CHL Press Release
Toronto – The Canadian Hockey League announced today that Vancouver Giants forward Gilbert Brule is the CHL Player of the Week.
Gilbert Brule of the Vancouver Giants was the WHL Player of the Week after scoring five goals and nine points in a pair of wins to help the Giants jump out to a 2-0 lead over the Moose Jaw Warriors in the WHL Championship series. In Game 1 Brule had two goals and an assist to help the Giants pick up a 5-1 win. Game 2 was a brilliant performance by Brule when he scored a hat-trick including the game winner in a 7-5 win over the Warriors. The Giants forward also had three assists in the game and currently has 16 goals and 28 points in just 18 playoff games this season to lead all WHL scorers. The Giants have since gone on to win Games 3 & 4 and become the 2006 WHL Champions. The Giants will now advance to the 2006 MasterCard Memorial Cup starting Friday, May 19 in Moncton, New Brunswick.
Martin Karsums of the Moncton Wildcats was the QMJHL’s nominee for CHL Player of the Week after scoring three goals last week and helping the Wildcats jump out to a 2-0 series lead over the Quebec Remparts. Karsums had two goals in Game 1 as the Wildcats came away with a 4-3 win and a single goal in Game 2 as Moncton picked up a 3-2 victory. The Wildcats forward currently sits seventh in QMJHL playoff scoring with 13 goals and 22 points in 18 playoff games. Rob Schremp of the London Knights was the OHL’s nominee for CHL Player of the Week after scoring three goals and adding three assists in the first two games of the OHL Championship series. Schremp had a goal and three assists in Game 1 and a pair of goals in Game 2. The Knights forward currently leads all OHL scorers with 44 points and his 36 assists establishes a new OHL playoff record.
2005-06 CHL Players of the Week May 9 – Gilbert Brule, Vancouver Giants May 2 – Dustin Slade, Vancouver Giants Apr. 26 – Mathieu Melanson, Quebec Remparts Apr. 18 – Sergei Kostitsyn, London Knights Apr. 11 – Peter Mueller, Everett Silvertips Apr. 4 – Gilbert Brule, Vancouver Giants Mar. 28 – Rob Schremp, London Knights Mar. 21 – Alexander Radulov, Quebec Remparts Mar. 14 – Radek Smolenak, Kingston Frontenacs Mar. 7 – Kyle Gajewski, Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds Feb. 28 – Justin Keller, Kelowna Rockets Feb. 20 – Alex Bourret, Shawinigan Cataractes Feb. 13 – Troy Brouwer, Moose Jaw Warriors Feb. 7 – Rob Schremp, London Knights Jan. 30 – Mitch Bartley, Vancouver Giants Jan. 24 – Wojtek Wolski, Brampton Battalion Jan. 17 – Keith Yandle, Moncton Wildcats Jan. 10 – Darren Helm, Medicine Hat Tigers Jan. 3 – Luch Aquino, Brampton Battalion Dec. 22 – Justin Keller, Kelowna Rockets Dec. 15 – Jean-Philippe Levasseur, Rouyn-Noranda Huskies Dec. 8 – David Desharnais, Chicoutimi Sagueneens Nov. 29 – Bryan Little, Barrie Colts Nov. 22 – Keith Yandle, Moncton Wildcats Nov. 15 – Bobby Hughes, Kingston Frontenacs Nov. 8 – Kevin Armstrong, Saskatoon Blades Nov. 1 – Alexander Radulov, Quebec Remparts
