Jakaitis named CCHA Goalie of the Week

Lake Superior State junior goaltender Jeff Jakaitis (Rochester, Minn.) earned his second Central Collegiate Hockey Association Goaltender of the Week honor for 2005-06 after blocking 66-of-69 shots (.956) during last weekend's non-conference series at Bemidji State. Jakaitis, who had his first 40-save peformance since last February, totaled 25 saves in Friday's 2-1 victory and 41 saves in Saturday's 2-2 tie. Jakaitis is currently ranked 10th nationally in goals-against at 2.01 and 17th in save percentage (.918). Other CCHA player of the week honors went to Michigan's Brandon Kaleniecki (offensive), Ohio State's Sean Collins (defenseman) and Notre Dame's Erik Condra (rookie). Jakaitis was also named CCHA Goaltender of the Week on Nov. 7 following the Lakers' sweep at Western Michigan. He has received the award three times.