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RBK-CCM Hockey's Players of the Week

The RBK-CCM Hockey's Players of the Week

Dustin Gazley - Sioux City Musketeers
April 16, 2007 - Offensive

Gazley had six points in four games, three of them Sioux City wins. He scored 2-2-4 (GWG) in Saturday's 8-3 win over Des Moines. He also had a goal in a loss to Omaha.

Honorable Mention: Andrew Conboy - Omaha, Tyler Murovich - Chicago

Luke Lucyk - Tri-City Storm
April 16, 2007 - Defensive

Lucyk had a goal and an assist in Saturday's 5-1 win over Sioux Falls. The goal was the game winner and helped the Storm jump into second place. He finished +4 and had 3 SOG.

Honorable Mention: Chad Langlais - Lincoln, Kurt Davis - Green Bay, Mike Walsh - Chicago

Isak Tranvik - Waterloo Black Hawks
April 9, 2007 - Offensive

Tranvik picked up six points in four games last week. He had a goal and an assist in a win over Indiana and two goals in wins over Indiana and Chicago. He had 2 PPG and was a +4.

Honorable Mention: Alex Hudson - Tri-City, Steve Silva - Green Bay, Mike Seidel - Cedar Rapids

Brett Dickinson - Cedar Rapids RoughRiders
April 9, 2007 - Defensive

Dickinson had four assists in three games last week. He had assists in a win over Green Bay and shootout loss to Chicago. He had two assists in a win over Indiana. He was +3.

Honorable Mention: Kurt Davis - Green Bay, Luka Vidmar - Chicago, Dennis Urban - Ohio

Andrew Conboy - Omaha Lancers
April 2, 2007 - Offensive

Conboy scored five points in three games on the week. He had 2 assists in a 5-2 win over Cedar Rapids and on Saturday scored 2-1-3, including the game winning goal in a 5-3 win over Green Bay.

Honorable Mention: David Solway - Sioux Falls, Alexei Dostoinov - Ohio, Eric Miller - Indiana, Patrick White - Tri-City

Kevin Wehrs - Cedar Rapids RoughRiders
April 2, 2007 - Defensive

Wehrs had four points on the week and was +1 in three games. He had three assists, including setting up the game winner on Friday and added another assist in Saturday's loss.

Honorable Mention: Jake Marto - Omaha, Blake Kessel - Waterloo, Luke Lucyk - Tri-City, Derrick LaPoint - Green Bay

Drew Fisher - Sioux Falls Stampede
March 26, 2007 - Offensive

Fisher picked up seven points on the week. He had a goal (GWG) and three assists in a 5-3 win over Des Moines and added two (PPG) goals and an assist in an 8-4 loss to Tri-City.

Honorable Mention: Greg Squires - Indiana, Alex Hudson - Tri-City, James Marcou - Waterloo, Andy Miele - Chicago

Eric Olimb - Indiana Ice
March 26, 2007 - Defensive

Olimb scored a pair of goals on the week. He had a goal in a 6-3 win over Chicago on Friday and added another goal, the game winner, in a 9-1 win over Chicago Sunday. He finished +3.

Honorable Mention: Tommy Mannino - Tri-City, Derrick LaPoint - Green Bay, Kyle Follmer - Lincoln

Doug Jones - Cedar Rapids RoughRiders
March 19, 2007 - Offensive

Jones had a big week picking up six points in three games. He had an assist in a 6-4 win over Sioux City, 1-1-2 in a loss to Omaha and 2-1-3 in a win over Ohio. He had 8 SOG.

Honorable Mention: Sergio Somma - Green Bay, Patrick Schaefer - Omaha, Danny Hobbs - Ohio

Nick Petrecki - Omaha Lancers
March 19, 2007 - Defensive

Petrecki scored 2-1-3 including a PPG in a 5-4 overtime win over Cedar Rapids. The next night he had an assist in a 3-2 win over Des Moines. He had 8 SOG and was +1 for the weekend.

Honorable Mention: Derrick LaPoint - Green Bay, Tim Buttery - Chicago, Chris Reed - Ohio

Andrew Conboy - Omaha Lancers
March 12, 2007 - Offensive

Conboy scored a pair of goals in each game on the weekend, both Lancer wins. He scored a power play goal and the game winner on Saturday. He had 10 SOG and was a +3.

