Colorado College Athletics

        
2011-12: Howe repeated as an All-WCHA Academic Team selection while surpassing the 5,000 minutes-played plateau for his collegiate career...won his first four decisions of the season, capped by a road sweep at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where he stopped 44 of 46 shots to backstop consecutive 4-1 victories...made 30 saves in a nationally televised (CBS Sports Network) 4-3 overtime triumph against the University of Denver in early December, then entered in relief to preserve a 2-2 tie with DU two months later that clinched the Gold Pan for Colorado College.  
     
2010-11: One of three WCHA Scholar-Athletes on the Tigers’ roster his sophomore season, Howe recorded three shutouts, giving him six for his collegiate career, in victories at Minnesota State (1-0) and St. Cloud State (3-0) as well as one at home against Alaska Anchorage (2-0)...strung together a five-game winning streak at one point...stopped 80 of 86 combined shots, good for a .930 saves percentage, in two games against Boston College and the University of Michigan at the NCAA West Regional...made 38 saves on two different occasions, including a nationally televised (CBS College Sports) 4-2 victory over North Dakota in late January, during the regular season...named WCHA Defensive Player of the Week after winning twice at SCSU in mid-December...posted a .927 saves percentage vs. the University of Wisconsin in the first round of the league playoffs, playing all three games.
     
2009-10: After joining Tiger teammate Rylan Schwartz on the All-WCHA Rookie Team, Howe also was one of six Division I players in the country named to the College Hockey News All-Rookie Team and earned Freshman All-America accolades from Inside College Hockey...logged the most minutes in conference play of any goalie in the WCHA...started 36 of CC’s 39 games overall, including all 28 league outings, and recorded three shutouts...recipient of the team’s Bob Johnson Award as rookie of the year as well as co-recipient of the Tony Frasca Award as playoff MVP. 
   
HIGH SCHOOL/JUNIORS: Howe spent the 2007-08 and 2008-09 seasons with the Waterloo Blackhawks of the United States Hockey League, posting a 13-5-1 record, 2.12 goals-against average and .915 saves percentage while helping his team reach the Clark Cup finals as a USHL rookie...also backstopped Team USA to a Gold Medal at the World Junior A Challenge in 2008...finished 17-13-2 between the pipes as a co-captain for Waterloo in ‘08-09, with a 3.5 goals-against average and .882 saves percentage.
    
PERSONAL NOTES: Born Joseph Paul Howe, son of Dick and Donna Howe of Plymouth and Maple Grove, Minnesota...his father played hockey at the University of Notre Dame, and more recently, a cousin, Mike Howe (2005-08), at the University of Minnesota...a graduate of Wayzata High School, where he was an honors student all four years...enjoys fishing, hunting and playing golf in his leisure time. 
    
Year               GP/GS     Minutes      Svs     Svs%    GA      GAA    Record
2009-10          36/36       2096:48       952     .907       98       2.80     17-15-3
2010-11          36/36       2081:04       954     .903      102      2.94     18-15-2
2011-12          16/13        827::51       360     .882       48       3.48       5-8-1
Totals             88/85       5005:43     2,266    .901      248      2.97     40-38-6