The Pizza 73 AJHL Player of the Week is Layne Loomer of the Blackfalds Bulldogs. The Penn State (NCAA) commit scored four goals and seven points in three games from January 8th-14th, 2024 and extended his point streak to seven games.
Loomer (2005) recorded two assists in a 4-1 win on home ice against the Bonnyville Pontiacs on January 9th. The Lethbridge, AB forward scored a powerplay goal and a short handed goal in a 5-1 road win over the Drayton Valley Thunder on January 12th and was awarded as the Viterra AJHL Player of the Game. Layne Loomer opened the scoring for the second consecutive game on January 13th and went on to post a three-point night with two goals and an assist in a 4-3 win in Drumheller. Loomer picked up his second Viterra AJHL Player of the Game award in the victory.
Layne is in his second season with the Bulldogs and in the Top 15 of the AJHL Scoring Race with 47 points (17G, 30A) in 36 games.
For a second consecutive week, Rylan Brown of the Okotoks Oilers is the AJHL Defensive Player of the Week. Brown led the AJHL in points last week with eight (1G, 7A) as his Oilers picked up three wins and extended their current win streak to seven games.
The Okotoks Oilers opened their three-game road trip on January 12th with a 6-3 win in Bonnyville and two assists for Rylan Brown. The 2005-born defenceman added another two assists and earned the Viterra AJHL Player of the Game in a 4-1 win in Fort McMurray the following night. Brown opened the scoring on January 14th and added three assists for a four-point game and an 8-4 win to wrap up the double header in Fort McMurray. He was once again awarded as the Viterra AJHL Player of the Game.
Rylan Brown (Sherwood Park, AB) has recorded four consecutive multi-point games and is second among AJHL defencemen with 45 points (6G, 39A) in 38 games played. The Michigan Tech (NCAA) commit is in his third AJHL season.
2005-born Grande Prairie Storm forward, Colin Doherty, is the Inter Pipeline AJHL Rookie of the Week. With four points (1G, 3A) in two home wins, Doherty has now compiled a four-game point streak and is third in team scoring.
The Sherwood Park, AB rookie scored his second game winning goal of the season and added an assist in a 5-2 win versus the Canmore Eagles on January 12th. Doherty recorded his second consecutive multi-point game with two assists as the Storm doubled the Olds Grizzlys 4-2 on January 13th.
Colin Doherty is tied for seventh in rookie scoring with 26 points (9G, 17A) in 38 games played.
Pizza 73 AJHL Player of the Week Recipients
- September 15th-17th, 2023: Brendan Ross, Blackfalds Bulldogs
- September 18th-24th, 2023: Vann Yuhas, Drumheller Dragons
- September 25th-October 1st, 2023: Nicholas DeGraves, Brooks Bandits
- October 2nd-8th, 2023: Dakota MacIntosh, Blackfalds Bulldogs
- October 9th-15th, 2023: Tomis Marinkovic, Grande Prairie Storm
- October 16th-22nd, 2023: Alex Atwill, Grande Prairie Storm
- October 23rd-29th, 2023: Caden Cabana, Lloydminster Bobcats
- October 30th-November 5th, 2023: Travis Verbeek, Whitecourt Wolverines
- November 6th-12th, 2023: Caden Cabana, Lloydminster Bobcats
- November 13th-19th, 2023: Mirko Buttazzoni, Brooks Bandits
- November 20th-26th, 2023: Owen MacNeil, Okotoks Oilers
- November 27th-December 3rd, 2023: Brendan Ross, Blackfalds Bulldogs
- December 4th-10th, 2023: Hunter Price, Sherwood Park Crusaders
- December 11th-17th, 2023: Hunter Price, Sherwood Park Crusaders
- December 18th-31st, 2023: Jackson Rowland, Okotoks Oilers
- January 1st-7th, 2024: Jack Silverberg, Okotoks Oilers
- January 8th-14th, 2024: Layne Loomer, Blackfalds Bulldogs
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- September 15th-17th, 2023: Adam Lang, Spruce Grove Saints
- September 18th-24th, 2023: Easton Adrian, Drumheller Dragons
- September 25th-October 1st, 2023: Nolan Paquette, Calgary Canucks
- October 2nd-8th, 2023: Jameson Kaine, Drumheller Dragons
- October 9th-15th, 2023: Ben Charette, Whitecourt Wolverines
- October 16th-22nd, 2023: Dominic Payne, Sherwood Park Crusaders
- October 23rd-29th, 2023: Ethan O’Halloran, Okotoks Oilers
- October 30th-November 5th, 2023: Julian Molinaro, Calgary Canucks
- November 6th-12th, 2023: Dominic Payne, Sherwood Park Crusaders
- November 13th-19th, 2023: Sam Hall, Okotoks Oilers
- November 20th-26th, 2023: Brody Mortensen, Canmore Eagles
- November 27th-December 3rd, 2023: Carter Patterson, Blackfalds Bulldogs
- December 4th-10th, 2023: Brody Juck, Lloydminster Bobcats
- December 11th-17th, 2023: Matthew Malin, Canmore Eagles
- December 18th-31st, 2023: Carson Ironside, Camrose Kodiaks
- January 1st-7th, 2024: Rylan Brown, Okotoks Oilers
- January 8th-14th, 2024: Rylan Brown, Okotoks Oilers
Inter Pipeline AJHL Rookie of the Week
- September 15th-17th, 2023: Ashton Hutchinson, Spruce Grove Saints
- September 18th-24th, 2023: Michael Ryan, Bonnyville Pontiacs
- September 25th-October 1st, 2023: Gavin Garland, Calgary Canucks
- October 2nd-8th, 2023: Julien Gervais, Calgary Canucks
- October 9th-15th, 2023: Logan Sawyer, Brooks Bandits
- October 16th-22nd, 2023: Ryan Zaremba, Sherwood Park Crusaders
- October 23rd-29th, 2023: Jack McAra, Bonnyville Pontiacs
- October 30th-November 5th, 2023: Jalen Bianchet, Whitecourt Wolverines
- November 6th-12th, 2023: Ryan Zaremba, Sherwood Park Crusaders
- November 13th-19th, 2023: Logan Sawyer, Brooks Bandits
- November 20th-26th, 2023: Logan Sawyer, Brooks Bandits
- November 27th-December 3rd, 2023: Logan Sawyer, Brooks Bandits
- December 4th-10th, 2023: Kale Dach, Sherwood Park Crusaders
- December 11th-17th, 2023: Jack Solomon, Lloydminster Bobcats
- December 18th-31st, 2023: Billy Batten, Bonnyville Pontiacs
- January 1st-7th, 2024: Logan Sawyer, Brooks Bandits
- January 8th-14th, 2024: Colin Doherty, Grande Prairie Storm