Honorable Mention: Mike Sislo - Green Bay, Charles Brockett - Ohio, Tyler Thompson - Cedar Rapids

Kurt Davis - Green Bay Gamblers
March 12, 2007 - Defensive

Davis had three points in a weekend sweep of Sioux City. He scored a pair of power play goals in Friday's 3-2 win and followed it with a power play assist in Saturday's 5-3 win.

Honorable Mention: Chris Reed - Ohio, Nick Petrecki - Omaha

Carter Camper - Lincoln Stars
March 5, 2007 - Offensive

Camper scored 2-4-6 in two wins over Indiana. He had a goal and three asssists in a 7-1 win Friday and a goal and an assist in an 8-1 win Saturday. The goal was the game winner.

Honorable Mention: Steve Silva - Green Bay, Matt Thurber - Omaha, James Marcou - Waterloo

Colby Cohen - Lincoln Stars
March 5, 2007 - Defensive

Cohen had four assists and was +4 in a pair of Stars' wins over Indiana. He had one assist in Friday's 7-1 win and three assists in Saturday's 8-1 win. He is the USHL's top scoring defenseman.

Honorable Mention: Kurt Davis - Green Bay

Barry Almeida - Omaha Lancers
February 26, 2007 - Offensive

Almeida had six points in two games against Chicago. He scored 1-3-4, including the game winner in a 9-3 win on Friday and 1-1-2 in a 5-4 shootout loss on Saturday.

Honorable Mention: Brian Keane - Indiana, James Marcou - Waterloo

Mike Walsh - Chicago Steel
February 26, 2007 - Defensive

Walsh scored a goal and an assist in a two-game home series split against Omaha. He scored a goal in Friday's 9-3 loss and followed it up with an assist in Saturday's 5-4 shootout win.

Honorable Mention: Josh Turnbull - Waterloo

James Marcou - Waterloo Black Hawks
February 20, 2007 - Offensive

Marcou scored a hat trick, all on the power play in a 6-3 loss to Sioux City. He followed it up with 3 assists in a 5-3 win over Ohio. He finished +1 and had 11 SOG in three games.

Honorable Mention: Aaron Palushaj - Des Moines, Mike Sislo - Green Bay

Luka Vidmar - Chicago Steel
February 20, 2007 - Defensive

Vidmar scored 1-5-6 on the weekend. He scored the game winning goal and added 4 assists in an 11-0 win over Ohio and had an assist in a 6-4 loss to Des Moines. He finished +3.

Honorable Mention: Derrick LaPoint - Green Bay, Chris Reed - Ohio

Tim Hall - Ohio Junior Blue Jackets
February 12, 2007 - Offensive

Hall scored 5 goals and added an assist in 3 games. He scored 2-1-3 in a loss to Chicago but came back with a hat trick, including the game winner in a 5-4 win over Green Bay.

Honorable Mention: Matt Arhontas - Waterloo, Garrett Roe - Indiana, Mark Olver - Omaha, Dustin Gazley - Sioux City, Pat Cannone - Cedar Rapids

Mike Beck - Sioux City Musketeers
February 12, 2007 - Defensive

Beck scored a power play goal that was also the game-winner Sunday against Sioux Falls. He had three assists in Saturday's win over Lincoln and had 13 SOG on the week.

Honorable Mention: Nick Petrecki - Omaha, Blake Kessel - Waterloo, Chris Reed - Ohio

Rich Purslow - Des Moines Buccaneers
February 5, 2007 - Offensive

Purslow had six points in two Bucs' wins. He had a goal and two assists in each game and set up the game winning goal on Saturday. He had 4 SOG and was a +4 on the weekend.

Honorable Mention: Mike Seidel - Cedar Rapids, James Marcou - Waterloo, Andrew Conboy - Omaha

Pasko Skarica - Waterloo Black Hawks
February 5, 2007 - Defensive

Skarica picked up an assist is each of Waterloo's wins, over Ohio and Lincoln and helping them move into first place in the USHL. He had 3 SOG and was a +4 on the weekend.

