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Rapid City's Jesse Schultz Named Oakley CHL Player of the Week

December 12, 2011 - Central Hockey League (CHL) News Release


TEMPE, AZ (December 12, 2011) -The Central Hockey League announced today that Rapid City's Jesse Schultz has been named the Oakley Central Hockey League Player of the Week for the period ending December 11, 2011.

In recognition of his achievement, Schultz will receive a special gift from Oakley. To learn more about the wide range of Oakley's products, visit www.oakley.com.

The Regina, Saskatchewan native had a huge weekend for the Rush scoring seven points in Rapid City's two home wins over the Arizona Sundogs. Despite his team going 2-1-0 on the week, the 6-0, 192-pound forward was a plus 2 in each game for the Rush. His recent point surge has pushed him to the lead league with 32 points (11-21=32).

Schultz weekend included scoring the game winning goal with a pair of assists in the Rush's 4-2 win over the Sundogs on Friday night and then a two goal, two assist performance in his team's 7-0 win over Arizona on Saturday night.

The Rush are 10-9-1 on the season and their back-to-back wins over Arizona ended a brief three-game slide.

Oakley CHL Player of the Week

Jesse Schultz, Rapid City Rush

Position: F

(Weekly Totals)

Games Played: 3

Goals: 3

Assists: 4

Points: 7

Plus/Minus: +6

Game Winning Goals: 1

Oakley CHL Player of the Week (Previous Winners)

Oct. 24 - Brett Hemingway (Wichita)

Oct. 31 - Eric Giosa (Quad City)

Nov. 7 - Todd Robinson (Evansville)

Nov. 14 - Brian Bicek (Evansville)

Nov. 21 - Jeff Terminesi (Tulsa)

Nov. 28 - Jean-Michael Rizk (Fort Wayne)

Dec. 5 - Vladimir Nikiforov (Bloomington)



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