Rochester Century grad Alex Kangasset the bar high for goaltenders at Minnesota as a freshman in 2007-08, when he set a single-season school record for save percentage.
Things haven't been quite as smooth since that season. It's been a combination of Kangas getting little help from his defense and him just not being able to duplicate the unbelievably high level of play he had as a WCHA rookie.
Now, as a senior alternate captain, Kangas is in a battle for playing time with his roommate, Kent Patterson.
Roman Augustoviz of the Star Tribune has the story here .