Honorable Mention: Ryan Little - Green Bay

Dan Comrie - Lincoln Stars
January 31, 2007 - Offensive

Comrie had a big six-point weekend, including a five-point game Friday against Ohio. He had 3-2-5 in a 7-0 win over Ohio and added an assist the next night in a 5-2 win over Ohio.

Honorable Mention: Mark Olver - Omaha, Josh Turnbull - Waterloo, Rob Bordson - Cedar Rapids

Eric Olimb - Indiana Ice
January 31, 2007 - Defensive

In two games, Olimb scored 2-2-4. All four points came in a 5-3 win at Des Moines on Friday. He scored a PPG, was +1 on the weekend and had 8 SOG. He now has 5 points on the season.

Honorable Mention: Chris Stansik - Lincoln, Channing Boe - Green Bay

James Marcou - Waterloo Black Hawks
January 22, 2007 - Offensive

Waterloo's leading scorer had four points in three games last week. He had an assist in 4-2 and 3-2 losses to Omaha. He also had a goal (game winner) and an assist in a 3-1 win over Green Bay.

Honorable Mention: Barry Almeida - Omaha

Corey Toy - Omaha Lancers
January 22, 2007 - Defensive

Toy had two goals in three games on the week. He scored twice, including a game winning goal and a power play goal in a 7-4 win over Des Moines. He was +2 and had 5 SOG.

Honorable Mention: Matt Godlewski - Chicago, Channing Boe - Green Bay

Ben Ryan - Des Moines Buccaneers
January 15, 2007 - Offensive

Ryan had a big week, picking up 8 points in 3 games. He scored 1-3-4 in a shootout loss to Sioux Falls, followed by 0-1-1 in a loss to Indiana and 1-2-3 in a win over Indiana.

Honorable Mention: Corey Tropp - Sioux Falls, Jared Brown - Lincoln, David Boehm - Cedar Rapids

Kevin Wehrs - Cedar Rapids RoughRiders
January 15, 2007 - Defensive

Wehrs had six points on the week. He scored 1-2-3 in a 7-4 win over Chicago, then scored the game winner in a 4-3 win over Chicago then had two assists in a 6-5 win over Sioux City.

Honorable Mention: Colby Cohen - Lincoln

Zac MacVoy - Ohio Junior Blue Jackets
January 8, 2007 - Offensive

MacVoy scored 3-1-4 in a two-game split with Des Moines. He had the only goal in Friday's 3-1 loss and two goals and an assist Saturday, including the game winner in a 5-4 win.

Honorable Mention: Mike Sislo - Green Bay, Robin Bergman - Cedar Rapids

Dan Lawson - Chicago Steel
January 8, 2007 - Defensive

Lawson had a hand in three of the Steel's four goals on the week. He had an assist in Friday's 3-1 to Indiana and a goal and assist in Saturday's 5-2 loss to Green?Bay. He also had 6 SOG.

Honorable Mention: Pat Goebel - Ohio, Ryan Little - Green Bay

Garrett Roe - Indiana Ice
January 2, 2007 - Offensive

Roe had six points in three games on the weekend as the Ice went 2-1-0. He had a goal on Friday, a goal and two assists Saturday and two goals Sunday. He's 5th overall in scoring.

Honorable Mention: Andrew Conboy - Omaha, Tyler Murovich - Chicago

Nick Petrecki - Omaha Lancers
January 2, 2007 - Defensive

Petrecki had a goal in each of his three games last weekend, all Omaha wins as they continued their surge in the west. He also added an assist in Sunday's win over Lincoln.

Honorable Mention: Baylor Dieter - Green Bay, Chris Reed - Ohio

Steve Silva - Green Bay Gamblers
December 18, 2006 - Offensive

Silva picked up six points in four games last week as the Gamblers went 3-0-1. He scored the game winner both nights against Ohio, 2-0 on Tuesday and 3-1 on Wednesday and scored 1-3-4 in a 5-3 win over Chicago on Friday.

