Will Ingemann was already having a league-topping rookie season 91Ƶ and then February happened.
Now, the Penticton Vees netminder can find his name in the BCHL91Ƶs all-time record book.
Ingemann, 18, set a new record for the longest shutout streak on March 1, after posting four consecutive shutouts and not allowing a goal for 260 minutes.
91ƵIt was probably after that third game where I was like, 91Ƶoh wow, I haven91Ƶt allowed a goal in three games,91Ƶ but I didn91Ƶt let it get to my head,91Ƶ the Wayzata, Minn. product said. 91ƵI tried to take one game at a time, not focus on the past and be present.91Ƶ
Ingemann91Ƶs streak started on Feb. 4, with a 21-save performance on the road against the Merritt Centennials.
After he helped the Vees blank the Prince George Spruce Kings six days later, the University of St. Thomas commit recorded two more shutouts against the West Kelowna Warriors and Cranbrook Bucks on Feb. 17 and 24, respectively.
Now with six shutouts in
The 18-year-old blanked the Lower Mainland squad long enough to surpass the old record of 252:17, held since 2012 by former Powell River Kings goaltender Jonah Imoo.
Langley91Ƶs Ryan Schellin scored at 10:26 of the first period to break Ingemann91Ƶs shutout streak at 260:09. The Vees91Ƶ rookie would go on to record his 20th win of the season.
The goaltender recalls Fraser Rodgers, the Vees91Ƶ vice president of business operations, telling him he had made BCHL history.
91ƵI didn91Ƶt really know what the record was or anything, so I was pretty surprised, thinking 91Ƶwow that91Ƶs pretty cool,91Ƶ91Ƶ Ingemann said. 91ƵA lot of people reached out in Minnesota after, like my buddies and high school coaches.91Ƶ
Ingemann has appeared in 29 games during the
91ƵMost importantly, I want to help the team win,91Ƶ Ingemann declared. 91ƵI want to win the Fred Page Cup.91Ƶ
He added that he looks forward to playing in a seven-game series for the first time, when the BCHL Playoffs begin on April 5.
91ƵWe want to keep the momentum rolling and take that into the playoffs,91Ƶ the netminder said. 91ƵWhen you get wins, everything else comes second.91Ƶ
The Vees are eight points clear of the second-place Warriors in the Interior Conference and return to home ice on Saturday, March 9, when they host the Merritt Centennials.