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Ex-Badger Logan Thompson named NHL Second Star of the Week 

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Former Brock Badgers goaltender Logan Thompson was selected as the National Hockey League’s (NHL) Second Star of the Week for the week ending on March 31st

The Vegas Golden Knights’ netminder posted a 3-0 record during the week, stopping 102 of the 105 shots he faced in three starts, registering a 0.98 goals against average and .971 save percentage. 

Thompson made 31 saves, including denying Pavel Buchnevich on a penalty shot in overtime against the St. Louis Blues on March 25th, in a 2-1 Golden Knights victory. 

The win marked Thompson’s second straight 20-win season after the 27-year-old won 21 games a season ago accounting for a 21-13-3 record. 

Thompson tied his season-high win total of 21 three nights later, making 39 high-quality stops, including stopping all 15 shots he faced in the third period, earning a 4-1 victory over the Winnipeg Jets.  

He ended his spectacular week with his third consecutive 30-save game and 13th 30-plus save performance of the season, making 32 saves in another 2-1 overtime victory against the Minnesota Wild on March 30th.  

The Calgary native’s stellar performances between the pipes helped extend the Golden Knights’ lead in the wild card standings to five points ahead of the St. Louis Blues for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference (as of games played on April 8th). 

Currently, Thompson has 23 wins, 2.76 goals against average, .907 save percentage and a shutout in 44 games played this season. 

Throughout his NHL career he has been sensational, earning 54 wins, 2.70 goals against average, .912 save percentage and four shutouts in 101 career games played. 

His success at the NHL level is something he credits the Brock hockey program and former Badgers’ head coach Marty Williamson. 

“Williamson has a lot of connections, and he was able to help me out,” said Thompson in an interview with Sportsnet in 2022.  

“Brock University had a good hockey program the year before and as a goalie, my biggest thing was that I wanted to play and wanted to go somewhere where I was going to play.” 

Thompson played for the Badgers during the 2018-19 season and had an astounding impact on their run to finishing second in the OUA West division. 

The former Brandon Wheat King of the WHL won 18 of the 24 games he played for the Badgers that season, registering 2.22 goals against average – third best in the OUA – and a .934 save percentage which ranked second-highest in the conference. 

Thompson’s success at the university level earned him opportunities in the ECHL with the Adirondack Thunder and South Carolina Stingrays, before finding his way into Vegas’ system. His outstanding goaltending play for the AHL’s Henderson Silver Knights earned him the opportunity to play in the NHL against the best hockey players in the world like Connor McDavid and Alexis Lafrenière. 

Lafrenière was named as the Third Star of the Week, leading the league with five goals during the week along with a pair of assists to help the New York Rangers be the first team to clinch a spot in the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs. 

McDavid was named as the First Star of the Week, bolstering eight points, three goals and five assists, leading the Edmonton Oilers to a perfect 3-0 week. 

For more information on Logan Thompson and the NHL, head to nhl.com. 

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