Belleville Senators netminder Mads Sogaard has been named the American Hockey League’s Goaltender of the Month for October.
Sogaard made five appearances for the Senators in October and went 3-1-0 with a 1.73 goals-against average and a .944 save percentage, stopping 135 of 144 shots overall.
The 22-year-old from Denmark also picked up his first professional shutout, a 30-save effort in Belleville’s 3-0 win at Hershey on Oct. 14.
The next afternoon in Lehigh Valley he came on in relief early in the second period and went on to stop all 22 shots he faced.
Sogaard extended his shutout streak to 116:07 before allowing his first goal of the season on Oct. 21 vs. Laval, but he still finished with 30 saves to earn the victory.
The big Dane closed the month by turning aside 42 of 43 shots to lead the Senators to a 2-1 overtime win over Toronto on Oct. 27.
Along with Sogaard, Springfield Thunderbirds forward Adam Gaudette was named the AHL Player of the Month and Laval Rocket forward Joshua Roy was named AHL Rookie of the Month.
