Canada West Update
CANADA WEST CONFERENCE REPORT – University of Calgary Dinos Freshman forward Jared Aulin is the Canada West Hockey Player of the Week for the week ending January 6th.
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rAulin, a Calgary, AB, product, scored six goals and eight points in two games on the weekend to lead the Dinos to a two-game sweep of the U.B.C Thunderbirds in Vancouver.
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rOn Friday, January 4th, the 6′ 0â, 195-lb Open Studies student notched three goals and an assist as the Dinos skated to a 6-3 victory over the Thunderbirds. Aulin followed up with his second straight hat trick and an assist on Saturday as the Dinos completed the series sweep with an 8-6 triumph over the T-Birds.
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rAulin, who played for the Kamloops Blazers of the Western Hockey League, is on a torrid scoring pace, netting nine goals and 17 points in his first six games of the season for the Dinos.
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rThe 25-year-old played 17 games in the NHL with the Los Angeles Kings during the 2002-03 season, and has spent the majority of the last five seasons in the American Hockey League.
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rElsewhere in Canada West action on the weekend, the University of Alberta Golden Bears swept a two-game series versus the visiting Manitoba Bisons, outscoring the Bison 14-2 in the process.
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rOn Friday night, former Tri-City Americans star Ian McDonald scored three times and fellow WHL grad Harlan Anderson added a pair to lead the Golden Bears to an 8-1 win over the Bisons. Former Prince George Cougar Chris Falloon had the lone goal for the Bisons.
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rOn Saturday night, McDonald and former Portland Winter Hawk Brian Woolger each scored twice as the Golden Bears cruised to a 6-1 win over the Bisons.
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rAlso on the weekend, the University of Saskatchewan Huskies blanked the Regina Cougars twice as they swept a two-game home-and-home series.
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rOn Friday night, former WHL netminder Russel Monette made 18 saves to record the shutout while WHL grads Trent Adamus and Curtis Austring scored as the visiting Huskies managed a 2-0 win over the Cougars in Regina.
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rOn Saturday, WHL grad Jeff Harvey made 25 saves and Adamus and Austring each scored again as the Huskies blanked the Cougars 4-0 in Saskatoon.
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rCanada West Scoring Leaders, former WHL club(s) in brackets
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r#T-1). Eric Hunter, University of Alberta Golden Bears (P.G)
rGP: 16 G: 10 A: 13 PTS: 23
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r#T-1). Mason Wallin, University of Saskatchewan Huskies (Spo)
rGP: 18 G: 8 A: 15 PTS: 23
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r#T-3). Harlan Anderson, University of Alberta Golden Bears (M.J.)
rGP: 16 G: 10 A: 12 PTS: 22
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r#T-3). Ian McDonald, University of Alberta Golden Bears (T.C)
rGP: 16 G: 9 A: 13 PTS: 22
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r#T-3). Darrell May, U.B.C. Thunderbirds (T.C, Van, Por)
rGP: 18 G: 7 A: 15 PTS: 22
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rCanada West Goaltending Leaders
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r#1). Russel Monette, University of Saskatchewan Huskies (Sask)
rGP: 8 W/L/T: 4-4-0 GA: 17 GAA: 2.19 SV%: .908 SO: 2
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r#2). Brant Hilton, University of Regina Cougars (Cgy, P.G)
rGP: 12 W/L/T: 6-6-0 GA: 26 GAA: 2.21 SV%: .908 SO: 1
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r#3). Jeff Harvey, University of Saskatchewan Huskies (Ktn, S.C, Evt)
rGP: 11 W/L/T: 8-2-0 GA: 24 GAA: 2.27 SV%: .911 SO: 1
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r#4). Aaron Sorochan, University of Alberta Golden Bears (Van, Let, P.A.)
rGP: 15 W/L/T: 12-2-0 GA: 32 GAA: 2.29 SV%: .908 SO: 1
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r#6). Krister Toews, University of Manitoba Bisons (Portland)
rGP: 16 W/L/T: 9-7-0 GA: 50 GAA: 3.19 SV%: .896 SO: 1
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