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Spruce Grove Saints forward Brett Pfoh has been selected as the Pizza 73 AJHL Player of the Week after leading the league with eight points (2G, 6A) from January 17th-23rd, 2022.
Pfoh, 20, was awarded as the Viterra AJHL Star of the Game for the sixth time this season with a goal and two assists in a 6-3 win over the Grande Prairie Storm on January 18th. The Saints found themselves on the wrong side of a 5-3 game versus the Canmore Eagles on January 22nd in which Pfoh picked up two more assists to near the 40-mark. The week ended with a 7-1 victory against the visiting Calgary Canucks and another three-point (1G, 2A) game for Pfoh.
Brett Pfoh leads the division leading Saints with 63 points (23G, 40A), ranking him fifth in the AJHL scoring race. The native of Port Moody, BC is committed to Bowling Green State University of the NCAA Division I.
The Alberta Ford Dealers AJHL Defensive Player of the Week is defenceman Riley Bodnarchuk who scored two game winning goals for the Okotoks Oilers versus South Division opponents last week.
The hometown boy recorded the first two-goal game of his AJHL career, including the game winner, on January 18th as the Oilers defeated the Olds Grizzlys 7-4. With two goals and an assist, the game was also Bodnarchuk’s second three-point night of the season. Riley was selected as the Viterra AJHL Star of the Game on January 20th with an assist and the game winning goal in a 5-2 victory over the Camrose Kodiaks.
The 20 year-old is fifth in team scoring with 26 points (5G, 21A) as he enters the final months of his fourth AJHL season.
The Okotoks Oilers sit fourth in the Viterra AJHL South Division standings and are 7-2-1 in their last ten games.
Defenceman Rylan Brown of the Drayton Valley Thunder is the Inter Pipeline AJHL Rookie of the Week. The 17-year-old compiled a three game goal streak and recorded five points (3G, 2A) in three games for the Thunder.
Brown (Sherwood Park, AB) scored the game winning goal and added two assists on January 18th as the Thunder posted a 7-3 win over the Fort McMurray Oil Barons. On January 21st, Rylan scored in the final minute to send the game to overtime, where the Thunder eventually lost 4-3 to the Bonnyville Pontiacs in a shootout. The final game of the week ended in a 6-4 loss to the Lloydminster Bobcats with Brown scoring a goal in his third consecutive game. Rylan Brown is fifth in team scoring with 28 points (10G, 18A).
Pizza 73 AJHL Player of the Week Recipients:
- September 17-19, 2021: Caiden Gault, Spruce Grove Saints
- September 20-26, 2021: Mitchell Joss, Sherwood Park Crusaders
- September 27-October 3, 2021: Christiano Aiello, Whitecourt Wolverines
- October 4-10, 2021: Noah Hackett, Olds Grizzlys
- October 11-17, 2021: Ryan McAllister, Brooks Bandits
- October 18-24, 2021: Noah Hackett, Olds Grizzlys
- October 25-31, 2021: Roc Truman, Camrose Kodiaks
- November 1-7, 2021: Ethan Strang, Grande Prairie Storm
- November 8-14, 2021: Sebastian Tamburro, Bonnyville Pontiacs
- November 15-21, 2021: Luke Fennig, Drumheller Dragons
- November 22-28, 2021: TJ Hughes, Brooks Bandits
- November 29-December 5, 2021: Tyler Mahan, Whitecourt Wolverines
- December 6-12, 2021: Mack Stewart, Lloydminster Bobcats
- December 13-19, 2021: Tanner Fincaryk, Lloydminster Bobcats
- December 29, 2021-January 9, 2022: Ethan Strang, Grande Prairie Storm
- January 10-16, 2022: Caiden Gault, Spruce Grove Saints
- January 17-23, 2022: Brett Pfoh, Spruce Grove Saints
Alberta Ford Dealers AJHL Defensive Player of the Week:
- September 17-19, 2021: Brendan Kennette, Brooks Bandits
- September 20-26, 2021: Brett McKinley, Spruce Grove Saints
- September 27-October 3, 2021: Joshua Zinger, Olds Grizzlys
- October 4-10, 2021: Austin Zavoda, Okotoks Oilers
- October 11-17, 2021: Zach Bookman, Brooks Bandits
- October 18-24, 2021: Zac Onyskiw, Spruce Grove Saints
- October 25-31, 2021: Nick Traggio, Bonnyville Pontiacs
- November 1-7, 2021: Taige Harding, Fort McMurray Oil Barons
- November 8-14, 2021: Zach Bookman, Brooks Bandits
- November 15-21, 2021: Taige Harding, Fort McMurray Oil Barons
- November 22-28, 2021: Zach Bookman, Brooks Bandits
- November 29-December 5, 2021: Joshua Nadler, Fort McMurray Oil Barons
- December 6-12, 2021: Robert Kincaid, Camrose Kodiaks
- December 13-19, 2021: Taige Harding, Fort McMurray Oil Barons
- December 29, 2021-January 9, 2022: Zach Bookman, Brooks Bandits
- January 10-16, 2022: Tristan Martin, Spruce Grove Saints
- January 17-23, 2022: Riley Bodnarchuk, Okotoks Oilers
Inter Pipeline AJHL Rookie of the Week:
- September 17-19, 2021: Carson Whyte, Camrose Kodiaks
- September 20-26, 2021: Logan Hauer, Sherwood Park Crusaders
- September 27-October 3, 2021 – Thomas Vela, Whitecourt Wolverines
- October 4-10, 2021: Bowden Singleton, Okotoks Oilers
- October 11-17, 2021: Ryder Matter, Brooks Bandits
- October 18-24, 2021: Rieger Lorenz, Okotoks Oilers
- October 25-31, 2021: Simon Diaz, Fort McMurray Oil Barons
- November 1-7, 2021: Zach Bookman, Brooks Bandits
- November 8-14, 2021: Vann Yuhas, Drumheller Dragons
- November 15-21, 2021: Ty Daneault, Drumheller Dragons
- November 22-28, 2021: Trey Funk, Bonnyville Pontiacs
- November 29-December 5, 2021: Vann Yuhas, Drumheller Dragons
- December 6-12, 2021: Alex Power, Bonnyville Pontiacs
- December 13-19, 2021: Rieger Lorenz, Okotoks Oilers
- December 29, 2021-January 9, 2022: Rieger Lorenz, Okotoks Oilers
- January 10-16, 2022: Ryan Sullivan, Camrose Kodiaks
- January 17-23, 2022: Rylan Brown, Drayton Valley Thunder