Honorable Mention: Dustin Gazley - Sioux City, Mark Olver - Omaha, Jesse Martin - Tri-City, Kyle Reeds - Waterloo

Adam Comrie - Omaha Lancers
December 18, 2006 - Defensive

A steady scorer on the blue line all season, Comrie picked up four points in his first two games with Omaha. He had an assist on Friday, and a goal and two assists on Saturday, both 4-1 home wins over Indiana.

Honorable Mention: Kurt Davis - Green Bay, Isak Tranvik - Waterloo, Dan Lawson - Chicago

Blake Martin - Sioux City Musketeers
December 11, 2006 - Offensive

Martin helped Sioux City win three games and move into first place in the west. He scored 4-3-7 on the week, with 2 PPG and 1 GWG. He had 15 shots on goal and was a +7.

Honorable Mention: Rich Purslow - Des Moines, Mike Sislo - Green Bay

Vince LoVerde - Waterloo Black Hawks
December 11, 2006 - Defensive

LoVerde had a four point weekend, with three points (PPG, GWG) in Waterloo's 5-2 win at Green Bay, and scored again the next night in a 3-2 shootout loss to the Gamblers.

Honorable Mention: Joe Sova - Sioux City, Kurt Davis - Green Bay

Keegan Meuer - Waterloo Black Hawks
December 4, 2006 - Offensive

Meuer scored two of Waterloo's three goals, including the game-winner in overtime to beat Indiana 3-2 and hold onto first place in the East. They were Meuer's first points of the season.

Honorable Mention: Aaron Palushaj - Des Moines, Ben Arnt - Omaha

Kurt Davis - Green Bay Gamblers
December 4, 2006 - Defensive

Davis had one goal and one assist on the weekend as the Gamblers lost a pair of one-goal games at home to Sioux Falls. Davis had 3 SOG and was a +1. He has scored 4-5-9 this year.

Honorable Mention: Pasko Skarica - Waterloo

John Kemp - Indiana Ice
November 27, 2006 - Offensive

Kemp had 9 points in 3 wins over Ohio on the weekend. He scored 1-3-4 on Friday, 1-2-3 on Saturday, and 1-1-2 on Sunday. Kemp had a hand in 9 of the 14 goals the Ice scored.

Honorable Mention: Brett Bruneteau of Omaha (3GP, 2-4-6, PPG, SHG, 9 SOG)

Chad Langlais - Lincoln Stars
November 27, 2006 - Defensive

Langlais had a 6-point weekend, scoring a goal and adding five assists. He scored the game-winning goal against rival Omaha on Saturday. He also had 13 shots on goal for the weekend.

Honorable Mention: Blake Kessel of Waterloo (3GP 1-1-2,+2, GWG, 13 SOG)

Calle Ridderwall - Tri-City Storm
November 20, 2006 - Offensive

Ridderwall scored 2-3-5 in two Tri-City wins, with an assist in a 3-2 win over Des Moines and 2-2-4 in a win over Omaha. He was also a +4 for the weekend and is tied for the league scoring lead.

Honorable Mention: James Marcou of Waterloo (2 GP, 0-4-4, +3)

Scott Wietecha - Cedar Rapids RoughRiders
November 20, 2006 - Defensive

Entering the weekend with 1 point, Wietecha showed an explosion of offense with three power play points, 2-1-3, on the weekend. He was +2 on the weekend and 13 shots on goal.

Honorable Mention: Corey Toy of Omaha (2GP 1-1-2,+2)

Josh Turnbull - Waterloo Black Hawks
November 13, 2006 - Offensive

Turnbull scored an unassisted goal in Waterloo's 6-4 loss to Des Moines on Friday, then scored two goals and assisted on two more in their 4-2 win over Des Moines on Saturday He finished +3.

Honorable Mention: Calle Ridderwall - Tri-City, Corey Tropp - Sioux Falls, Matt Read - Des Moines.

Dennis Urban - Omaha Lancers
November 13, 2006 - Defensive

Urban had a point in each game, scoring his first goal of the season in Friday's win, then assisted on a goal and scored in the shootout loss on Saturday. He had 9 shots and was +1.

Honorable Mention: Derrick LaPoint - Green Bay.

