Week Number 20
Peterborough Petes' centre Eric Staal is the Canadian Hockey League Player
of the Week for the week ending February 23, 2003. Each week during the
regular season a CHL Player of the Week is selected based on the three
members' leagues' player of the week.
In three games last week Staal scored four goals and added four assists in
helping the Petes record three wins. A highlight of the week for the native
of Thunder Bay, Ontario was a three goal and one assist performance in
Peterborough's 8-3 over the Greyhounds in Sault Ste. Marie on Sunday.
Staal, who is rated as the top North American prospect for the 2003 National
Hockey League Entry Draft, is tied for fifth place in Ontario Hockey League
scoring this season with 88 points on 34 goals and 54 assists.
Jean-Francois Plourde of the Sherbrooke Castors is the Quebec Major Junior
Hockey League's Offensive Player of the Week for the week ending February
23. In three games last week Plourde, who is the CHL's leading goal scorer
with 55, scored five goals and added three assists. The QMJHL's Defensive
Player of the Week is Shawinigan Cataractes' goaltender Michel
Bergevin-Robinson. In three games last week Bergevin-Robinson posted three
wins and recorded a 1.33 goals against average and a .937 save percentage.
The Western Hockey League's Player of the Week is Jesse Schultz of the
Kelowna Rockets. Schultz earned Player of the Week honours by recording ten
points on three goals and seven assists in four games last week. Schultz's
efforts helped the Rockets extended their undefeated streak to 24 games.
CHL Players of the Week
Week - Number | Player | Team |
One - October 2 | Jonathan Ferland | Acadie-Bathurst Titan, QMJHL |
Two - October 9 | | Plymouth Whalers, OHL |
Three - October 16 | | Vancouver Giants, WHL |
Four - October 23 | | Hull Olympiques, QMJHL |
Five - October 30 | | Ottawa 67's, OHL |
Six - November 6 | | Plymouth Whalers, OHL |
Seven - November 13 | | Ottawa 67's, OHL |
Eight - November 20 | | Ottawa 67's, OHL |
Nine - November 27 | | Red Deer Rebels, WHL |
Ten - December 4 | | Saskatoon Blades, WHL |
Eleven - December 11 | | Peterborough Petes, OHL |
Twelve - December 18 | | Victoriaville Tigres, QMJHL |
Thirteen - January 8 | | Moncton Wildcats, QMJHL |
Fourteen - January 15 | | Kelowna Rockets, WHL |
Fifteen - January 22 | | Spokane Chiefs, WHL |
Sixteen - January 29 | | Oshawa Generals, OHL |
Seventeen - February 5 | | Lethbridge Hurricanes, WHL |
Eighteen - February 11 | | Moncton Wildcats, QMJHL |
Nineteen - February 16 | | Seattle Thunderbirds, WHL |
Twenty - February 24 | | Peterborough Petes, OHL |
Twenty-one - March 5 | | Hull Olympiques, QMJHL |
