2002-03: Started
11 games in net and made 13 appearances overall...recorded 4-6-1 record with a 3.50 goals against average and .884 save percentage...ended career with the best goals against average in history of Northeastern men's hockey (3.26) and second-highest save percentage (.887)...started nine of NU's final 11 games of the season...registered 25 saves in 4-1 win over Merrimack at Matthews Arena Feb. 28...stopped 30 shots in 1-1 tie with sixth-ranked New Hampshire at Matthews Arena Feb. 15...registered back-to-back wins against 15th-ranked Massachusetts (Jan. 25) and at Providence (Jan. 31) with 31 and 23 saves, respectively...stopped a season-high 35 shots against Harvard in the 51st Annual Beanpot consolation game Feb. 10...made 22 saves in his first start of the season, a 10-1 win over visiting Connecticut.
2001-02: Played and started in four games...was NU’s opening-night starter for the third straight season...stopped a season-high 35 shots in a 4-3 victory over Boston College Oct. 20.
2000-01: Played in 27 games, starting 26…made 32 saves, including 15 in the third period, at Notre Dame Oct. 20…made 20 stops in NU’s 5-4 win over top ranked Wisconsin Oct. 28...made 27 saves and allowed only one goal in 1-1 tie with Maine Nov. 4...earned first career assist at Maine Dec. 3...stopped all 28 shots he faced in 0-0 tie with Boston College Dec. 9...made 35 saves in 3-2 win at Dartmouth Dec. 9...named Hockey East Player of the Week Dec. 11...made 37 saves in 77 minutes in 3-2 OT victory over RPI in first round of RPI Holiday Tournament; named to the All-Tournament team...Hockey East Goalie of the Month for 2-1-2 December with a 2.02 goals against average...made 35 saves in a 4-2 win over UMass-Amherst Jan 12...allowed only one goal and stopped three UMass breakaways Jan. 13...named Hockey East Defensive Player of the Week Jan. 15...tied a season-high with 37 saves in a 5-3 win over UNH Jan. 20...had 35 saves in 2-2 tie at UMass-Amherst Jan. 27.
1999-2000: Played in 25 of 36 games as a freshman, starting 23…named Hockey East’s Goaltender of the Month for stellar October: 2-1-0, 2.29, .913...had 18 saves in collegiate debut in first game of the season, a win over Bowling Green…had 32 saves in 4-1 win over UMass-Amherst in second game of the year…stopped 22 shots for his first collegiate shutout against Princeton Nov. 27...stopped 35 of 38 shots in dealing Maine a 6-3 loss Dec. 4...turned aside 42 shots, including 20 in the third period alone, in beating UMass-Amherst 4-2 Jan. 14...stopped 35 shots in a 4-4 tie at New Hampshire Jan. 22.
Before NU: Played two years for the Calgary Canucks of the Alberta Junior "A" League...backstopped the team to Alberta’s provincial championship in 1999 to cap a 31-4-3 season...compiled a 2.79 goals against average over two seasons, the lowest career GAA in the 30-year history of the AJHL...named the South Team’s MVP in the 1999 AJHL All-Star game...graduated from Lester B. Pearson High School in Calgary in 1997, and was subsequently named to the school’s Sports Alumni Hall of Fame.
Personal: Born May 14, 1979...away from the ice, enjoys playing golf and weight training, as well as working on his car and playing the drums...majoring in Business...Class of 2004.
Gilhooly in the news...
Dec. 11, 2000: Gilhooly named Player of the Week
Jan. 4, 2001: Gilhooly named Goalie of the Month
Jan. 15, 2001: Gilhooly named Defensive Player of the Week