BUTLER TWP — Chilling temperatures? Warming trend?

None of that matters to Clay Bachman. He’s on ice all of the time.

The Butler senior has been pulling double duty as a goaltender this winter — playing for the Golden Tornado and the Pittsburgh Huskies U-18 AA team — and excelling with both.

“He doesn’t get a whole lot of time off,” Huskies coach Vic Whann said. “Between hockey, school and work .. That’s a tough schedule to juggle.”

Bachman has stopped 363 of 394 shots in 15 games for the Huskies, sporting an 11-2-2 record. That equates to a goals-against average of 2.00 and a save percentage of .920.

With the Golden Tornado, Bachman is 9-6-2 with a 2.83 GAA and .908 save percentage. He also has a pair of shutouts. Last year with Butler, Bachman was 6-5-0 with a 3.82 GAA and no shutouts.

“We’re playing better as a team in front of him now,” Butler coach Patrick Hammonds said. “Clay is probably facing 30 shots a game on average, but we’re limiting the quality of shot he’s seeing.

“We ask him all the time if we’re giving him a clear sight-line to the puck, things like that. We’re in steady communication there.”

Bachman said his defensemen with Butler — particularly Jonathan Fair and C.J. Campbell — block a number of shots as well.

“Our high school team’s system has been really beneficial to me,” Bachman said. “Those guys sell out to block shots.

“Most of the shots I do face are from way outside. The team does a good job of clearing out traffic in front of me.”

With the Huskies, Bachman splits time with Penn-Trafford High School goaltender Eric Phelps. While Phelps has only two wins and a GAA of .565 in high school, he has 10 wins and just one loss with the Huskies.

“If we don’t get to nationals and do well, it will be disappointing,” Bachman said. “That’s how talented that Huskies team is.

“I’d love to see our high school team make a run at the Penguins Cup. We’re capable of it, I think.”

Deep postseason runs with both teams wouldn’t bother Bachman. He’s used to plenty of hockey.

Practice days for Butler are Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. The Tornado usually play on Mondays and the Huskies practice each Wednesday, then play tournaments on weekends.

“Clay rarely misses anything,” Whann said. “It’s hard to describe his style of play because he’s not your standard goalie in any particular style. He does a little bit of everything.

“At times, you’d swear he’s out of position on a rebound, but more often than not, he recovers and robs the shooter.”

Hammonds said Bachman has spent so much time in goal — he’s been playing the position since age 9 — that at times “he looks effortless.”

“He’s just so comfortable in there,” Hammonds said. “He comes up with the big timely save when we need it.”

Bachman tries patterning himself after Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury “because he’s quick from side to side and that’s what I try to be.

“I’m giving up fewer rebounds than I used to. I’m doing a better job of knocking pucks out of the crease and to the boards.”

After this season, Bachman will give up playing competitive hockey. There are no plans to play collegiately or to pursue junior hockey in his future.

He plans to attend Butler County Community College in the fall and eventually transfer to Slippery Rock University while studying either business or sports management.

But his hockey world won’t totally end.

“I’m hoping to become a referee, possibly a coach,” Bachman said.

“I could see it,” Whann said. “He enjoys the role. Clay works with the goalies on our younger teams and his father, Carl, has coached just about everything — football, lacrosse, hockey ... It’s a natural progression.”

While Bachman gets virtually all of the minutes in goal for the high school team, he spends time with Tornado sophomore goalie Jake Curry as well.

“Clay’s been a good mentor for him,” Hammonds said. “Sometimes I think he enjoys teaching the game as much as playing it.”