Michael Richards named CHL Player of the Week
Toronto – The Canadian Hockey League today announced that Kitchener Rangers captain Michael Richards is the CHL Player of the Week for the week ending Sunday January 9 after scoring three goals and six assists for nine points in three games.
On Tuesday, Richards helped Team Canada to a 6-1 win over Russia in the gold medal game of the 2005 World Junior Championships in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Richards, Canada’s team captain, returned to Ontario on January 5 and scored two goals and two assists to help the Rangers to a 5-1 win over the Brampton Battalion on January 7. He added an assist on the game-winning goal in a 4-3 win over the Saginaw Spirit on January 8 and finished the week with a goal and three assists in a 5-2 win over the Sarnia Sting on January 9. The 19-year-old native of Kenora, ON has 17 goals and 41 points in 29 games this season.
Saskatoon Blades defenceman Mike Green was the WHL Player of the Week after scoring three goals and eight points in five games last week. Maxime Boisclair of the Chicoutimi Sagueneens was the QMJHL’s Offensive Player of the Week after scoring seven goals and one assist in four games and Josh Tordjman of the Victoriaville Tigres was the QMJHL Defensive Player of the Week after posting a 4-0-0 record, along with a 2.25 goals against average and .931 save percentage in four starts.
2004-05 CHL Player of the Week
January 3 – Michael Richards, Kitchener Rangers
December 20 – Carey Price, Tri-City Americans
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
