CLIFTON PARK, N.Y. — ECAC Hockey has announced that the 2022 Driscoll Skating and Skills Player of the Year is Quinnipiac University sophomore Yaniv Perets. He is the second consecutive Bobcat to earn this honor, following Odeen Tufto in 2021. 

Perets is the 12th goaltender in league history to be named Player of the Year, dating back to 1961-62. He is the third Bobcat to be presented with this award.

One of the best goaltenders in not only the league, but the nation, Perets (So. - Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Que.) led all of NCAA hockey in save percentage (.955), GAA (0.82), and shutouts (11). He also eclipsed ECAC Hockey league-only records in all of these categories, putting together one of the best goaltending seasons in the history of the league. Perets was a huge part of a Bobcat team that finished the season 17-4-1 in league play, earning the Cleary Cup and top seed in the post-season tournament.

Perets and the Bobcats will have an opportunity to hoist the 2022 Whitelaw Cup this weekend when they travel to Lake Placid for the annual ECAC Hockey Championship.

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