The Canalta Hotels AJHL Player of the Week is Storm forward Bowen Grycan who led the AJHL with five points (3G, 2A) over a three-game road trip through the South Division. The four-year AJHL veteran and alternate captain has his hometown team on top of the Canalta Hotels AJHL League Standings.
Grycan (2006) was named as the Bunge AJHL Player of the Game on October 14th with two goals in a 5-1 road win over the Drumheller Dragons. The trip continued to Canmore where he recorded a goal against the defending AJHL Champions in a 3-1 win. On October 17th, the Storm fell 3-2 in overtime to the Calgary Canucks with Bowen picking up an assist on both goals. Bowen Grycan is second in team scoring with 10 points (6G, 4A) in 11 games played.
For the second consecutive week, Taynton Lavender of the Drayton Valley Thunder has been selected as the Alberta Ford Dealers AJHL Defensive Player of the Week. The Thunder defenceman extended his four-game point streak to nine points and now leads the AJHL with 16 points (6G, 10A). The Thunder sit on top of the Bunge AJHL South Division in points with Lavender and the Thunder defence core leading the league in fewest goals against.
Lavender was awarded as the Bunge AJHL Player of the Game in both Thunder road games from October 12th-18th, 2026 after scoring a goal and adding two assists in a win versus the Bonnyville Pontiacs and an OT loss against the Lloydminster Bobcats. The 2006-born blueliner in his third year with the Thunder and second season as an alternate captain.
Oil Barons forward Anthony Hurley scored a hat trick and led all AJHL rookies with four goals in two games last week to earn the Inter Pipeline AJHL Rookie of the Week award. Hurley (2008) opened a four-game road trip through the AJHL South Division by scoring his first AJHL goal and a hat trick, including the game winner, in a 4-3 victory over the Drumheller Dragons on October 16th. He was deservedly awarded as the Bunge AJHL Player of the Game.
The Oil Barons dropped the next game in a 2-1 shootout loss to the Canmore Eagles with Hurley scoring the lone goal for the MOB. Anthony is currently tied for fifth in scoring among AJHL rookies with 7 points in 8 games played as the Oil Barons wrap up their South Swing tonight in Olds.
Canalta Hotels AJHL Player of the Week Recipients
- September 18th-20th, 2026: Nicholas Anisimovicz, Calgary Canucks
- September 21st-27th, 2026: Luke Dooley, Lloydminster Bobcats
- September 28th-October 4th, 2026: Aidan Tkachuk, Canmore Eagles
- October 5th-11th, 2026: Damian Hill, Drayton Valley Thunder
- October 12th-28th, 2026: Bowen Grycan, Grande Prairie Storm
Alberta Ford Dealers AJHL Defensive Player of the Week
- September 18th-20th, 2026: Quentin Flores, Grande Prairie Storm
- September 21st-27th, 2026: Rydley Gerbrandt, Grande Prairie Storm
- September 28th-October 4th, 2026: Jaxan Hopko, Lloydminster Bobcats
- October 5th-11th, 2026: Taynton Lavender, Drayton Valley Thunder
- October 12th-28th, 2026: Taynton Lavender, Drayton Valley Thunder
Inter Pipeline AJHL Rookie of the Week
- September 18th-20th, 2026: Dominic Seminoff, Drumheller Dragons
- September 21st-27th, 2026: Jake Banicevic, Whitecourt Wolverines
- September 28th-October 4th, 2026: Mark Djomo, Lloydminster Bobcats
- October 5th-11th, 2026: Jake Rogers, Camrose Kodiaks
- October 12th-28th, 2026: Anthony Hurley, Fort McMurray Oil Barons
