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Americans' Jake Bean named CHL Player of the Week

April 17, 2018 - Western Hockey League (WHL) News Release


Toronto, ON "" The Canadian Hockey League today announced that Carolina Hurricanes prospect Jake Bean of the Tri-City Americans is the CHL Player of the Week for the playoff week ending April 15 after recording eight assists in two games with a plus-minus rating of plus-eight.

Bean helped the Americans stay perfect through two rounds of the WHL Playoffs with a pair of multi-assist efforts to complete the four-game series win over the Victoria Royals. In Game 3 on Tuesday the defenceman produced a career-best five assists in a 6-5 win, then delivered three assists in Game 4 on Wednesday earning first star honours in the 5-3 series clinching victory. The Americans have advanced to the WHL's Western Conference Championship Series for the first time since 2012 and will face the Everett Silvertips beginning Friday.

A 19-year-old from Calgary, Alta., Bean joined the Americans in January and played 32 regular season games collecting 21 points, and has since accumulated 14 points in just eight playoff games. His WHL career included 219 games primarily with the his hometown Hitmen producing 196 points including 49 goals and 147 assists. The first round pick of the Hurricanes in the 2016 NHL Draft was also a member of Canada's gold medal winning National Junior Team this season.

Also considered for the award this week were a pair of Ottawa Senators prospects including Drake Batherson of the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada with three goals and five assists for eight points in their final three games of a five-game series win against the Moncton Wildcats, and Logan Brown of the Kitchener Rangers with one goal and five assists for six points in the final four games of a six-game series win over the Sarnia Sting.

2017-18 CHL Players of the Week "" Playoffs:

Apr. 9 "" Apr. 15: Jake Bean (Tri-City Americans)

Apr. 2 "" Apr. 8: Pascal Aquin (Charlottetown Islanders)

Mar. 26 "" Apr. 1: Gabriel Vilardi (Kingston Frontenacs)

Mar. 19 "" Mar. 25: Brad Morrison (Lethbridge Hurricanes)

2017-18 CHL Players of the Week "" Regular Season:

Mar. 12 "" Mar. 18: Dillon Dube (Kelowna Rockets)

Mar. 5 "" Mar. 11: Jayden Halbgewachs (Moose Jaw Warriors)

Feb. 26 "" Mar. 4: Maxime Comtois (Victoriaville Tigres)

Feb. 19 "" Feb. 25: Jordan Kyrou (Sarnia Sting)

Feb. 12 "" Feb. 18: Aaron Luchuk (Barrie Colts)

Feb. 5 "" Feb. 11: Maxime Comtois (Victoriaville Tigres)

Jan. 29 "" Feb. 4: Ty Ronning (Vancouver Giants)

Jan. 22 "" Jan. 28: Peter Abbandonato (Rouyn-Noranda Huskies)

Jan. 15 "" Jan. 21: Jordan Kyrou (Sarnia Sting)

Jan. 8 "" Jan. 14: Taylor Raddysh (Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds)

Jan. 1 "" Jan. 7: Owen Tippett (Mississauga Steelheads)

Dec. 25 "" Dec. 31: Ivan Kosorenkov (Victoriaville Tigres)

Dec. 11 "" Dec. 17: Morgan Frost (Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds)

Dec. 4 "" Dec. 10: Stelio Mattheos (Brandon Wheat Kings)

Nov. 27 "" Dec. 3: Alex Barré-Boulet (Blainville-Boisbriand Armada)

Nov. 20 "" Nov. 26: Cody Glass (Portland Winterhawks)

Nov. 13 "" Nov. 19: Cliff Pu (London Knights)

Nov. 6 "" Nov. 12: Aleksi Heponiemi (Swift Current Broncos)

Oct. 30 "" Nov. 5: Albert Michnac (Mississauga Steelheads)

Oct. 23 "" Oct. 29: Aaron Luchuk (Windsor Spitfires)

Oct. 16 "" Oct. 22: Drake Batherson (Cape Breton Screaming Eagles)

Oct. 9 "" Oct. 15: Tyler Soy (Victoria Royals)

Oct. 2 "" Oct. 8: Kale Clague (Brandon Wheat Kings)

Sept. 25 "" Oct. 1: Tyler Steenbergen (Swift Current Broncos)

Sept. 21 "" Sept. 24: Kole Lind (Kelowna Rockets)

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