Wichita's Matt Summers Named Sher-Wood/CHL Player of the Month
November 2, 2011 - Central Hockey League (CHL) News Release
GLENDALE, AZ (November 2, 2011) -The Central Hockey League announced today that Wichita forward Matt Summers has been named the Sher-Wood Central Hockey League Player of the Month for October/2011. Summers will receive a Sher-Wood/CHL logoed watch courtesy of Sher-Wood and the Central Hockey League to recognize his accomplishment.
Summers has been one of the main catalysts for the Thunder who are off to one of their best starts in franchise history with a perfect 4-0 record. The Savage, Minnesota native leads the team with seven points, three goals and four assists. His point total is tied for fifth in the CHL trailing four skaters who all have eight points.
In his fifth professional season, Summers has recorded at least a point in each of the Thunder's four games thus far and is an even or plus in every game (+3 on the season). His top performance came in a 6-2 win at Tulsa where he scored two goals and added an assist, all in the third period, during the Thunder's come-from-behind win.
Summers joined Wichita during the off-season after playing his first four CHL seasons in Mississippi and Laredo. His best stretch came in his 171 games with the RiverKings between 2008 and 2011 where he totaled 57 goals and 82 assists (139 points).
The Thunder are on top of the Berry Conference with a 4-0 record and join Missouri (5-0-0) as the only two unbeaten teams in the CHL. Those clubs meet on Friday night in Wichita.
Other players receiving consideration for the monthly award for October include Allen's Bruce Graham, Arizona's Kyle Hood, Bloomington's Jason Dale, Dayton's Nick Fanto, Evansville's Todd Robinson, Laredo's Todd Griffith, Missouri's Dale Mahovsky and John Scott-Dickson, Quad City's Brandon Marino and Eric Giosa, Rapid City's Jesse Schultz, Rio Grande Valley's Zac Pearson and Tulsa's Patrik Levesque.
Sher-Wood Central Hockey League Player of the Month
Matt Summers, Wichita Thunder
Position: Forward
(October Totals)
Games - 4
Points - 7
Goals - 3
Assists - 4
Plus/Minus - +3
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