Monday, March 1, 2010

Raubenheimer Presented Ernie Love Trophy

Press Release

Zahn Raubenheimer was presented the Ernie Love Trophy as the 2009-2010 League Scoring Champion prior to Friday night’s playoff game in Grande Prairie. Left to right: Mark Ung (Game Sponsor), Craig Cripps (AJHL President), Zahn Raubenheimer, Ray Mildenberger (Storm Governor) and Darrell Radbourne (Storm Vice-Chair).

Zahn Raubenheimer and Bryce Williamson of the St. Albert Steel are the co-recipients of the Ernie Love Trophy with 107 points, an average of 1.8 points per game.

Zahn Raubenheimer (Smoky Lake, AB) scored 47 goals and 60 assists, including 14 powerplay goals and 7 game winning goals. Raubenheimer recorded three hat tricks and 31 multi-point games in the 2009-2010 regular season. He has set a new franchise record for Most Points in a Single Season, surpassing the record of 104 set by Dustin Sather in 2006-2007. Sather also captured the Ernie Love Trophy in 2006-2007. Raubenheimer has tied the franchise record for Most Goals in a Single Season with 47 (Ryan Carter 1997-1998).

Zahn Raubenheimer was a unanimous selection to the 2010 North Division AJHL All-Star Team. In his second consecutive AJHL All-Star Game, he tallied two points in a 14-9 victory over the 2010 South Division All-Stars. Zahn received the Player of the Game Award 11 times in the regular season. Raubenheimer received the honour of Source for Sports AJHL Player of the Week twice (November 2009 and January 2010).

Raubenheimer is in his fifth and final AJHL season with the Storm, during which time he has amassed 241 points in 251 regular season games. He is committed to the University of Nebraska for the 2010-2011 season.

(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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