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Erickson closed out a brilliant sophomore year by securing All-American and All-WCHA First Team honors after the 1989-90 season. A goaltender, Erickson posted a career-high 3.68 goals against average and an .895 saves percentage while starting in 39 games that season – including the opening eight of the year when he helped UMD get off to its best start in program history (8-0-0) and a No. 1 national ranking. Erickson topped the WCHA in saves (913 in 32 league games) as a junior, and got the starting call in 79 of 80 games over his final two seasons, including the last 64 in a row. After exiting the UMD program ranked second in career goals against average (3.80), fourth in both saves (2,760) and saves percentage (.888) and sixth in wins (38) among all-time Bulldogs Erickson signed with the NHL's New Jersey Devils (he was their 7th round pick in the 1988 NHL Draft) a few weeks prior to the start of his senior year. He played in two career games as a Devil (both coming during the 1991-92 season) and spent 10 seasons playing professionally with 12 different franchises in the American Hockey League, the International Hockey League,and the East Coast Hockey League.