Kinkaid to Start Against Rangers in Pre-Season

An Islanders fan growing up in Farmingville, Keith Kinkaid will have an added pleasure in starting in goal tonight as the Devils take on the Rangers in pre-season action.

The freshly signed rookie, who inked a deal with New Jersey in April, left Union College after his sophomore season, and will make his first start as a pro goaltender at Times Union Center in Albany Wednesday evening at 7 p.m.

Kinkaid, 22, was one of the hottest NCAA Division I goalies in the country last season and earned First Team All-America honors.

A 2008 Sachem East graduate, he finished the year with a 25-10-3 record, compiling a save percentage of .920 and a school-record goals-against average of 1.99, which was fourth best in the nation, according to Union College.

Kinkaid’s final game for Union was a first round NCAA tournament loss to eventual NCAA Champion Minnesota-Duluth. He earned the Ken Dryden Award as ECAC Hockey's Goaltender of the Year and was named ECAC Hockey's Goaltender of the Week three times this season.

Stay tuned to Sachem Patch for updates on Kinkaid and his progress as a professional hockey player throughout the season.