1999-00
Played in 27 games
Named HOCKEY EAST Defensive Player of the Week (10/18)
Earned HOCKEY EAST Player of the Week honors (2/7)
Registered 30 saves in a 2-0 shutout against Dartmouth (12/10)
Made 36 stops in 3-2 win versus Colorado College (11/26)
Recorded a season-high 40 saves three times (11/23, 2/26, 3/3)
Stopped 40 shots in 2-1 win versus UMass-Lowell (2/26)
Earned HOCKEY EAST Academic All-Star honors
1998-99
Played in 28 games, made 27 starts
Named HOCKEY EAST Defensive Player of the Week (1/25)
Made a season-high 36 stops in a 3-0 shutout at Boston College (1/22)
1997-98
Played in 26 games, made 25 starts
Earned HOCKEY EAST All-Rookie Team honors
Named HOCKEY EAST Goaltender of the Month for November
Received three HOCKEY EAST Rookie of the Week honors (11/10, 11/17 and 12/8)
Recorded first career shutout in 3-0 win at Minnesota-Duluth (11/8)
Posted a career-high 42 stops in a 5-3 win against UMass-Amherst (11/22)
Earned first career win in a 5-4 OT win against Union (10/25)
Earned the team's Most Valuable Freshman Award
Received the team's Most Valuable Player Award
BEFORE PROVIDENCE
Played for the Weyburn Red Wings of the SJHL
Helped lead team to the 1997 Anavet Cup title
Led SJHL in winning percentage with a 23-3-4 mark (1996-97)
Earned SJHL All-Star honors (1997)
Posted a .908 save percentage and a 2.90 goals against average
Helped baseball team capture the 1996 Western Canadian Junior Championship
Graduated from Weyburn Comprehensive School (1992-95)
PERSONAL
NAME: Boyd J.A. Ballard
BIRTHDATE: March 16, 1977
FAMILY: Son of Lyle and Marion Ballard; has one brother, Rhett, and one sister, Laura
MAJOR: Marketing
HOBBIES: Music
YEAR GP MIN GA SO SAVES SV% AVG W-L-T
1997-98 26 1431 83(3) 1 676 .891 3.48 12-12-1
HE 16 853 50(1) 0 423 .894 3.52 8-7-0
1998-99 28 1516 92(1) 1 655 .877 3.64 14-12-1
HE 18 1035 61(1) 1 487 .889 3.54 9-8-1
1999-00 27 1511 76(0) 1 755 .909 3.02 12-13-1
HE 16 818 46(0) 0 424 .902 3.38 6-8-1
TOTALS 81 4458 251 3 2086 .893 3.38 38-37-3
HE 50 2706 157 1 1334 .895 3.48 23-23-2
