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Winterhawks Alumnus Among Canada West Conference Award Winners

February 26, 2020 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Portland Winterhawks News Release


Edmonton, Alta. - Former Winterhawk Adam Henry was one of four former WHL graduates to get recognized as a Canada West end-of-season award winner. Henry claimed both the Top Defenseman and Student-Athlete Community Service awards. The University of Manitoba Bisons defender led the all defensemen with 11 goals.

The Winnipeg, Manitoba native played 31 regular season games with the Winterhawks during the 2014-15 season, amassing 18 points. He helped the Hawks to the Western Conference Finals that year, scoring five goals and 10 assists for 15 points in 17 playoff games.

Since finishing up his final year in Manitoba, Henry signed a contract with the Fort Wayne Komets, ECHL affiliates of the Vegas Golden Knights.

The 2020 CW Men's Hockey Final is set for this weekend, as the UBC Thunderbirds travel to Saskatoon to take on the Saskatchewan Huskies. The best-of-three series opens Friday, February 28 at 9:00 p.m. PST and marks UBC's first trip to the conference final since 1978 as well as the first meeting between the T-Birds and Huskies in the CW Final.

You can watch the action by tuning into Canada West TV Presented by Co-op.

PLAYER OF THE YEAR & GOALIE OF THE YEAR: Taran Kozun

Saskatchewan Huskies

Goaltender

3rd-year

Nipawin, SK

Arts & Sciences

Former WHL clubs: Kamloops Blazers, Seattle Thunderbirds

It was another dominant season for Saskatchewan Huskie Taran Kozun, who is a dual award winner, claiming the conference's Player and Goalie of the Year awards. Kozun follows in the footsteps of former Huskie standout goalie Jordon Cooke, who was the last CW player to claim both awards in the same season (2015-16).

The former Seattle Thunderbird led the conference in every major goaltending category, posting a 1.87 goals-against average, .931 save percentage, five shutouts, and 17 wins. Along with those sparkling numbers, Kozun also became just the second goalie in CW history to score when he found the net in January against the Calgary Dinos.

Thanks in large part to Kozun's stellar season, the Huskies finished second in the conference standings, as the program's all-time leader in shutouts (11) posted a third consecutive season with a save percentage north of .920.

Coach's comments:

"For as long as I've been here - including as an athlete - we've always had good goaltending and Taran provides the level of play that our program expects. He's earned the respect of the league over the last two years with the way he's played. He's consistently been a high achiever and obviously people respect him for his consistency at the top level." - Saskatchewan Head Coach Dave Adolph.

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