Anthony Maiani - Sioux City Musketeers
November 6, 2006 - Offensive

Maiani scored a pair of goals in Friday's win over Chicago, including the game-winner. He added a pair of assists on Saturday to complete the sweep of Chicago and help Sioux City win its 7th in a row and be named the USHL/Applebee's Offensive Player of the Week. He's the second winner from Sioux City this season, joining Max Pacioretty as a previous winner.

Honorable Mention: Patrick White - Tri-City, Craig Smith - Waterloo, Shea Walters - Green Bay

Shane Sims - Des Moines Buccaneers
November 6, 2006 - Defensive

Sims scored a natural hat trick, two of which came on the power play, in Friday's win over Lincoln. On Saturday, Sims added an assist for a 4-point weekend and USHL/Bankers Trust Defensive Player of the Week honors. Sims, who brought his season total to six, was a +1 on the weekend.

Honorable Mention: Luke Lucyk - Tri-City, Derrick LaPoint - Green Bay

Tommy Wingels - Cedar Rapids
October 31, 2006 - Offensive

Wingels scored one goal and one assist each night in a weekend split with Des Moines. His goal on Saturday night was a power play marker. All four of his points came in the third period.

Runner-up: Josh Turnbull of Waterloo (2GP, 2-1-3, 1SHG).

Derrick LaPoint - Green Bay
October 31, 2006 - Defensive

LaPoint scored three goals in two games this weekend, including two on the power play. LaPoint has at least one point in each game for Green Bay and leads USHL defensemen in scoring.

Runner-up: Evan Stephens of Cedar Rapids (2GP, 0-3-3, +3).

Max Pacioretty - Sioux City
October 23, 2006 - Offensive

Pacioretty, a native of New Canaan, Conn. has been named the USHL/KCAU TV Channel 9 Offensive Player of the Week. In two games, Pacioretty scored 3-2- 5, including scoring the game winning goal each game. He also set up a shorthanded goal for the Musketeers on Saturday night while they were at a 6- on-4 disadvantage. The scoring outburst allowed Pacioretty to jump into the top five in league scoring.

Honorable Mention: Calle Ridderwall - Tri-City, Aaron Palushaj - Des Moines, Garrett Roe - Indiana

Mike Phillippi - Indiana
October 23, 2006 - Defensive

Phillippi scored 3-1-4 in two home wins over Lincoln on the weekend. On Saturday night, Phillippi recorded a hat trick, one of the goals being the game winner, in their 6-5 win. Phillippi was also a +5 for the weekend and is now tied for the league lead in defenseman scoring.

Honorable Mention: Matt Crandell - Sioux City, Tim Buttery - Chicago

Jacob Cepis - Cedar Rapids - 2GP 4-1-5
October 16, 2006 - Offensive

Cepis scored a hat trick in Friday's 10-3 win over Chicago. One of his goals was scored on the power play. He later added a goal and an assist in Saturday's 6-2 win, also over Chicago. The big weekend vaulted Cepis into second place on the league scoring chart.

Honorable Mention: Sergio Somma - Green Bay, Max Pacioretty - Sioux City

Derrick LaPoint - Green Bay - 2GP 1-3-4, +1
October 16, 2006 - Defensive

LaPoint had two assists in Saturday's 7-4 home opening win over Indiana, then followed it up with a power play goal and an assist in Sunday's 5-4 win, also over Indiana. LaPoint is now tied for the league lead in defenseman scoring with 5 points in 3 games.

Honorable Mention: Matt Crandell - Sioux City, Brett Dickinson - Cedar Rapids

Jared Brown - Lincoln
October 9, 2006 - Offensive

Brown (Gardner, Kans.) starred for Lincoln on opening weekend with 6 points in two games. He scored 2-1-3 in Friday's 8-1 win over Omaha and followed it up with 1-2-3 in a 7-2 win over Sioux Falls. Runner-up: Isak Tranvik of Waterloo (2 GP, 2-1-3+2, GWG).

Tristin Llewellyn - Tri-City
October 9, 2006 - Defensive

Llewellyn (Ann Arbor, Mich.) only had one point on the weekend, but he made it count, scoring an unassisted goal at 2:37 of overtime to lift the Storm to a 3-2 win over Omaha and improve to 2-0 on the season. Runner-up: David Brack of Lincoln (2GP, 2-1-3, -1).