WHL Announces Weekly Award Winners
January 23, 2023 - Western Hockey League (WHL) News Release
Calgary, Alta. - The Western Hockey League announced today that Prince George Cougars forward Koehn Ziemmer has been named WHL Player of the Week for the week ending January 22, 2023.
Ziemmer, ranked #20 among North American Skaters by NHL Central Scouting ahead of the 2023 NHL Draft, enjoyed a trio of multi-goal games this past week, totalling eight points (6G-2A) as the Cougars completed a Central Division road trip.
Ziemmer began his week Tuesday, January 17 with a setback in Medicine Hat, but quickly turned his Club's fortunes around the following evening, scoring twice and adding an assist in a 6-5 victory over the Calgary Hitmen.
Ziemmer earned First Star honours in Wednesday's victory.
Two nights later, the product of Mayerthorpe, Alta. scored two more goals in an 8-5 setback at Red Deer.
The 18-year-old concluded his week Saturday, January 21 with two goals and an assist in a 4-3 overtime victory against the Edmonton Oil Kings.
Ziemmer begins the week sitting in a third-place tie among WHL scoring leaders with 62 points (26G-36A); he now has six multi-goal games over the course of the 2022-23 regular season.
Originally selected by the Cougars with the fourth-overall pick in the 2019 WHL Draft, Ziemmer has totalled 131 points (65G-66A) over 135 career WHL regular season contests with Prince George.
Koehn Ziemmer will represent the Prince George Cougars and the WHL in the 2023 Kubota CHL / NHL Top Prospects Game, slated for Wednesday, January 25 (7:00 p.m. PT, Langley Events Centre, TSN).
WHEAT KINGS NETMINDER BJARNASON NAMED WHL GOALTENDER OF THE WEEK
The Western Hockey League announced today that Brandon Wheat Kings goaltender Carson Bjarnason has been named WHL Goaltender of the Week for the week ending January 22, 2023.
Bjarnason, the top-ranked North American Goaltender by NHL Central Scouting ahead of the 2023 NHL Draft, registered a pair of road victories for the Wheat Kings this past week, posting a 1.00 goals-against average, .964 save percentage and one shutout along the way.
The product of Carberry, Man. began his week with a 34-save performance Friday, January 20, as Brandon doubled up the Calgary Hitmen 4-2.
Two days later, the 17-year-old turned aside all 19 shots he faced to earn his third shutout of the 2022-23 season, helping the Wheat Kings defeat the Edmonton Oil Kings 2-0.
With the victories, Bjarnason improved his 2022-23 record to 17-13-2-0, upping his season save percentage to .913 in the process.
Bjarnason was previously named WHL Goaltender of the Week for the week ending October 16, 2022.
Originally signed by Brandon in September of 2021, Bjarnason holds a career 25-23-3-0 record, 3.27 goals-against average, .901 save percentage and three shutouts across 56 WHL regular season appearances with the Club.
Carson Bjarnason will represent the Brandon Wheat Kings and the WHL in the 2023 Kubota CHL / NHL Top Prospects Game, slated for Wednesday, January 25 (7:00 p.m. PT, Langley Events Centre, TSN).
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