David McKee (ice hockey)

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David McKee
Hockey goaltender kneels on the ice and reach to his left with his glove
McKee in 2009 with the Bakersfield Condors
Born (1983-12-05) December 5, 1983 (age 40)
Midland, Texas, U.S.
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb)
Position Goaltender
Caught Left
CHL team
Former teams
Quad City Mallards
AHL
Portland Pirates
Iowa Stars
ECHL
Augusta Lynx
Phoenix RoadRunners
Bakersfield Condors
CHL
Allen Americans
Odessa Jackalopes
Playing career 2003–2012

David McKee (born December 5, 1983) is an American professional hockey goaltender. He most recently played with the Quad City Mallards of the Central Hockey League during the 2011–12 season. McKee was formerly a star college goaltender at Cornell University.

Early life

McKee was born in Midland, Texas. He started for three years at Cornell University. During his record-breaking college career, he had a career record of 65–24–13 with a .926 SV%, 1.71 GAA and 18 shutouts. During the 2003–04 season, he had a shutout streak of 159:27 from December 5 to December 28. Even though his rookie year was astounding, nothing could compare to the end of the 2004–05 season, where over his final 21 games, he allowed just 20 goals while posting a 0.93 goals against average and a .962 save percentage to go along with an 18–2–1 record to help lead his team to win the ECAC title. He led the Cornell Big Red to a season record 19-game unbeaten streak. During that season, McKee also recorded a record-breaking 10 shutouts.

Career

On April 1, 2006, the

Brian Burke said, "Over the past two seasons, David McKee has proven to be one of the premier players at the collegiate level. He is a great addition to the core of young talented players within our organization.”[1]

McKee began the season playing for the

saves
(355), and is fifth in minutes played (651).

McKee has been called up to the

2006 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships
.

Awards and honors

Award Year
All-ECAC Hockey Rookie Team 2003–04
All-ECAC Hockey First Team 2004–05
AHCA East First-Team All-American 2004–05
All-Tournament Team
2005
[1]

Records

  • Cornell Big Red franchise record for most consecutive career starts: 102
  • Cornell Big Red franchise record for most shutouts in a single season: (2004–05) - 10
  • ECAC
    league record for most shutouts in a single season: (2004–05) - 10
  • NCAA
    All-Time Individual NCAA Tournament Save Percentage record min. 200 minutes: (2005–06) - .955%
  • Augusta Lynx franchise record for most wins in a season: (2006–07) - 29

Career statistics

   
Season Team League GP W L T MIN GA SO GAA SV%
2003–04 Cornell Big Red
ECAC
32 16 10 6 1929 59 5 1.84 .920
2004–05 Cornell Big Red
ECAC
35 27 5 3 2125 44 10 1.24 .947
2005–06 Cornell Big Red
ECAC
35 22 9 4 2139 74 3 2.08 .910
Cornell totals 102 65 24 13 6193 177 18 1.71 .926

References

  1. ^ "All-Tournament Honors" (PDF). ECAC Hockey. Retrieved 2014-05-12.

External links

Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Brian Ihnacak
)
Succeeded by
Joe Fallon
Preceded by
ECAC Hockey Player of the Year
2004–05
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Ken Dryden Award
2004–05
Succeeded by
Mark DeKanich