Taylor Nelson: The Torch sports staff will select a Bulldog student-athlete each week based on ath­letic per­for­mance. Nominations may be sent to torch@ferris.edu. Photo By: Brock Copus | Multimedia Editor

Senior

FSU Ice Hockey

Regina, Saskatchewan/Humboldt (SJHL)

Bulldog senior goal­tender Taylor Nelson was selected as this issue’s “Athlete of the Week” fol­low­ing out­stand­ing per­for­mances in FSU’s two-game sweep of Bowling Green State University (Feb. 17–18). In Friday’s game, Nelson nearly shutout the Falcons’ offense as the nation­ally top-ranked Bulldogs posted a 5–1 vic­tory over vis­it­ing BGSU. He made 19 saves to earn the win. In Saturday night’s 4–1 win, Nelson notched 21 saves for FSU. With his help, the Bulldogs improved to 22−8−4 over­all and 16−6−4 in CCHA play. As a result of Saturday’s vic­tory, FSU clinched a share of the CCHA regular-season title. It is the first con­fer­ence cham­pi­onship for the pro­gram since the 2002-03 season.

This sea­son Nelson has appeared in 19 games for the Bulldogs. He has recorded 492 saves and allowed just 45 goals. In addi­tion, Nelson has amassed a .916 over­all saves percentage.

Come watch Nelson and the rest of the FSU ice hockey team as they host Western Michigan University Feb. 25 in the regular-season finale as the Bulldogs try to win sole pos­ses­sion of the CCHA Championship. The con­test is sched­uled to begin at 7:05 p.m. n

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