Week Number 21
Maxime Talbot of the Hull Olympiques is the Canadian Hockey League Player of the Week for the week ending March 2, 2003. Each week during the 2002-03 regular season a CHL Player of the Week will be selected based on the players of the week from the three member leagues.
Talbot, who was chosen as the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League's Offensive Player of the Week, recorded 15 points on nine goals and six assists and he had a plus-minus rating of plus 12 in three games last week. The native of Lemoyne, Quebec set a team record for the most goals in a game when he scored five times in the Olympiques 13-1 win over the Sherbrooke Castors on February 28. Talbot, who was selected by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 2002 National Hockey League Entry Draft, also recorded two assists in the win over Sherbrooke. On February 26 Talbot scored once and added four assists in Hull's 5-3 win over the Acadie-Bathurst Titan and on March 2 against the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies he recorded four points on three goals and one assist. In 62 games this season Talbot has 90 points on 39 goals and 51 assists.
The QMJHL Defensive Player of the Week was goaltender Maxime Daigneault of the Val-d'Or Foreurs. In three games last week Daigneault backstopped the Foreurs to three wins as he posted one shutout, a 1.00 goals against average and a .946 save percentage.
Peter Hamerlik of the Kingston Frontenacs was selected as the Ontario Hockey League's Player of the Week for the week ending March 2. In three games last week Hamerlik recorded three wins, a 1.33 goals against average and a .960 save percentage.
The Western Hockey League's Player of the Week is Chad Klassen of the Spokane Chiefs. In three games last week Klassen recorded nine points on two goals and seven assists.
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 |
