Swift Current Broncos' Adam Lowry Named WHL Player of the Year
Published on May 1, 2013 under Western Hockey League (WHL) News Release
Calgary, AB - The Western Hockey League today announced at its annual Awards Luncheon that Adam Lowry of the Swift Current Broncos has been named the 2012-13 WHL Player of the Year and the recipient of the Four Broncos Memorial Trophy.
Lowry enjoyed an outstanding season for the Swift Current Broncos, appearing in all 72 games while scoring a team-leading 45 goals and 43 assists for 88 points to go with a +18 rating and 102 penalty minutes. Lowry's considerable contributions to the Broncos helped the Club make the WHL playoffs for the first time since the 2009-10 season.
Lowry, a Calgary, AB, finished sixth among all WHL players in goals and finished 12th in WHL scoring with 88 points. In addition, Lowry finished tied for eighth among all WHL players with 14 power play goals and tied for second with six shorthanded goals. His eight game-winning goals also tied him for second among WHL players in that category. Lowry displayed remarkable consistency throughout the 2012-13 WHL season, going more than two games without recording a point only three times all season while enjoying a season-best 21-game point streak and an eight-game goal streak. His efforts saw him named the Husky WHL Player of the Month for December. Lowry's importance to the Broncos during the 2012-13 season cannot be understated as he had a hand in nearly 48% of his team's entire offensive output.
Chosen by the Broncos in the 4th round, 78th overall, of the 2008 WHL Bantam Draft, Lowry has played four seasons in the WHL, scoring 90 goals and 204 points in 235 regular-season games. Lowry was drafted by the Winnipeg Jets in the 3rd round, 67th overall, in the 2011 NHL Draft.
Lowry is the first member of the Swift Current Broncos to be named WHL Player of the Year since the 1997-98 season when Sergei Varlamov earned the honor, and just the fourth Broncos player to win the Four Broncos Memorial Trophy (Joe Sakic, 1986-87 & 1987-88; Jason Krywulak, 1992-93)
Lowry is the WHL nominee for CHL Player of the Year, which will be presented at the 2013 Canadian Hockey League Awards during the 2013 MasterCard Memorial Cup in Saskatoon, SK, later in May.
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