The three leagues that make up the CHL have announced their players of the week.
QMJHL Players of the Week
BOUCHERVILLE, Monday, September 22, 2008 – Cape Breton Screaming Eagles forward Michael Stinziani and Acadie-Bathurst Titan goaltender Nicolas Champion today were named the TELUS offensive and defensive players of the week for the period extending from September 15 to 21.
In three games, Stinziani collected two goals and added four assists, registering two points in each of the Screaming Eagles’ wins against the Foreurs, the Mooseheads and the Sea Dogs. The 2007-08 President Cup-winner is currently tied for second in the scoring standings with seven other players after recording eight points in five games. Cape Breton has been outstanding in the early going, collecting five straight wins.
Jérémy Gouchie (Screaming Eagles), Linden Bahm (Mooseheads) and Jean-Philip Chabot (Olympiques) were also considered.
The defensive player of the week award goes to Titan goaltender Nicolas Champion. In two wins versus the Océanic and the Rocket, the backstop posted a 1.50 goals-against-average and .955 save percentage while facing thirty-three shots per game. Champion, a twelfth round pick in the 2007 QMJHL Entry Draft, has started all four contests for Acadie-Bathurst this season, registering three wins against only one loss.
Dmitry Kulikov (Voltigeurs), Jan Piscacek (Screaming Eagles) and Olivier Roy (Screaming Eagles) were also strong candidates.
OHL Player of the Week
The Ontario Hockey League today announced that Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds’ captain Matt Lyall is the Boston Pizza OHL player of the Week for the opening week of the 2008-09 season after scoring three goals and three assists for six points in two games.WHL Player of the Week
Lyall scored two goals, including a short-handed effort, and picked up an assist in a 4-3 loss to the Guelph Storm on Friday and then scored the winning goal in overtime to go along with two assists in a 6-5 win over the Owen Sound Attack on Saturday. He was plus-3 on the week.
Lyall, a 20-year-old from Richmond Hill, ON, returned from the Atlanta Thrashers training camp last week. He is in his fifth OHL season after starting his career with the Storm during the 2004-05 season. He scored 21 goals and 57 points in 67 games with the Greyhounds last season.
Taylor Hall of the Windsor Spitfires scored a goal and five assists in six games this week while Daniel Lombardi had three goals and two assists in two games with the Sarnia Sting.
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CALGARY, AB. - The BOSTON PIZZA WHL Player of the Week is forward Jordan Weal of the Regina Pats.
Weal picked up five points, scoring one goal and four assists to go with a +3 rating, in two games over the WHL Opening Weekend.
On Friday, September 19th, the Pats travelled to Brandon to face the Wheat Kings at Westman Place. Weal picked up two assists in his first ever WHL regular season game which saw his Pats lose to the Wheat Kings 5-3. He was also named the games 3rd Star.
On Sunday, September 21st, in the second half of the home and home series with Brandon to kick off the WHL’s 43rd Season, the Pats hosted the Wheat Kings at the Brandt Centre in Regina. Weal scored his first WHL goal and added two assists in a game that saw the Wheat Kings fight back from a 3-0 deficit to defeat the Pats 4-3 in the shoot-out. Weal was also named the games 1st Star.
Weal, a 16 year old from Vancouver, British Columbia, is in his first season of play in the Western Hockey League. He was selected by the Regina Pats in the 4th round – 79th overall during the 2007 WHL Bantam Draft and spent last season in the BC Major Midget League with the NW Vancouver Giants scoring 39 goals and 100 points.
The WHL has also nominated Jamie Tucker of the Vancouver Giants for the ADT CHL Goaltender of the Week Award.
On Saturday, September 20th, Tucker made his first ever WHL Regular Season start as his Giants travelled to Everett to face the Silvertips. Tucker stopped all 30 shots faced as the Giants downed the Silvertips 4-0. He was also named the games 3rd Star.
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