ST. LOUIS – St. Louis Blues President John Davidson announced today that the team has signed goaltender Ben Bishop. Bishop will join the Peoria Rivermen for the remainder of the season.
The 6-7, 210-pound netminder just completed his junior season at The University of Maine, recording a 13-18-3 record along with a 2.43 goals against average and a .920 save percentage. He was named Hockey East Defensive Player of the Week three times this season, while being named Hockey East Goalie of the Month for the month of October.
He led the Black Bears to the Frozen Four last season, compiling a 21-9-2 record along with a 2.14 goals against average and a .923 save percentage.What does this mean for the Black Bears? Most likely Scott Darling will step in as a freshman
Bishop registered a 55-34-7 career record at Maine ranking third all-time in games played (99), second in saves (2,399), fifth in wins (55) and fourth with a 2.29 goals against average.
He was originally St. Louis’ third round selection, 85th overall in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft. Bishop spent three years at Chaminade High School in St. Louis before joining the Texas Tornado of the North American Hockey League following his junior year.
next season. Darling a 19 year old and a 6th round pick of the Phoenix Coyotes in 2007. With the Indiana Ice of the United States Hockey League he has 25 wins and 8 losses this season. He has a 2.84 Goals Against Average and a .912 Save Percentage. He's second in the league in wins, fourth in the league in save percentage, and seventh in the league in goal against average.There is a rumor that Simon-Danis Pepin will bolt and sign with the Chicago Blackhawks.
That's My Take
Nathan Fournier
Photo of Ben Bishop is from insidecollegehockey.com
Photo of Scott Darling is from the Indiana Ice
(Nathan also is a writer for MVN.com. He's the writer for the Asylum which covers the
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