Just a quick plug for foreign players at Minnesota... look at where the
hometowns of these players are:
Mike Welvaert wrote:
> ...clipped from the WCHA website...
>
> WCHA Players of the Week
>
> January 25, 1998
>
> WCHA Offensive Player of the Week
> Jeff Panzer/C/UND
>
> University of North Dakota center iceman Jeff Panzer, who had five
> goals and seven scoring points in a two-game weekend sweep over
> Minnesota, has been selected as the WCHA Offensive Player of the Week
> for January 25.
>
> A 5-10, 160-pound sophomore from Grand Forks, North Dakota, Panzer
> scored four goals - including the game-winner - and set up another for
> five points in the Fighting Sioux's 5-4 victory over the Golden
> Gophers last Friday (Jan. 22) night.
>
> On Saturday, Panzer again came through with the game-winning goal at
> 8:15 of the third period as well as one assist in the contest to help
> UND to a 6-5 come-from-behind win over Minnesota.
>
> Through 21 games this season, Panzer has 12 goals and 20 assists for
> 32 points to rank fifth overall in scoring among WCHA players.
>
> North Dakota, the nation's #1-ranked team with a 19-2-1 record,
> currently leads the WCHA with a 14-1-1 mark and 29 points. The Sioux
> play at Minnesota-Duluth this Friday and Saturday.
>
> Other nominees for the WCHA's offensive player of the week award for
> Jan. 29 were: Brian Swanson, C, CC; Paul Comrie, C, DU; Paul Cabana,
> RW, MTU; and Brandon Sampair, RW, SCSU.
>
> WCHA Defensive
> Player of the Week Brad Williamson/D/UND
>
> Brad Williamson, a senior defenseman on the University of North
> Dakota's No. 1-ranked hockey team, has been selected as the WCHA's
> Defensive Player of the Week for January 25th as a result of his
> outstanding efforts in a pair of weekend victories over visiting
> Minnesota.
>
> A native of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Williamson earned a +4 plus-minus
> rating and was a key member of penalty-killing units that held the
> Golden Gophers to two power-play goals in 11 chances.
>
> In addition to his solid defensive play, Williamson assisted on all
> five of his club's goals in a 5-4 triumph over Minnesota last Friday
> (Jan. 22) night, just one assist and point shy of the school records
> in those two categories for a defenseman.
>
> Currently the top scoring blueliner in league games with two goals, 16
> assists and 18 points in 16 games, Williamson also ranks 10th overall
> in scoring among WCHA players with 2-24-26.
>
> The Thunder Bay, Ontario product was a member of the 1998-99 WCHA
> All-Star Team that played in the Kolin Cup tournament in Switzerland
> this past August.
>
> Also nominated for the league's weekly defensive honor were: Dan
> Peters, D, CC; Ryan Hacker, D, DU; and David Weninger, G, MTU.
>
> WCHA Rookie of the Week
> Tyler Arnason/C/SCSU
>
> St. Cloud State University freshman center Tyler Arnason, who played
> an instrumental role in the Huskies' home-and-home series sweep over
> league rival Minnesota-Duluth last weekend, has been honored as the
> WCHA Rookie of the Week for January 25.
>
> A 6-0, 185-pounder from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Arnason was a big factor
> in both games, scoring two goals and setting up two others for four
> points.
>
> In a 6-3 win over the host Bulldogs last Friday (Jan. 22) evening,
> Arnason tallied a shorthanded goal in the first period and then banged
> home the eventual game-winner at 18:37 of the second. On Saturday
> (Jan. 23) night in St. Cloud, Minn., Arnason drew assists on two of
> the Huskies' five goals in a 5-3 victory.
>
> A draft pick of the NHL's Chicago Blackhawks, Arnason shares the
> scoring lead among WCHA freshmen overall with 10 goals, 13 assists and
> 23 points in 24 games.
>
> St. Cloud State, now 12-11-1 on the season, vaulted from eighth to
> fifth place in the league race as a result of the two win. Next up for
> the Huskies is a Jan. 29-30 set at Alaska Anchorage.
>
> Other nominees for the Jan. 25 WCHA Rookie of the Week award were:
> Jeff Sanger, G, UAA; Chris Paradise, RW, DU; Paul Cabana, RW, MTU; and
> Chad Mazurak, D, UND.
>
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