Shannon Szabados named SPHL Player of the Week

[Inkling]

Goaltender Shannon Szabados, a two-time Olympic gold-medallist with Canada's women's hockey team, has been named the Southern Professional Hockey League's player of the week.

Szabados went 2-0-0 with a 1.49 goals-against average and a .963 save percentage last week, helping the Columbus Cottonmouths increase their winning streak to six games.

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Good for her, I wonder if there's an opportunity to move up to the ECHL?

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[No Fun Shogun]

Very impressive, and honestly no clue. If she puts up numbers like that for a while, definitely might be one or two teams interested if they have an open goaltender position not taken by a parent club low-tier prospect.

 

[Sniper45]

Would be nice to see her get a shot at the ECHL

 

[Sports Enthusiast]

There's just something not right about a female playing pro in a mans league. Of course she plays goalie so its not like they can hit her or anything I guess really.

 

[Zarpan]

Yep, I figured that she'd be a pretty decent goalie in the SPHL.

The ECHL is a fairly big step up though. It looks like PPG players in the SPHL might end up being 0.5 PPG players in the ECHL.

That being said, I think she's good enough to fill in for a few ECHL games if goalies get called up to the AHL or get injured. The other goalie on her SPHL team got a few ECHL games in last year.

 

[Zarpan]

There's just something not right about a female playing pro in a mans league. Of course she plays goalie so its not like they can hit her or anything I guess really.

Hockey goalie is one of the few areas I can see a female player being successful as a pro in a mens' league.

 

[Sports Enthusiast]

Hockey goalie is one of the few areas I can see a female player being successful as a pro in a mens' league.

Only. That and maybe a kicker in football or goalie in soccer. Pitcher would be tough because they don't throw overhand in softball.