Allen's Brett Skinner Named Easton/CHL Player of the Month
December 6, 2012 - Central Hockey League (CHL) News Release
GLENDALE, AZ (December 6, 2012) -The Central Hockey League announced today that Allen Americans defenseman Brett Skinner has been named the Easton Central Hockey League Player of the Month for November/2012. Skinner will receive a special gift from Easton and the Central Hockey League to recognize his accomplishment.
Skinner, 29, leads all CHL defensemen with 21 points on the season (five goals, six assists) and during the month of November collected 14 of those points (4-10=14). The Brandon, Manitoba native registered points in nine of the Americans 11 games in November, including four multiple point games.
The highlight of the 6-1, 195-pound defenseman's month came on November 9th in Quad City when the defenseman netted a hat trick including the shootout game winning goal in the 4-3 victory. The veteran helped the Americans go 8-2-1 in the month as they currently sit atop the CHL with 27 points (13-4-1).
Skinner, a third round draft selection of the Vancouver Canucks in the 2002 NHL Draft, is in his eighth professional season seeing most of his action in the American Hockey League. A participant in 11 career NHL games (all with the New York Islanders), Skinner has dressed in 329 career AHL games posting 24 goals and 135 assists.
Other players receiving consideration for the monthly award for November include Allen's Darryl Bootland and Scotty Howes, Bloomington's Tyler Gron, Nicklas Lindberg and Jesse Dudas, Denver's Brad Smyth and A.J. Gale, Fort Worth's Phil Fox, Missouri's Sebastien Thinel, Quad City's Mickey Lang, Tulsa's Gary Steffes and Wichita's Greger Hanson, Matt Summers and Kevin Young.
Easton Central Hockey League Player of the Month
Brett Skinner, Allen Americans
Position: Defenseman
(November Totals)
Games - 11
Points - 14
Goals - 4
Assists - 10
Plus/Minus - +1
Easton Central Hockey League Player of the Month Previous Winners
October- Jon Booras, Bloomington Blaze
November- Brett Skinner, Allen Americans
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