Former Saint John Sea Dogs goaltender Troy Passingham continues to play like a young Roberto Luongo in Windsor.Passingham is 8-2-1 in 12 games with the Memorial Cup champion Spitfires. He has an amazing 2.33 GAA and a 0.918 save percentage.
The CHL newsletter recently had a story on him. Excerpts can be seen below.
The 19-year-old from Mississauga, ON was named the Boston Pizza OHL player of the week after winning all three of his starts last week and helping the Spitfires improve to an OHL-best 9-3-0-1 in 13 games this season.
Passingham's best game of the season came earlier this month when he made 33 saves in a shutout win on home ice over the rival London Knights. He has picked up two more shutouts since then.
"This isn't what I imagined, but I knew I could play here," Passingham told The Windsor Star.
"I really liked him," said Knights' assistant coach Jacques Beaulieu, who was the head coach in Saint John when Passingham was there the past two seasons. "He was real square (to the puck) all the time and technically very good."
Spitfires number one goaltender Josh Unice has been sidelined with a knee injury and is expected to be out until November.
In the ultimate ironic twist, Passingham collects his CHL goaltender of the week award while sporting pads with the Sea Dogs logo on it.
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