Macon's Jake Trask Named Bauer Player of the Week
April 11, 2017 - SPHL (SPHL) News Release
HUNTERSVILLE, NC - The Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) today announced Jake Trask of the Macon Mayhem is the Bauer Player of the Week for April 3-8.
Trask scored two goals, added two assists and was +3 as he led Macon to a weekend sweep of Roanoke to clinch the William B. Coffey Trophy as regular season champions. The Mayhem posted a 27-point improvement over last season (53 to 80), matching the second-largest increase in SPHL history.
For the weekend, the Saskatoon, SK native posted back-to-back one-goal, one- assist outings as the Mayhem defeated the Rail Yard Dawgs 4-1 on Friday and 6-3 on Saturday. Friday's win earned the Mayhem their second regular season championship in franchise his- tory, having captured the Coffey Trophy as the Augusta RiverHawks in 2011-2012.
In his first full season with the Mayhem and fifth as a pro, Trask led the team with 21 goals and 48 points.
Before turning pro, Trask scored 161 points in 266 games with Kamloops and Saskatoon of the Western Hockey League. Also Nominated: Andy Bathgate, Columbus (3 gp, 1g, 3a), Al Graves, Evansville (2 gp, 2g, 2a), Joe Kalisz, Fayetteville (2 gp, 2g, +2), Christian Powers, Huntsville (2 gp, 2g, ppg), Evan Neugold, Knoxville (2 gp, 2g), Derek Sutliffe, Mississippi (2 gp, 1g, 2a), Matt Zenzola, Pensacola (1-0-0, shutout, 30 saves), Storm Phaneuf, Peoria (1-0-0, 2.00 gaa, 28 saves) and Ty Reichenbach, Roanoke (1-1-0, 2.00 gaa, .949 save%)
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