In 2016-17 Buitenhuis and the Continentals won a program-record 20 games, advanced to the NESCAC championship final for the first time, and earned their first at-large bid to the NCAA Division III championship. Buitenhuis helped lead the team to 57 wins and four postseason appearances. Walther owns program records for career save percentage, goals against average and shutouts, and ended up second on the career saves list.īuitenhuis is the third men's hockey player to win the Riffle Award, joining Robbie Murden '17 and long-time NHL goaltender Guy Hebert '89. She was selected to the all-conference team three times, including the first team twice, and was named the NESCAC player of the week on five occasions during her career. She was voted the NESCAC player of the year in 2018 after setting program single-season records for save percentage, goals against average and shutouts. She's the first Hamilton women's hockey player to make the all-America team twice as she was placed on the first team in 20. She helped lead the team to 48 wins, including a program-record 14 in 2016-17, and four postseason appearances. Walther is the third women's hockey player to win the Riffle Award and the first since 2006. A group of Riffle's friends and associates established a memorial fund in his name because of his deep interest in Hamilton athletics. Riffle graduated from Hamilton in 1950 and passed away on Dec.
The Riffle Awards have been presented annually since 1987 to the top male and female athlete in Hamilton's senior class. Walther and Buitenhuis established themselves as arguably the best goaltenders in their program's history as both were two-time all-Americans and collected a NESCAC player of the year award.
Riffle Awards at Hamilton College's senior varsity athlete awards celebration on Tuesday, May 15. Women's hockey goaltender Sam Walther '18 (Gambrills, Md./The Gunnery ) and men's hockey goaltender Evan Buitenhuis '18 (Burlington, Ontario/Nelson HS) received the 2018 Jack B.
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