The Central Hockey League announced today that Kris Tebbs of the Corpus Christi IceRays has been has been named the Sher-Wood/Central Hockey League Goaltender of the Month for the month of March/2009. Tebbs will receive a Sher-Wood/CHL logoed portable DVD player, courtesy of Sher-Wood, to recognize his accomplishment.
Tebbs went 5-2-1 during the month of March playing in all but 32 minutes of his team’s 550 minutes in the month. He earned one shutout on March 13th ion a 1-0 victory over Rio Grande Valley (25 saves). For the month, the Calgary, Alberta native had a 2.08 goals against average allowing just 18 goals in nine starts. His save percentage was .930 as he helped propel the Rays into the post-season with numerous “must-win” critical games. Corpus Christi got into the playoffs on the final day of the regular season with a 3-2 shootout win at Bossier-Shreveport. A game that Tebbs made 36 saves in. During the month of March, Tebbs allowed three or fewer goals in eight of his nine appearances and two or fewer in five games.
The 5-10, 170-pound goaltender finished the season with a 24-20-2 record and a .908 save percentage. He also had two shutouts. He also won the Oakley CHL Goaltender of the Week on January 26th, 2009.
Other players receiving consideration for the Sher-Wood/CHL Goaltender of the Month for March include Bossier-Shreveport’s Ken Carroll, Colorado’s Andrew Penner, Laredo’s Andrew Martin, Mississippi’s Kevin Beech, New Mexico’s Kyle McNulty, Odessa’s Alexandre Vincent, Oklahoma City’s Doug Groenestege, Rio Grande Valley’s Christian Boucher and Wylie Rogers and Texas’ David Cacciola.
Sher-Wood CHL Goaltender of the Month
Kris Tebbs, Corpus Christi IceRays
Position: Goaltender
(March Totals)
Games – 9
Record – 5-2-1
GAA – 2.08
Save % – .930
Sher-Wood CHL Goaltender of the Month Winners
October – Wylie Rogers, Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees
November – Doug Groenestege, Oklahoma City Blazers
December – Andrew Penner, Colorado Eagles
January – Kevin Beech, Mississippi RiverKings
February – Kevin Beech, Mississippi RiverKings
March – Kris Tebbs, Corpus Christi IceRays
