For a goaltender, confidence is everything.
It’s no surprise that New Hampshire fifth-year senior Mike Robinson (Bedford, N.H.) has been playing with plenty of it while backstopping his team to three consecutive wins entering this coming weekend’s Hockey East home-and-home series with Boston University, its final action before the holiday break.
The back-to-back Hockey East Goaltender of the Week, Robinson turned aside all 27 shots he faced to pick up Friday’s 1-0 win at Harvard — his eighth career shutout — and another 20 in the following night’s 3-2 overtime win over Holy Cross. He earned the first honor following a 32-save effort in the Wildcats’ Nov. 20 overtime win against UMass.