Henrik Tikkanen of the Worcester Railers is the Warrior Hockey ECHL Goaltender of the Week for Nov. 17-23.
Tikkanen went 3-0-0 with one shutout, a 0.97 goals-against common and a save proportion of .965 in three appearances final week.
The 25-year-old turned apart all 30 photographs in a 4-0 win in opposition to Maine on Tuesday, made 34 saves in a 2-1 victory over the Mariners on Friday and stopped 18 photographs in a 3-2 win in opposition to Greensboro on Sunday.
Underneath a Nationwide Hockey League contract with the New York Islanders, Tikkanen is 5-2-1 in eight appearances with the Railers this season, and ranks tenth within the ECHL with a 2.03 goals-against common and eleventh with a .929 save proportion.
A local of Lohja, Finland, Tikkanen has seen motion in 73 profession video games with Worcester going 36-30-6 with six shutouts, a 2.91 goals-against common and a save proportion of .910. He has additionally appeared in 48 profession video games with Bridgeport of the American Hockey League the place he’s 14-24-5 with one shutout, a 3.32 goals-against common and a save proportion of .890.
In the course of the 2021-22 season, he gained 13 of his 19 appearances with MoDo Hockey within the HockeyAllsvenskan league, the second-highest league in Sweden.
