UND's Johnson receives second straight NCHC honor, third of season

GRAND FORKS, N.D. – University of North Dakota sophomore Cam Johnson has been named National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) for the second consecutive week and for the third time this season, the conference office announced on Monday.

Johnson stopped 40 of 41 shots in North Dakota’s sweep of Denver last weekend, earning his first career home win on Friday and his first collegiate shutout on Saturday. The Troy, Mich., native stopped 22 of 23 shots in Friday’s 5-1 victory and followed that performance with an 18-save shutout in Saturday’s 4-0 win.

Johnson did not allow a goal in the final 98 minutes, 38 seconds of the series and helped UND’s penalty kill go a perfect 10 for 10 on the weekend.

Johnson has now won four straight starts since returning from injury and is 5-0-1 on the season with a NCHC-leading 1.53 goals against average and a .934 save percentage.

The Fighting Hawks close out the first half of the season on Friday and Saturday at 17^th-ranked Minnesota Duluth.