Stoll earned both the CHL Player of the Week and Husky WHL Player of the Week honours by picking up six points in just two games this week, including four goals and two assists.
On Sunday Stoll, a 2000 draft pick of the Calgary Flames, scored three goals and one assist in the Ice’s 9-4 win over the Tri-City Americans. The previous night he had one goal and one assist in Kootenay’s 3-0 victory over the visiting Kelowna Rockets.
Stoll, 19, is from Yorkton, Saskatchewan and he beat out the other league nominees – forward Steve Ott of the Windsor Spitfires of the Ontario Hockey League and forward Pierre-Marc Bouchard of the Chicoutimi Sagueneens (offensive) and goalie Jeff Drouin-Deslauriers of the Sagueneens (defensive), from the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.
The CHL Player of the Week is selected from among the three leagues’ nominees and announced in Tuesday’s editions of the CHL Daily News.
CHL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Jan. 22 – Jarret Stoll, Kootenay Ice, WHL
Jan. 15 – Brad Boyes, Erie Otters, OHL
Jan. 8 – Ryley Layden, Lethbridge Hurricanes, WHL
Dec. 17 – Andre Martineau, Cape Breton Screaming Eagles, QMJHL
Dec. 10 – Shawn Roed, Portland Winter Hawks, WHL
Dec. 3 – Andy Chiodo, Toronto St. Michael’s Majors, OHL
Nov. 27 – Philippe Lacasse, Hull Olympiques, QMJHL
Nov. 20 – Yanick Lehoux, Baie-Comeau Drakkar, QMJHL
Nov. 13 – Marek Svatos, Kootenay Ice, WHL
Nov. 6 – Ales Hemsky, Hull Olympiques, QMJHL
Oct. 29 – Tomas Plihal, Kootenay Ice, WHL
Oct. 22 – Brad Boyes, Erie Otters, OHL
Oct. 15 – Jason King, Halifax Mooseheads, QMJHL
2001-2002 CHL PLAYERS OF THE MONTH
DECEMBER, 2001 – Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau, Chicoutimi Sagueneens, QMJHL
NOVEMBER, 2001 – Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Chicoutimi Sagueneens, QMJHL
OCTOBER, 2001 – Nathan Robinson, Belleville Bulls, OHL
WESTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE
There were no games in the WHL on either Monday or Tuesday night.
On Wednesday night, game two of the Hershey Cup CHL All-Stars Series takes place in Red Deer, Alberta. The OHL Western Conference All-Stars take on the WHL’s Eastern Conference All-Stars in the second game of the three game CHL All-Star Series.
The QMJHL Lebel Division All-Stars stopped the OHL East All-Stars 4-2 last week in Ottawa in the opening game. Wednesday night’s game will be broadcast live on Rogers Sportsnet nationally and on RDS in Quebec at 7 p.m. (local time) and 9 p.m. ET.
The Husky WHL Player of the Week is forward Jarret Stoll of the Kootenay Ice, who is also this week’s CHL Player of the Week.
Stoll, a 19-year-old native of Yorkton, Saskatchewan, scored four goals and two assists in just two games this past week to take the honour. Stoll recorded a hat trick and added an assist in a 9-4 win over Tri-City Sunday and had one goal and one assist Saturday in a 3-0 home ice victory over Kelowna.
Stoll was a 2000 NHL Entry Draft pick of the Calgary Flames.
ONTARIO HOCKEY LEAGUE
There were no games in the OHL on either Monday or Tuesday night.
The OHL Player of the Week for the week ending Jan. 20 is forward Steve Ott of the Windsor Spitfires.
Ott had four goals and three assists in three games to lead Windsor to three wins this past week as they challenge for an OHL Western Conference playoff spot. The 19-year-old native of Summerside, PEI was a first round pick of the Dallas Stars in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft.
Ott started his big week Jan. 16 by scoring a pair of goals in Windsor’s 3-2 win over Sault Ste. Marie, including the game-winner. He scored the game-winner again and added another goal Jan. 17 in a win over Brampton and followed that up with two assists in a 5-1 win over Mississauga Jan. 20.
QUEBEC MAJOR JUNIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE
There are four games in the QMJHL on Tuesday night. Hull is at Montreal, Moncton is at Shawinigan (4) Drummondville is at Cape Breton and Victoriaville plays at Sherbrooke.
On Monday night in the QMJHL, Baie-Comeau defeated Rouyn-Noranda 4-1 and Quebec edged Val-d’Or 5-4 in overtime.
At Baie-Comeau, Kevin Deslauriers had three assists to lead the Drakkar attack while Joel Perrault and Pascal Pelletier both had one goal and one assist for the winners. Ghyslain Rousseau made 28 saves for Baie-Comeau while Mathieu Bastien scored for the losers.
At Quebec, Mario Joly had one goal and three assists for the winners while Shawn Collymore had two goals and one assist, including the game-winner in overtime. Denis Berube made 26 saves in the Quebec goal while Pierre Morvan had two goals for Val-d’Or.
Two members of the Chicoutimi Sagueneens are the QMJHL Players of the Week for the week ending Jan. 20.
Forward Pierre-Marc Bouchard is the QMJHL’s offensive player of the week while his teammate goalie Jeff Drouin-Deslauriers is the defensive player of the week.
Bouchard had one goal and six assists for seven points in three games this past week. On Jan. 17 he had a short-handed goal and one assist to lead Chicoutimi to a 5-2 win over Baie-Comeau. The next night he added three assists in a 5-2 win over Val-D’Or, making him the first player to hit the 100-point plateau this season.
He completed his big week Jan. 20 by picking up a pair of assists in a 3-1 win over Rouyn-Noranda, giving him a league leading 102 points in just 48 games.
Drouin-Deslauriers won three games this past week, posting a 1.67 goals against average and a save percentage of .950. He stopped 35 shots in the 5-2 win over Baie-Comeau; he made another 30 saves in the 5-2 win over Val-d ‘Or, and he finished the week by making 29 saves in the 3-1 win over Rouyn-Noranda.
Drouin-Deslauriers is the number one ranked goalie on the NHL Central Scouting Bureau’s list of eligible goalies for the 2002 NHL Entry Draft.
For complete QMJHL statistics and standings, visit the official QMJHL site.
