Lakers Land their Guy

The goaltending speculation at Lake Superior State University looks to have come to an end with West Roxbury Mass’s Brian Mahoney-Wilson committing to attend LSSU this fall. Last season the 21 year-old Mahoney-Wilson, “Beemer” split time with Newmarket and Georgetown of the Ontario Provincial Jr. A Hockey League (OPJHL) totaling 10 wins in 22 games, posting 2 shutouts with a 3.29 goals against average and .905 save percentage. Mahoney-Wilson was a high school hockey star playing for Catholic Memorial High School in Boston, Mass., posting a 1.16 goals-against average in 24 games in his senior season including six shutouts. Mahoney-Wilson was selected by the San Jose Sharks in the ninth round of the 2004 NHL Entry Draft with the 288th overall pick, Brian is the nephew of San Jose Sharks head coach Ron Wilson. Mahoney-Wilson has had a rough couple of years following his high school career. Brian played his first year of Junior Hockey Playing for the Walpole Stars of the Eastern Junior Hockey League where he posted a 23-15-2 record with a .920 save percentage and 2.73 goals against average. In 2005-06 Brian found himself with the Burnaby Express of the British Columbia Junior Hockey League, By mid-October of 2005 Mahoney-Wilson had posted a 4-2-0-1 record before being injured by a crosschecked to the head leaving him with a grade three concussion, a separated shoulder and a pulled hip muscle, after being out 5 weeks he with the injury he found himself off the team. Mahoney-Wilson signed by the Indiana Ice of the United States Hockey League (USHL) in early 2006, but was traded to the Lincoln Stars before ever appearing in a game for Indiana. With Lincoln already having a starting goaltender Mahoney-Wilson found himself on the outside looking in again and only appeared in four games posting a .913 save percentage and a 2.80 goals-against average. http://www.hockeyjournal.com/juniors/200609/200609JuniorNEHJ.htm http://hockeysfuture.com/articles/8600