Ivan Rohac named WHL Player of the Week
October 23, 2006 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Kamloops Blazers News Release
KAMLOOPS, BC - The Kamloops Blazers are excited to annouce that Slovak forward Ivan Rohac (ROH-hahtch) has been named the WHL Player of the Week for the week of October 16th to 22nd.
Rohac, a rookie from Liptovsky Mikulas, SVK, scored two goals and added two assists in an 8-5 win over the Saskatoon Blades on October 20th, while chipping in with two more helpers in the Blazers' 3-0 win over the Kelowna Rockets on October 21st. Rohac was also plus-4 in those two games.
Rohac spent the weekend playing on a line with rookie Matt Schmermund and veteran Matt Kassian. Schmermund also made headlines on the weekend by scoring 2 goals in 5 seconds against Saskatoon...a feat which tied a league record set four times previously and not accomplished since 1992.
Rohac is the first Blazer to receive the league's Player of the Week award since Devan Dubnyk got the nod for his play during the week of September 29th to October 5th, 2003.
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