The Pizza 73 AJHL Player of the Week is Okotoks Oilers forward Jackson Rowland. The 2004-born recorded eight points (3G, 5A) in two games since returning from the holiday break.
Rowland (Calgary, AB) set a new franchise game record with seven points (2G, 5A) as the Okotoks Oilers defeated the Olds Grizzlys 11–4 on December 29th. The AJHL record for most points in a single game is nine, which was set by Ron Rose of the Drumheller Falcons in 1975. Rowland was named as the Viterra AJHL Player of the Game.
Jackson recorded his 16th goal of the season on December 30th in a 9-3 loss to the league-leading Brooks Bandits. In his second season with the Oilers, Rowland has 35 points (16G, 19A) in 31 games played. The Oilers are currently fourth in the Canalta Hotels AJHL Standings and just a single point back of the third place Blackfalds Bulldogs.
The Alberta Ford Dealers AJHL Defensive Player of the Week is goaltender Carson Ironside of the Camrose Kodiaks. Ironside posted two wins, including a shutout, and a shootout loss over three games played between December 18th-31st, 2023.
Ironside (2003) joined the Kodiaks in mid-December and posted a shutout on December 19th in just his second game of the season. He made 38 saves to blank the Drayton Valley Thunder 4-0 and earn the Viterra AJHL Player of the Game award.
On December 29th, the Kodiaks fell 4-3 in a shootout to the Fort McMurray Oil Barons with Ironside (St. Albert, AB) recording 27 saves. In the second game of the double header in Fort McMurray, the Kodiaks were victorious with a 5-1 score and 26 saves for Ironside. He would receive his second Viterra AJHL Player of the Game award for the victory.
This is Carson Ironside’s fourth AJHL season. The AJHL veteran has recorded a .951 save percentage and 1.49 GAA since returning to the league.
Forward Billy Batten is the Inter Pipeline AJHL Rookie of the Week with four points (1G, 3A) in two wins for the Bonnyville Pontiacs. Batten has recorded points in his last three consecutive games.
The Pontiacs returned from the holidays with a 5-1 win at home versus the Drayton Valley Thunder on December 29th. Batten (2004) scored a goal and two assists in a three-point game, including an assist on the game winner. He posted his 20th assist of the season the following night in a tight 4-3 win versus the visiting Whitecourt Wolverines.
Battin (Phoenixville, PA) is tied for seventh among first year players with 24 points (4G, 20A).
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
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
- December 18th-31st, 2023: Carson Ironside, Camrose Kodiaks
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