
CHL Announces Weekly Award Winners
December 17, 2017 - Ontario Hockey League (OHL) News Release
Wheat Kings' Stelio Mattheos named CHL Player of the Week
Toronto, ON - The Canadian Hockey League today announced that Carolina Hurricanes prospect Stelio Mattheos of the Brandon Wheat Kings is the CHL Player of the Week for the week ending December 10 recording nine points in three games including three goals and six assists with a plus-minus rating of plus-6.
Mattheos produced three multi-point performances in three home victories last week for the Wheat Kings who extended their winning-streak to a season-high eight games. On Wednesday night he scored once and added two assists in a 7-4 win over the Regina Pats, then earned first star honours on Friday with a goal and an assist in a 4-3 overtime victory against the Medicine Hat Tigers. Mattheos stayed hot on Saturday with a season-high four points scoring his 24th goal of the season and adding three assists as third star of a 7-4 victory over the Kelowna Rockets snapping their six-game win-streak. The week improved the Wheat Kings record to 22-7-0-1 in the WHL's competitive East Division where they stand third behind fellow Top-10 ranked CHL clubs the Moose Jaw Warriors and Swift Current Broncos.
An 18-year-old from Winnipeg, Man., Mattheos is playing in his third season in Brandon after being chosen by the Wheat Kings with the first overall pick in the 2014 WHL Bantam Draft. He helped the club capture the 2016 WHL Championship during his rookie season then scored 26 goals and 35 assists for 61 points in 69 games played as a sophomore. Since being chosen by the Hurricanes in the third round of the 2017 NHL Draft, Mattheos ranks eighth in WHL scoring with 49 points in 30 games.
Also considered for the award this week was QMJHL top scorer and last week's recipient Alex Barré -Boulet of the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada who scored six goals and three assists for nine points in four games, and forward Justin Brazeau of the North Bay Battalion who scored five goals and three assists for eight points in three games.
2017-18 CHL Players of the Week:
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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