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The Canalta Hotels AJHL Player of the Week is Marc Pasemko of the Okotoks Oilers. In four games from January 13th ? 19th, the Oiler forward recorded 10 points (2G, 8A) and led his team to four consecutive wins.
Pasemko (Edmonton, AB) and the Oilers opened the week with an 8-1 victory over the Calgary Canucks on Tuesday, January 14th before heading North for a three-game toad trip. Marc scored his fourth game winner of the season and added 4 assists in the win while recording a career high five-point game.
The Oilers began their Northern swing on Friday in Fort McMurray with a 3-1 win and Pasemko tallying one assist. The trip continued to Bonnyville where he would score his 21st of the season and add an assist on the overtime winner in a 7-6 triumph. On Sunday, Okotoks closed the weekend in Lloydminster with a 5-3 win and two more assists for Pasemko. The 20 year-old forward also picked up his fifth Vietrra AJHL Star of the Game award in the win.
The third-year Oiler forward is 12th in the AJHL Scoring Race with 61 points (21G, 40A). He has recorded a point in eleven of the last twelve games and has already far surpassed his point total from last season (46 points).
The Okotoks Oilers have compiled an eight-game win streak and sit second in the Viterra AJHL South Division at 36-6-3, just two-points back of the league leading Brooks Bandits at 38-5-1
Drumheller Dragons goaltender Daniel Allin is the Alberta Ford Dealers AJHL Defensive Player of the Week. The 19 year-old returned to the Dragons and posted two back to back shutouts last week.
Daniel Allin (Edmonton, AB) turned away 33 shots on goal to blank the Canmore Eagles 5-0 on Tuesday, January 14th. He followed up his performance with an 8-0 shutout and 19 saves on Friday night versus the Calgary Canucks. Allin was awarded as the Viterra AJHL Star of the Game in both wins.
Allin is committed to the University of Alaska-Fairbanks and started the 2019-20 season with the Tr-City Storm of the USHL. He played in 20 games for the Drumheller Dragons in the 2018-19 season.
The Dragons are enjoying a five-game win streak and hold third spot in the Viterra AJHL South Division with a record of 16-15-3.
Canalta Hotels AJHL Player of the Week Recipients:
- September 13-15, 2019 – Cody Laskosky, Camrose Kodiaks
- September 16-22, 2019 – Arjun Atwal, Sherwood Park Crusaders
- September 23-29, 2019 – Carter Savoie, Sherwood Park Crusaders
- September 30-October 6, 2019 – Alex Young, Canmore Eagles
- October 7-13, 2019 – Randy Hernández, Brooks Bandits
- October 14-20, 2019 – Connor Lyons, Canmore Eagles
- October 21-27, 2019 – Zafir Rawji, Olds Grizzlys
- October 28 – November 3, 2019: Randy Hernández, Brooks Bandits
- November 4-10, 2019: Jakob Lee, Brooks Bandits
- November 11-17, 2019: Jack Works, Okotoks Oilers
- November 18-24, 2019: Alex Young, Canmore Eagles
- November 25-December 1, 2019: Eric Martin, Drumheller Dragons
- December 2-8, 2019: Graham Gamache, Spruce Grove Saints
- December 9-15, 2019: Scott Truman, Drumheller Dragons
- December 16-22, 2019 – Randy Hernández, Brooks Bandits
- December 28-January 5, 2020: Arjun Atwal, Sherwood Park Crusaders
- January 6-12, 2020: Brady Risk, Drumheller Dragons
- January 13-29, 2020: Marc Pasemko, Okotoks Oilers
Alberta Ford Dealers AJHL Defensive Player of the Week:
- September 13-15, 2019 – Matt Davis, Spruce Grove Saints
- September 16-22, 2019 – Kaeden Lane, Grande Prairie Storm
- September 23-29, 2019 – Easton Hesse, Bonnyville Pontiacs
- September 30-October 6, 2019 – Michael Benning, Sherwood Park Crusaders
- October 7-13, 2019 – Tim Rego, Brooks Bandits
- October 14-20, 2019 – Ashton Abel, Okotoks Oilers
- October 21-27, 2019 – Kabore Dunn, Fort McMurray Oil Barons
- October 28 – November 3, 2019: Carter Gylander, Sherwood Park Crusaders
- November 4-10, 2019: Ashton Abel, Okotoks Oilers
- November 11-17, 2019: Eric Ward, Drayton Valley Thunder
- November 18-24, 2019: Ethan Edwards, Spruce Grove Saints
- November 25-December 1, 2019: Jeremy Gervais, Bonnyville Pontiacs
- December 2-8, 2019: Pierce Charleson, Brooks Bandits
- December 9-15, 2019: Easton Hesse, Bonnyville Pontiacs
- December 16-22, 2019 – Michael Benning, Sherwood Park Crusaders
- December 28-January 5, 2020: Eric Ward, Drayton Valley Thunder
- January 6-12, 2020: Jordan Di Cicco. Brooks Bandits
- January 13-29, 2020: Daniel Allin, Drumheller Dragons