Press Release
Toronto, ON – The Canadian Hockey League today announced that forward
Curtis Valk of the Medicine Hat Tigers is the CHL Player of the Week
for the week ending October 29 after scoring seven goals with three
assists for 10 points in four games with a plus-minus rating of plus-4.
Valk helped lead the Tigers to four wins last week beginning with a
two-goal performance Wednesday night as third star of a 4-3 shootout win
against the Kelowna Rockets. He followed that up by producing the best
offensive game of his career on Friday scoring four goals with one
assist as first star of a 10-1 win over the Calgary Hitmen. His week
wrapped up with a two-assist game on Saturday as second star of a 5-4
win over the Regina Pats before scoring a single goal in a 3-2 overtime
win over the Moose Jaw Warriors.
Valk, a 19-year-old from Medicine Hat, AB, is playing in his third
full WHL season with his hometown Tigers. Currently riding a
career-high seven-game point streak, Valk sits fourth in WHL scoring
with 14 goals and 11 assists for 25 points in 17 games this season.
Also considered for the award this week were a pair of defencemen
including Detroit Red Wings prospect Xavier Ouellet of the
Blainville-Boisbriand Armada, and Vancouver Canucks prospect Frank
Corrado of the Sudbury Wolves. Ouellet scored once with seven assists
for eight points in three games, while Corrado contributed seven points
in three games scoring once with six assists.
(Nathan can be reached at nathanfournier@mainehockeyjournal.com)
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