers this season are impressive and these speak for themselves," said head coach Red Gendron. "The numbers provide evidence of his excellence but more than that, he provided our team with tremendous confidence because we all understood that he would make the saves we needed, whenever we needed them, ultimately leading to our team's success.  His work habits and disciplined professionalism rivaled other great goalies I've been privileged to be on teams with like Martin Brodeur and Jon Quick.  These things can't be seen by just looking at numbers but everyone here understands how real it truly was."

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