For the second time in as many weeks, Alex Stalock's puck-rejecting prowess has landed him Western Collegiate Hockey Association Defensive Player of the Week recognition. The University of Minnesota Duluth standout sophomore clinched the honor by turning aside 49 of 50 shots in backstopping the Bulldogs to a pair of wins last weekend at then-No. 15 UMass-Lowell.

Stalock, a native of South St. Paul, Minn., now joins Denver senior netminder Peter Mannino as the only three-time recipients of the league's Defensive Player of the Week Award in 2007-08.

In Friday 1-0 victory over the River Hawks, Stalock made 26 saves en route to posting his third shutout of the season and fourth of his career. He was credited with 23 saves the following night as the Bulldogs bested the River Hawks 4-1 to complete their first regular season road sweep since Oct. 15-16, 2004. In addition to blanking UMass-Lowell on all 14 of its power play attempts in the series, Stalock also extended his school-record shutout streak to 137:37 before surrendering a third-period goal Saturday.

Since the beginning of 2008, Stalock is 4-2-2 with a 1.71 goals against average and a .936 saves percentage. The 2006-07 WCHA All-Rookie Team pick has started each of UMD’s 24 outings to date.

Stalock and the No. 12 Bulldogs are in Madison, Wis. this weekend for a two-game WCHA series against the University of Wisconsin.