For a second consecutive week, Hunter Price of the Sherwood Park Crusaders has been selected as the Pizza 73 AJHL Player of the Week. The 2003-born forward extended his point streak to six games with seven points (3G, 4A) in three wins for the Crusaders.
Hunter Price (Calgary, AB) opened a three game homestand with an assist in a 5-2 win over the Bonnyville Pontiacs on December 13th. He exploded with a hat trick, including his fifth game winner of the season, in a 5-2 win versus the crosstown Spruce Grove Saints on December 16th and was awarded as the Viterra AJHL Player of the Game. The following afternoon, he recorded three assists to defeat his former team of the Drayton Valley Thunder 8-5.
Hunter Price is in his third AJHL season and averaging over a point per game with 37 points (17G, 20A) in 35 games played. His current point streak sits at 15 points over six games. The Crusaders enter the holiday break on a six-game win streak and second overall in the Canalta Hotels AJHL Standings.
Canmore Eagles goaltender, Matthew Malin, is the Alberta Ford Dealers AJHL Defensive Player of the Week after leading his team to three consecutive wins and a shutout.
Malin, 2003, allowed just two goals against last week as the Eagles hosted three AJHL opponents on home ice. The week opened with a 4-1 win over the first-place Brooks Bandits on December 12th, in which Malin turned away 36 shots from the high-powered league leaders. Matthew recorded his first shutout of the season in a 5-0 victory versus the visiting Drumheller Dragons on December 15th. He then held the Bonnyville Pontiacs to one goal on 25 attempts as the Eagles posted a 4-1 win on December 16th. Malin was twice awarded as the Viterra AJHL Player of the Game last week.
Malin (San Francisco, CA) is in his third season with the Eagles and holds a record of 12-9-1 (W-L-OTL). The Eagles will play two more games before breaking for the holidays.
The Inter Pipeline AJHL Rookie of the Week is goaltender Jack Solomon with two shutouts for his Lloydminster Bobcats from December 11th-17th, 2023. Solomon has recorded wins in his last five starts and the Bobcats will enter the holiday break on a three-game win streak.
On December 15th, Solomon (St Louis, MO) stopped all 27 shots from the host Blackfalds Bulldogs to record his first shutout of the season in an 8-0 final. He then posted his second shutout with a 5-0 road win in Olds and a 30-save performance to earn the Viterra AJHL Player of the Game award.
Jack Solomon, 2005, is third among rookie goaltenders with a .906 save percentage and has the second most wins of all first-year goalies with 12.
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
Alberta Ford Dealers AJHL Defensive Player of the Week
- 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
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
