Labrecque named CHL Player of the Week
Toronto – The Canadian Hockey League today announced that Gatineau Olympiques left winger Guillaume Labrecque is the CHL Player of the Week for the week ending Sunday December 12 after scoring five goals and three assists for eight points in three games.
Labrecque scored the winning goal in a 4-2 win over the Shawinigan Cataractes on December 8 and then recorded a hat trick and one assist in a 5-2 win over the Drummondville Voltigeurs on December 10. He was named first star in both games. The 19-year-old Labrecque finished the week with a goal and an assist in a 5-4 overtime loss to the Val d’Or Foreurs on December 12.
Mississauga IceDogs goaltender Michael Ouzas was the OHL Player of the Week after recording back-to-back shutouts last week and Kenndal McArdle of the Moose Jaw Warriors was the WHL Player of the Week after scoring four goals and eight points in three games. Val d’Or Foreurs defenceman Kristopher Letang was the QMJHL’s Defensive Player of the Week after scoring three goals – including two game-winners – in three games.
2004-05 CHL Player of the Week
December 13 – Guillaume Labrecque, Gatineau Olympiques
December 6 – Jeremy Colliton, Prince Albert Raiders
November 30 – Adam Courchaine, Vancouver Giants
November 23 – Ryan Russell, Kootenay Ice
November 16 – Danny Syvret, London Knights
November 9 – Alexandre Picard-Hooper, Baie-Comeau Drakkar
November 3 – Steve Bernier, Moncton Wildcats
October 26 – Kevin Nastiuk, Medicine Hat Tigers
October 19 – Martin Houle, Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
October 12 – Corey Perry, London Knights
October 5 – Jonathan Boutin, PEI Rocket
September 28 – Sidney Crosby, Rimouski Oceanic
