Sidney Crosby named CHL Player of the Week
is the CHL Player of the Week for the week ending Sunday March 20 after scoring two goals and 11 points in three games.
Crosby scored a goal and five assists in a 7-1 win over the Lewiston MAINEiacs on March 16. He chipped in with two assists in a 5-1 win over the Acadie-Bathurst Titan on March 18 and added a goal and two assists in a 6-4 win over Acadie-Bathurst in the season finale on March 20. Crosby won his second straight CHL scoring title with 66 goals and 102 assists for 168 points. He also helped the Oceanic extend their QMJHL-record undefeated streak to 28 games.
Jeremy Duchesne of the Halifax Mooseheads was the QMJHL’s defensive player of the week after posting a 2-0-1 record, along with a 1.63 goals against average and .952 save percentage in three games. Chad Painchaud of the Sarnia Sting was the OHL Player of the Week after scoring two goals and six points in two games and Matt Keetley of the Medicine Hat Tigers was the WHL Player of the Week after posting shutouts in both of his starts last week.
2004-05 CHL Player of the Week
March 22 – Sidney Crosby, Rimouski Oceanic
March 15 – Sidney Crosby, Rimouski Oceanic
March 8 – Corey Perry, London Knights
March 1 – Sidney Crosby, Rimouski Oceanic
February 22 – Ryan Stone, Brandon Wheat Kings
February 15 – Mario Scalzo Jr., Rimouksi Oceanic
February 8 – Braydon Coburn, Portland Winter Hawks
February 1 – Sidney Crosby, Rimouski Oceanic
January 25 – Ryan Russell, Kootenay Ice
January 16 – Derek Yeomans, Kelowna Rockets
January 9 – 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