Omaha’s Isaiah Saville has been named the NCHC’s Goaltender of the Week.

Saville was strong in net to backstop Omaha to a season-opening split with Lake Superior State last weekend.

In Saturday’s season opener, Saville compiled 15 saves in a 4-3 overtime defeat. The next night, Saville racked up 24 saves, including nine in the third period, to record his third career shutout in a 3-0 victory. He also anchored a UNO penalty kill that finished a perfect nine-for-nine in the series.

Saville totaled 39 saves on the weekend, compiling a 1.95 goals-against average and a .907 save percentage.

This is Saville’s second career Goaltender of the Week honor and fourth NCHC weekly honor, as he was a two-time Rookie of the Week in 2019-20, when he also earned his first Goaltender of the Week award.

During his youth hockey career, Saville played for the Colorado Thunderbirds.

Photo/Russell Hons

(October 4, 2021)