Final Regular season stats: appeared in 40 games, 2094 minutes, facing 980 shots, making 889 saves, with 23 wins, 9 losses, 1 shootout loss, 2 shutouts and a 2.61 GAA and a .907 SV%.
October 08, 2005 - 1st Hartford Wolf Pack Game
October 08, 2005 - 1st Hartford Wolf Pack Win
October 29, 2005 - 51 saves, 3-2 win vs. Bridgeport. The most by a Wolf Pack goalie in
franchise's nine seasons. Saves; 1st: 12, 2nd: 20, 3rd: 19
January 14, 2006 - 1st Shutout - 31 Saves, 2 Assists, vs the Hershey Bears.
February 1, 2006 - 2006 Planet USA AHL All-Star Classic 2nd Team - MTS Centre - Winnipeg, Manitoba
February 4, 2006 - 2nd Shutout - 34 saves, 6-0 victory vs Portland Pirates
@ Cumberland County Civic Center. Jarkko Immonen set a franchise record with five goals (1st career hattrick).
As of 21 games played: 14-5-0 with a 2.57 goals-against average and a.910 save percentage.
missed nearly six weeks with a fractured ring finger on his left (catching) hand on Nov. 8.
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. : Team USA 2005 WJC
2004-05
Appeared in seven games for Team USA at the 2005 World Junior Championships, posting a record
of 3-4-0, along with a 3.36 goals against average.
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. : Team USA 2004 WJC
2003-04
Montoya backstopped Team USA to its first-ever World Junior Championship gold medal in
2004 by going 6-0-0 with a 1.33 goals-against average and a .944 save percentage. allowed just eight goals in six games and finished the two-week tournament
received the Directorate Award as the tournament’s top goaltender.
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. : University Of Michigan Wolverines
2004-05
3 YEAR TOTALS: 86-29-8 record with a 2.36 GAA and finished ranked among Wolverine leaders in victories (fourth), shutouts (third, with 13) and save percentage (tied for first with a .908 mark).
20 post-season games, 15-5 with a .928 save percentage plus a microscopic 1.88 GAA.
In 34 games has a record of 25-6-3, along with a goals against average of 2.69 and
save percentage of .891
Recorded the 12th shutout of his career on Dec. 4 against Notre Dame (8-0), and now trails UM all-time
shutout leader Marty Turco by three shutouts
Named 3rd star of the game on Jan. 29 in a 3-1 win over Northern Michigan
Named 3rd star on Feb. 12 in a 4-3 win over Nebraska-Omaha
2004-2005 Post-Season
Appeared between the pipes in 6 playoff games, compiling a record of 5-1, with a GAA of 1.67,
a Save % of .912, and 1 shutout
Named the game’s 3rd star when he shutout Notre Dame, 1-0, in Game 2 of the First Round series
which sent Michigan into the Super Six Semi-finals
Named the 3rd star of the CCHA’s Super Six Championship game after stopping 27 of Ohio State’s 29 shots,
helping Michigan wrap up the Mason Cup
Michigan was eliminated from the NCAA Tournament in the 2nd round after surrendering 4 unanswered
goals to Colorado College in a 4-3 loss
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. : University Of Michigan Wolverines
2003-04
Appeared in 40 games with the University of Michigan, posting a 26-12-2 record,
along with a 2.23 goals against average and .917 save percentage
recipient of numerous honors following the 2003-04 season, including:
2003-04 Jofa/AHCA All-America West Second Team selection (the first University of Michigan
All-American since the 2001-02 season), 2003-04 All-CCHA Second Team, a finalist for 2003-04 CCHA
Goaltender of the Year and 2003-04 CCHA All-Academic honorable mention
Named HBC Financial Group/CCHA Player of the Month in January, 2004 after posting a 6-0-0 record,
two shutouts, a 0.83 GAA and a .952 save percentage in six games
Posted a career-best six shutouts to bring his Michigan total to 10
Has posted the second-most wins in school history (56) after two seasons (Turco, 61)
and the third-best winning percentage (.705) after two seasons (Turco, .785; Steve Shields, .782)
Set career-high with 42 saves in the 2004 NCAA Northeast Regional Final against Boston College (March 28)
Has posted a 12-2-1 overall record at Michigan making 30+ saves in a game
Made 30+ saves in nine games in 2003-04 with a 6-2-1 record
Notched his 50th career victory with a 35 save performance against Miami (Ohio) (Feb. 14)
Established a career-best seven-game winning streak from January 9 to February 6
Was undefeated in nine games (8-0-1) from December 12 to February 6
Backstopped the United States to its first-ever gold medal finish at the 2004 IIHF U-20
World Junior Championship in Finland … Started all six games for Team USA, posting a 1.33
goals against average, a .944 save percentage and two shutouts
His GAA and save percentage rank second all-time among U.S. goaltenders at the U-20 WJC
Earned Directorate Award as the top goaltender at the tournament.
