Levi wins Richter Award as NCAA's top goaltender

Buffalo Sabres prospect Devon Levi has won the Mike Richter Award, given annually to the top goaltender in college hockey.
Levi, 20, led the nation with a .952 save percentage, the second-best mark in NCAA history. He tied for second in shutouts (11) and third in goals-against average. He was also named First Team All-American and won the Tim Taylor Award as college hockey's top rookie.
The goaltender informed the Sabres he will return for his junior season at Northeastern University in 2022-23.

"He's such a mature kid the way he looks at it," general manager Kevyn Adams said. "And one of the things he said that I found interesting is that, 'I wanted to feel that pressure every day of people looking at me like I'm a top guy,' which is a pretty interesting way to look at it."

The Sabres acquired Levi, a seventh-round pick in the 2020 NHL draft, from the Florida Panthers last July as part of the return for forward Sam Reinhart.
Levi had not played a game for Northeastern University as a freshman due to an injury but turned heads with his record-setting performance for Team Canada at the World Junior Championship, where he posted a .964 save percentage in seven games and won silver.
"I think that tournament was a huge confidence boost," Levi told Sabres.com earlier this season. "Going in I knew that I could perform at the level that I did, but I just never had the opportunity to showcase them on a level like that. I was just having so much fun while doing it, and I think that was my recipe of success."
Levi was recognized as Hockey East Player of the Week on six different occasions this season. He was a top-10 finalist for the Hobey Baker Award, given to the top player in college hockey.