Hockey Awards: SWHL, CRHL release award winners
By Phil Heilman
Friday was a busy day for both the Sask West Hockey League and the Cross Roads Hockey Leagues as they both revealed award winners.
Sask West
1st Team All-Stars: Goal – Logan Drackett (Kindersley), Defense – Daniel Hilsendager and Derek Keller (Wilkie), Forwards – Rick Cey (Wilkie), Jonathon Redlick (Biggar) and Jaxon Georget (Kindersley).
2nd Team All Stars: Goal – Taryn Kotchorek (Edam), Defense – Carson Grolla (Kindersley) and Tyler Baier (Macklin), Forwards – Keegan Tiringer (Edam), Shayne Neigum (Kindersley), Linden McCorrister (Asquith).
Top Scorer was earned by Jaxon Georget (18G, 27A for 45 PTS in 15 games), while the Coach of the Year was given to Les Aylward and Gary McManus of the Kindersley Klippers.
Rookie of the Year was handed out to Rhett Partington of the Macklin Mohawks, who had 4 goals and 6 assists, good for 10 points in 15 games played.
Both the Best Defensive Forward and Most Gentlemanly Player awards were given to Ryne Keller of the Wilkie Outlaws, while brother Derek won the Top Defenseman and League MVP awards.
The Harvey Somerville Memorial Award was handed to Jerome Ehry. The Somerville award is a prestigious award given to an individual to recognize their years of service in both hockey in their town and the Sask West Hockey League. It was created in 2006 to commemorate the work of Harvey, who was a longtime supporter of the Eatonia Huskies and the Sask West Hockey League.
The Bill Cey Memorial Award was given to Tyler Baier of the Macklin Mohawks. The Cey award is another prestigious award given to a hometown player who exemplifies work ethics in both on and off ice activities in their communities. This award was created in 2023 to honour Bill, who was a very avid supporter of the Wilkie Outlaws.
Cross Roads
Top Scorer honours went to Jordan Johnston of the Rosetown Redwings (17G, 15A for 32 PTS in 10 games), while Coach of the Year went to Curtis McLean of the Unity Miners.
Best Defensive Forward award was won by Jon MacDonald of the Dodsland Stars. Most Gentlemanly award was given to Troy Joyce, also of the Dodsland Stars.
Noah Gumpinger of the Unity Miners took home the Rookie of the Year. He went 4-1 in 5 GP, sporting a 2.20 GAA and 0.904 Save %.
The Redwings took the rest of the awards, with Best Goalie being awarded to Noah Martens, Best Defenseman given to Eric Robbie, and Jordan Johnston taking home League MVP.