Week 23
Goaltender Brent Krahn of the Seattle Thunderbirds is the Canadian Hockey
League Player of the Week for the week ending March 19, 2003. Each week
during the regular season a CHL player of the week will be selected based on
the players of the week from the CHL's three member leagues. This week's
player of the week selection is the final one of the 2002-03 season.
In three games last week Krahn went undefeated recording 2 shutouts and
posted a .33 goals against average and a .984 save percentage. A highlight
of the week for Krahn was his 26 save performance on March 12 in the
Thunderbirds' 2-0 road win over the Spokane Chiefs. Krahn's second shutout
of the week also came on the road as he made 15 saves against the Portland
Winter Hawks in a 2-0 Seattle win on March 15. A 20-year-old from Winkler,
Manitoba, Krahn appeared in 28 games this season finishing the season with
four shutouts, a 2.96 goals against average and a .896 save percentage.
Selected ninth overall by the Calgary Flames in the 2000 National Hockey
League Entry Draft, Krahn had a 2002-03 win-loss-tied record of 16-10-2.
Josh Hennessy of the Quebec Remparts is the Quebec Major Junior Hockey
League's Offensive Player of the Week for the week ending March 18. In four
games last week Hennessy, who played in the 2003 Home Hardware CHL Top
Prospects Game, recorded 11 points on six goals and five assists. The QMJHL's Defensive Player of the Week is Cape Breton Screaming Eagles' goaltender
Marc-Andre Fleury. Fleury, who also played in this year's Home Hardware CHL
Top Prospects Game, recorded a win and a tie in two games last week as he
posted a 1.92 goals against average and a .955 save percentage.
Patrick O'Sullivan of the Mississauga IceDogs was selected as the Ontario
Hockey League's Player of the Week. In three games last week O'Sullivan,
who is a leading prospect for the 2003 NHL Entry Draft, scored four goals
and added six assists as his play helped the IceDogs win all three games and
clinch a playoff spot for the first time in their five year history in the
OHL.
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 |
Twenty-Two - March 12 | | Tri-City Americans, WHL |
Twenty-Three - March 19 | | Seattle Thunderbirds, WHL |
