Mankato, Minn. ---  Minnesota State sophomore Dryden McKay has been named a top-five finalist for the 2019-20 Richter Award, which goes to the top men's college hockey goaltender in the nation.

McKay, who is also a Hobey Baker Top-10 Finalist, was the Western Collegiate Hockey Association's Goaltender of the Year in 2019-20 after winning the WCHA goaltending championship with a league-record 1.17 goals against average in WCHA play. McKay, a Downers Grove, Ill., native who also earned first team All-WCHA honors this season, was named WCHA Goaltender of the Week eight times this year, while leading the country in wins (30), goals against average (1.31), save percentage (.942) and shutouts (10) in 2019-20. His shutout total ties for second all-time in the NCAA record books. He was a three-time WCHA Goaltender of the Month pick and was named National Goaltender of the Month for November by the Hockey Commissioners Association.

 The seventh annual Richter award will be presented April 10.
  

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