The Battlefords North Stars are headed to the Canalta Cup, so it should surprise no one that the performance of two notable Battlefords North Stars players against the Flin Flon Bombers and Yorkton Terriers earned them Player of the Week honors.
Taking the overall SJHL Player of the Week honors is Quintin Loon-Stewardson. The Sioux Lookout, Ont. native scored three goals and three assists in three games last week, getting a goal and two assists versus the Bombers in their deciding seventh game of the quarter-finals on Tuesday, then getting a goal and assist in game one versus Yorkton. He also scored the overtime winner in game two against the Terriers.
Taking SJHL Goaltender of the Week honors, to no one’s surprise, is Joel Grzybowski. He posted a three-and-0 record on the week with .94 goals-against average and a save percentage of .973. He also posted his second shutout of the postseason in game two versus Yorkton.
Other awards included the SJHL Rookie of the Week to Ryan Ouellette, goaltender for the Yorkton Terriers, for a strong performance against the North Stars in that series as well as a winning outing in game seven versus the Nipawin Hawks, stopping 37 of 40 shots.
The other award went to Nolan Kadachuk of Melfort as SJHL Defenseman of the Week.
