WHL Announces Weekly Award Winners
February 6, 2023 - Western Hockey League (WHL) News Release
Calgary, Alta. - The Western Hockey League announced today that Prince Albert Raiders defenceman Landon Kosior has been named WHL Player of the Week for the week ending February 5, 2023.
The 20-year-old blueliner put up eight points (3G-5A) over four road appearances for the Raiders this past week, leading all WHL skaters in scoring and helping Prince Albert to a 3-2-0-0 record during their B.C. Division swing.
The product of Regina, Sask. began his week with a four-point performance Tuesday, January 31, scoring a short-handed goal and adding three assists in the Raiders' 6-3 win at Victoria.
The following evening, Kosior put up a goal and an assist as Prince Albert defeated Vancouver 4-1, earning his second consecutive First Star nod in the process.
Kosior recorded a third multi-point game Friday, February 3 at Kamloops, scoring once, adding an assist and earning Third Star honours before his Club wrapped up its B.C. Division road trip with a setback in Kelowna Saturday, February 4.
He begins the week ranked second among WHL defencemen with 15 goals, while holding a share of the lead among League rearguards with nine power-play markers.
Kosior was originally signed by the Raiders in September of 2019 and has amassed 114 points (42G-72A) over 194 career regular season appearances with the Club.
Landon Kosior and the Prince Albert Raiders are next in action Friday, February 10 when they pay a visit to the Swift Current Broncos (7:00 p.m. CT, InnovationPlex).
RANGERS PROSPECT BOYKO NAMED WHL GOALTENDER OF THE WEEK
The Western Hockey League announced today that Kelowna Rockets goaltender Talyn Boyko has been named WHL Goaltender of the Week for the week ending February 5, 2023.
The New York Rangers prospect posted a 51-save shutout in his lone appearance of the week, a performance that marked the most saves in a shutout victory by any WHL goaltender during the 2022-23 Regular Season.
The product of Drumheller, Alta. helped his Rockets to a 4-0 victory Saturday, February 4 versus the Prince Albert Raiders, earning First Star honours in a contest that saw him stop 21 shots on goal in the third period alone.
It was the 20-year-old's second shutout of the 2022-23 season and first on home ice as a member of the Rockets.
Boyko was originally selected by the Tri-City Americans in the third round of the 2017 WHL Draft and acquired by Kelowna via trade in November of 2021. He holds a career 52-60-4-5 record, 3.55 goals-against average, .899 save percentage and five shutouts across 130 WHL regular season appearances with the Americans and Rockets.
He was selected by the New York Rangers in the fourth round of the 2021 NHL Draft and signed an entry-level contract with the NHL Club in October of 2022.
Talyn Boyko and the Kelowna Rockets are next in action Tuesday, February 7 when they open a two-game road series versus the Prince George Cougars (7:00 p.m. PT, CN Centre).
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