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Mannino Named Co-Defensive Player of the Week
Junior honored after 7th career shutout in 2-0 win at UAA

From DU Athletic Website

DENVER - Junior goaltender Peter Mannino (Farmington Hills, Mich.) has been named Red Baron WCHA Co-Defensive Player of the Week, announced today by the WCHA. Mannino recorded his seventh career shutout as DU completed a two-game road sweep at Alaska Anchorage on Dec. 15-16. Mannino shares this week's award with Michigan Tech goaltender Rob Nolan, who helped the Huskies to its first road sweep at North Dakota since Dec. 11-12, 1987.

Mannino, a 6-foot, 200-pound junior, turned in an impressive 38-save shutout performance on Dec. 16 to lead the visiting Pioneers a 2-0 victory over Alaska Anchorage. He recorded his first shutout since Nov. 26, 2005 (at Massachusetts) by stopping all five shots in the first period, 21 in the second and 12 in the final stanza. Mannino led DU's penalty-kill to a perfect 7-for-7 effort, including two 5-on-3 UAA advantages as the Pioneers stretched their unbeaten streak to four games at 3-0-1.

Mannino ranks fourth in the WCHA in saves percentage (.920) and has posted a 4-3-1 record with a 2.33 goals against average. He is 4-1-1 with a 1.95 GAA and .935 Sv% in his last six games.

The No. 10 Pioneers return to action at the Wells Fargo Denver Cup on Dec. 29-30. The action starts on Dec. 29 with UMass Lowell and Brown facing off in game one at 4:37 p.m. MT, and the Pioneers against Mercyhurst in game two at 7:37 p.m. MT. The consolation game is slated for Dec. 30 at 4:07 p.m. MT followed by the championship game at 7:07 p.m. MT.