Panetta Nabs Player Of The Week Honors
December 22, 2009 - North American Hockey League (NAHL)
Bismarck Bobcats News Release
FRISCO, TX - First Bismarck Bobcats forward Dominic Panettaracked up five points while the Bobcats swept away the North Iowa Outlaws, thenhe picked up this week's Sherwood NAHL Central Division Player of the Week award.
"It's nice to get an individual award," said Panetta, "butthe best thing to come out of this weekend was getting the four points in thestandings and creating some separation between ourselves and [second-place]Owatonna."
The rookie forward assisted twice in the Bobcats' 3-2 Fridaynight win over the Outlaws before getting a goal and two assists as the hometeam broke out the brooms with a 5-2 victory over North Iowa on Saturday.
The wins pushed the Bobcats' (18-8-6, 42 pts) divisionallead to a season-high nine points over the second-place Express (15-11-3, 33pts).
Through 32 games so far, Panetta is third on the Bobcats inscoring with 12 goals and 17 assists- good for 16th among all NAHLscorers.
"Dominic is off to an outstanding start for a first-yearplayer," said Bobcats head coach Byron Pool. "He brings atremendous amount of energy to the rink every night and, if he continues atthis pace, he should have a great second half."
Panetta's award win marks the fifth time a Bobcat hassecured Player of the Week honors; the Grand Rapids, Mich., native joinsteammates Sam Rendle, Sean McKenzie and Nick Jensen as winners of theaward- Rendle earning the hardware twice.
The Bobcats have the Christmas weekend off before returningto regular season action on New Years Eve with a 7:15 PM contest at the VFWSports Center against the rival Alexandria Blizzard.
The game will be broadcast locally on the radio home ofBobcat Hockey, Super Talk 1270, KLXX-AM, and worldwide at BismarckBobcats.comvia B2 Networks. The pre-game show starts at 6:45 PM.
You won't wantto miss any of the games this season, so order your Season Tickets, FamilyPacks and Group Nights today by calling the Bobcat Hockey Office at701-222-3300 or by e-mailing the office for more information at gobobcathockey@aol.com.
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