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. : University Of Michigan Wolverines
2002-03
After early discussions with the University of Michigan, completed two years of high school
in one year and joined the Wolverines for the 2002-03 season as their starting netminder
Posted a 30-10-3 record, along with a 2.33 goals against average and a .911 save percentage
in his freshman season
Led all NCAA Division 1 goalies in games played (43) and minutes (2,457:33), leading
Michigan to a spot in the NCAA Frozen Four.
Named to Inside College Hockey.com’s All-Rookie Team
Named the Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA Midwest Regional
CCHA Super Six All-Tournament team
CCHA Rookie of the Week (Nov. 18)
CCHA Defensive Player of the Week (Dec. 2)
One of three U-M freshmen named to the Bauer/CCHA All-Rookie Team
Recorded the most victories (30) of any freshman netminder in the nation and tied for the national lead with Ferris State’s Mike Brown
Ranked ninth nationally with a 2.33 goals-against average, tops among the nation’s freshmen goaltenders
Established U-M freshman goaltending records for wins (30), save percentage (.911) and games played (43)
Became the second freshman goaltender under head coach Red Berenson to backstop
his team to the Frozen Four.
Posted an 18-2-0 mark with a 1.99 goals-against average and a .924 SV% at Yost Ice Arena
In road/neutral site games, he was 12-8-3 with a 2.61 GAA and a .901 SV%
Limited opponents to one goal or less in 17 of his 43 appearances
Recorded four shutouts
(vs. Niagara on Oct. 11, vs. Lake Superior State on Nov. 16, vs. Lake Superior State on
Jan. 25, vs. Ohio State on March 21).
First career shutout was in his first collegiate game,
stopping 29 shots en route to a 3-0 blanking of Niagara
(Oct. 11) at the Xerox College Hockey Showcase to become
the third straight U-M freshman starting goaltender to
notch a shutout in his collegiate debut.
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. : U.S. National U-17 Team
2001-02
2002 World Under-17 Challenge- Selkirk and Stonewall, Manitoba
January 4, 2002 -- Gold Medal Game: USA vs. Team Pacific USA OT Win 4-3;
Goaltenders: USA, Coleman (25 shots, 22 saves); Montoya (7 shots, 7 saves)
January 3, 2002 -- Semi-final: USA vs. Ontario USA Win 7-2; Goaltenders: USA, Montoya, (36 shots, 34 saves).
January 2, 2002 -- USA vs. Quebec 4-4 Tie; Goaltenders: USA, Coleman (28 shots, 24 saves).
January 1, 2002 -- USA vs. Germany USA Win 8-2; Goaltenders: USA, Montoya, (27 shots, 25 saves).
December 31, 2001 -- USA vs. Team Western USA Win 3-2; Goaltenders: USA, Coleman, (20 shots, 18 saves).
December 29, 2001 -- USA vs. Czech Republic USA Win 5-4; Goaltenders: USA, Montoya, (31 shots, 27 saves).
December 28, 2001 -- USA vs. Team Ontario Exhibition USA Loss 1-3;
Goaltenders: USA, Montoya, 30:47 (16 shots, 14 saves); Coleman, 29:13 (20 shots, 19 saves).
2001 Under-17 Four Nations Tournament- Prievidza, Slovakia
August 12, 2001 -- USA 5, Switzerland 2 Goaltenders: USA, Zacharias (32 shots, 30 saves).
August 10, 2001 -- USA 7, Czech Republic 2 Goaltenders: USA, Montoya (29 shots, 27 saves).
August 9, 2001 -- USA 4, Slovakia 2 Goaltenders: USA, Montoya (30 shots, 28 saves).
August 7, 2001 -- Slovakia U-17 6, USA 3 (exhib.) Goaltenders: USA, Zacharias (23 shots, 17 saves).
August 6, 2001 -- USA 5, Dukla Trencin Junior 4 (exhib.) Goaltenders: USA, Montoya (32 shots, 28 saves).
USA National Team Development Program Under-17 team totals (World U-17 Challenge & Four Nations Tournament) :
11-16-2, 3.23 gaa, .912 sv%
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. : Texas Tornado (NAHL)
2000-01
11-3-0 record, a 2.82 goals-against average and an .891 saves percentage.
15-years-old when he joined the Texas Tornado a month into the 2000-2001 season
Let in a couple of soft goals which knocked his save percentage (.907) down.
Had a strained groin muscle, which caused him to miss a game, and it likely
affected him a bit when he returned to action.
Tornado won the Robertson Cup and finished 2nd in the Gold Cup finals to the then Omaha Lancers.
The team featured Montoya, who was only 15 years old at the time. "I was was very young when I went to Texas,
but we had a very good team and teammates and I had a great housing family, so that made things
easier," Montoya said in an interview.
