NOTRE DAME, Ind. — Fighting Irish senior goaltender Dylan St. Cyr has been named the Big Ten’s Second Star of the Week following back-to-back shutouts of Michigan State (Feb. 26-27).
St. Cyr led Notre Dame to a pair of 2-0 victories over the weekend, stopping all 27 shots he faced in game one and then turning around and totaling 29 saves in game two for his second and third shutouts of the season and the fourth and fifth shutouts of his Irish career.
A senior from Northville, Michigan, St. Cyr is now 9-8-1 on the season with a 2.38 goals against average and a .919 save percentage. He has started 12 of Notre Dame’s last 13 games dating back to the 2-1 win at Minnesota on Jan. 16 while posting a 2.07 goals against average and a .934 save percentage during that span.
It marks the first Weekly Big Ten honor of St. Cyr’s career.
Big Ten Stars of the Week — March 2
First Star: Cole Caufield, So., F, Wisconsin
Second Star: Dylan St. Cyr, Sr., G, Notre Dame
Third Star: Matty Beniers, Fr., F, Michigan
Notre Dame’s 2020-21 B1G Stars of the Week
First Star: Ryan Bischel (Dec. 1), Graham Slaggert (Jan. 19)
Second Star: Max Ellis (Jan. 13), Alex Steeves (Feb. 9, Feb. 23), Dylan St. Cyr (March 2)
Next Up
- The Irish are slated to close out the regular season at home this weekend against Penn State (March 5-6).
- Game one (7:45 p.m.) will be televised on NBCSN, while game two (5:30 p.m.) is slated for RSN distribution including SNY, NBC Sports Boston, NBC Sports Chicago, NBC Sports Philadelphia and NBC Sports Washington.
- Saturday’s game will include a post-game ceremony to honor the team’s graduating senior class of Pierce Crawford, Matt Hellickson, Dylan St. Cyr, Nick Sanford, Matt Steeves and Colin Theisen.
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