Pensacola's Matt Whitehead Named SBK Player of the Week
December 28, 2010 - SPHL (SPHL) News Release
CHARLOTTE, NC - The Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) today announced Matt Whitehead of the Pensacola Ice Flyers is the SBK Player of the Week for December 20-26.
The first two-time winner of the award this season, Whitehead scored four goals and added an assist as the Ice Flyers split a pair of games last week.
On Wednesday, the Newmarket, Ontario native recorded his third hat trick of the season in a 5-2 win over Louisiana, scoring at even strength, on the power play and shorthanded. Whitehead came back on Sunday with a goal and an assist in a 7-4 loss to Pensacola.
The 26-year-old Whitehead, who played four years of college hockey at SUNY-Oswego, is currently second in the league in goals (20), power-play goals (6) and points (37) and third in game-winning goals with three. Earlier this season, Whitehead became the first player in SPHL history to record hat tricks on consecutive nights when he scored three times against Mississippi on November 26 and Louisiana on November 27.
Also Nominated: Jason Weeks, Augusta (3 gp, 4g, 1a), Jesse Cole, Columbus (2 gp, 2g, 2a, +3 rating, 1 ppg, 1 gwg), Chris Leveille, Fayetteville (3 gp, 1g, 2a), Mike MacDonald, Huntsville (2 gp, 2g, 1a, 1 gwg), Emery Olauson, Knoxville (3 gp, 2g, 2a, 1 ppg, 1 gwg) and Beau McLaughlin, Louisiana (3 gp, 2g, 2a, 1 ppg)
SPHL Stories from December 28, 2010
- RiverHawks Stop Streaking Ice Bears in Knoxville - Augusta RiverHawks
- Ice Bears Fall Short of Fourth Consecutive Home Win - Knoxville Ice Bears
- IceGators Lose in Columbus - Louisiana IceGators
- Pensacola's Matt Whitehead Named SBK Player of the Week - SPHL
- RiverHawks Announce New Years Activities - Augusta RiverHawks
- Weeks Called up by Tulsa - Augusta RiverHawks
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