Tuesday, November 11, 2008

WHL News

C.J Stretch is the Player of the Week

CALGARY, AB. - The BOSTON PIZZA WHL Player of the Week is forward C.J. Stretch of the Kamloops Blazers.

Stretch picked up nine points, scoring one goal and eight assists, in four games over the past week, helping the Blazers post a 2-1-0-1 record in that span.

On Tuesday, November 4th, the Blazers welcomed the Chilliwack Bruins to Interior Savings Centre for a B.C. Division match-up. Stretch picked up two assists as the Blazers downed the Bruins 6-3. The following evening, Wednesday, November 5th, the Prince George Cougars travelled into Kamloops to take on the Blazers. Stretch had another two point performance scoring a goal and assist in Kamloops’ 6-1 victory of over the Cougars.

The Blazers then took to the road for two games south of the boarder in the WHL U.S. Division. First stop was the Toyota Center on Friday, November 7th where the Tri-City Americans played host to the Blazers. Stretch added another two assists to his weekly total in a game that was neck-and-neck throughout with the Americans eventually coming out on top with a 5-4 shoot-out win. On Sunday, November 9th the Blazers were in Portland to take on the Winter Hawks. Stretch picked up three assists in a contest that saw the Winter Hawks erase a 5-2 third period deficit to defeat the Blazers 7-5 in regulation.

With the Blazers collecting five out of a possible eight points on the week they remain .500 with a 10-10-0-3 record and find themselves just one point back of the Kelowna Rockets for second place in the WHL B.C. Division.

Stretch, a 19-year-old from Irvine, California, is currently in his fourth season in the Western Hockey League and with the Kamloops Blazers. He has appeared in 224 Blazers’ games to date accumulating 108 points over that span.

Boston Pizza WHL Player of the Week
Sept. 18 – Sept. 21: Jordan Weal, Regina Pats
Sept. 22 – Sept. 28: Joel Broda, Moose Jaw Warriors
Sept. 29 – Oct. 5: Casey Pierro-Zabotel, Vancouver Giants
Oct. 6 – Oct. 12: Evander Kane, Vancouver Giants
Oct. 13 – Oct. 19: Jay Fehr, Brandon Wheat Kings
Oct. 20 – Oct. 26: Jamie Benn, Kelowna Rockets
Oct. 27 – Nov. 2: Dana Tyrell, Prince George Cougars
Nov. 3 – Nov. 9: C.J. Stretch, Kamloops Blazers -09-
There was three separate trades in the WHL on Monday. The Regina Pats sent goaltender Jeff Bosch, 18, to the Moose Jaw Warriors for center Neal Prokop. I guess this is like the Red Sox and Yankees trading. (If that ever happens, I will jump off a bridge.) The Pats had a extra goaltender with Linden Rowat and Damien Ketlo on the roster. The Blazers also made a trade and got 17-year-old Brett Lyon from the Vancover Giants for a sixth round selection in 2010. The Chilliwack Bruins have traded for 19-year-old Andy Smith. In return, the Prince Albert Raiders receive Matt Esposito and a fourth round pick in the 2010 Western Hockey League Bantam Draft.

Doug Piper is the New President of Portland Winter Hawks.

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(Nathan also is a writer for Maineiacs Post to Post and the Maine Hockey Journal. He can be reached at fourniern@students.nescom.edu)

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