2008 Woodie Awards
Goalies saving Pioneer season
After tough season, Mannino and Fisher playing better in goal
Brooks Kirchheimer
Issue date: 2/6/07 Section: Sports
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Athletes have their ups and downs and it is no different for DU hockey goaltenders, senior Glenn Fisher and junior Peter Mannino.
"I think both of them in their early days as Pioneers had a tremendous amount of success and were part of leading this team to league and national titles," said Head Coach George Gwozdecky.
Their ups and downs have included winning NCAA titles in 2003-2004 and 2004-2005 to struggling and ending their 2005-2006 season in the first round of the WCHA playoffs.
"Like young guys and just like our team did last year, we lost our competitive edge, and we were not as hungry and it understandable after the type of success we had. It is tough to maintain that hunger considering everybody is going to be gunning for you."
The loss of competitive edge led to Fisher and Mannino compiling the most number of losses in their college career and a career high and low, respectively, for Mannino in goals-against-average and save percentage.
"I just think things didn't click, didn't go our way. There were definitely some bright things from last year that you can look back on and also negative things that you can learn from," said Mannino.
Mannino finished with a 12-8-1 record and a 2.71 GAA and .904 save percentage while giving up a career high 56 goals.
"I think towards the end of the year I struggled and at the beginning of the year I started off well, just kind of went downhill in the second part of the season," said Fisher about last season.
Fisher finished with a 9-7-2 record while putting together career best's in GAA with 2.72 compared to his freshman's years 3.58 and save percentage .898% compared to .872 percent.
After a season in which fans were looking for a third straight NCAA championship and got a first round bow out, it was time for Fisher and Mannino to get back on their game.
"We talk about our goaltending program as a program within a program. They know as a whole that they underachieved last year, and they took some onus to that and have made it a point to themselves to make it a better goaltending program," said Derek Lalonde, an assistant coach and goaltending specialist .
"I think both of them in their early days as Pioneers had a tremendous amount of success and were part of leading this team to league and national titles," said Head Coach George Gwozdecky.
Their ups and downs have included winning NCAA titles in 2003-2004 and 2004-2005 to struggling and ending their 2005-2006 season in the first round of the WCHA playoffs.
"Like young guys and just like our team did last year, we lost our competitive edge, and we were not as hungry and it understandable after the type of success we had. It is tough to maintain that hunger considering everybody is going to be gunning for you."
The loss of competitive edge led to Fisher and Mannino compiling the most number of losses in their college career and a career high and low, respectively, for Mannino in goals-against-average and save percentage.
"I just think things didn't click, didn't go our way. There were definitely some bright things from last year that you can look back on and also negative things that you can learn from," said Mannino.
Mannino finished with a 12-8-1 record and a 2.71 GAA and .904 save percentage while giving up a career high 56 goals.
"I think towards the end of the year I struggled and at the beginning of the year I started off well, just kind of went downhill in the second part of the season," said Fisher about last season.
Fisher finished with a 9-7-2 record while putting together career best's in GAA with 2.72 compared to his freshman's years 3.58 and save percentage .898% compared to .872 percent.
After a season in which fans were looking for a third straight NCAA championship and got a first round bow out, it was time for Fisher and Mannino to get back on their game.
"We talk about our goaltending program as a program within a program. They know as a whole that they underachieved last year, and they took some onus to that and have made it a point to themselves to make it a better goaltending program," said Derek Lalonde, an assistant coach and goaltending specialist .
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