
Rapid City's Konrad Reeder Named Sher-Wood/CHL Player of the Month
March 2, 2012 - Central Hockey League (CHL) News Release
GLENDALE, AZ (March 2, 2012) -The Central Hockey League announced today that Rapid City Rush forward Konrad Reeder has been named the Sher-Wood Central Hockey League Player of the Month for February/2012. Reeder will receive a Sher-Wood/CHL logoed watch courtesy of Sher-Wood and the Central Hockey League to recognize his accomplishment.
Reeder nearly carried the injury-depleted Rush on his back in the month of February as they posted an 8-3-3 record and climbed back into the playoff picture ending the month in third place in the Turner Conference with a 30-17-6 record (66 points). His club was without two of their top players in Jesse Schultz and Les Reaney, due to injury, and on the season, Rapid City has missed more than 250 man games to injury.
The Vanderhoof, British Columbia native finished the month with 11 goals and 14 assists for 25 points to go along with a +9 plus/minus rating. He earned points in 12 of the 14 games played for the Rush including seven multiple point games and three multiple goal games. The team was 8-1-3 when the veteran scored at least one point.
Some of the highlights of the month for Reeder include a four point night (1-3=4) on February 3rd in a 5-2 win at Evansville, the game winning goal and two assists in a 3-1 win at Wichita on February 11th, two goals (including the game winner) and an assist in a 4-3 win over Laredo on February 17th and back-to-back two goal performances against his former club (Arizona) in two wins against the Sundogs that closed out the month.
The 5-9, 175-pound forward may have played his best hockey of the season in the second half of the month where he finished with a nine-game point streak averaging more than two points a game. On his streak, Reeder has 10 goals and nine assists.
Reeder has played 322 career games in the CHL seeing action with Colorado (2006-07, 2008-09), New Mexico (2006-07, 2007-08), Arizona (2009-10), and now Rapid City (2010-11, 2011-12).
On the season, the three-time CHL All-Star and 2009 CHL All-Star Game Most Valuable Player, is fourth in the league with 67 points (31-36=67). His 31 goals are third most in the league.
Other players receiving consideration for the monthly award for February include Arizona's Craig MacDonald, Bloomington's Vladimir Nikiforov and Travis Granbois, Evansville's Todd Robinson and Brian Bicek, Fort Wayne's Chris Auger and Frankie DeAngelis, Laredo's Neil Trimm, Missouri's Ed McGrane and David Pszenyczny, Quad City's Jared Brown, Eric Giosa and Brandon Marino, Rapid City's Shawn Limpright, Rio Grande Valley's Dan Gendur, Texas' T.J. Fox, Adam Hogg and Chad Woollard, and Wichita's R.G. Flath and Matt Robinson.
Sher-Wood Central Hockey League Player of the Month
Konrad Reeder, Rapid City Rush
Position: Forward
(February Totals)
Games - 14
Points - 25
Goals - 11
Assists - 14
Plus/Minus - +9
Game Winning Goals - 2
Sher-Wood Central Hockey League Player of the Month Winners
October - Matt Summers, Wichita Thunder
November - Brett Smith, Fort Wayne Komets
December - Alex Bourret, Wichita Thunder
January - Brandon Coccimiglio, Missouri Mavericks
February - Konrad Reeder, Rapid City Rush
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