CHL News and Notes Week 21 | 
Voltigeurs’ Jake Allen Named CHL Goaltender of the Week
Toronto, ON – The Canadian Hockey League today announced that Jake Allen of the Drummondville Voltigeurs is the CHL Goaltender of the Week for the week ending February 14. Allen compiled a perfect record of 3-0-0-0 with a goals-against-average of 1.30 and save percentage of .951.
Allen saved his best performance of the week for Saturday in a big game against the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies. He made 25 saves in regulation time before making another three saves in overtime and then turned aside all five shooters to backstop the Voltigeurs to a 3-2 shootout win where he was named the game’s first star. Earlier in the week on Tuesday night in Shawinigan he made 26 saves in a 4-1 win over the Cataractes. He followed that up with a 24 save performance on Friday night in an 8-1 win over the Baie-Comeau Drakkar.
Allen, a 19-year-old from Fredericton, NB, is playing in his third QMJHL season. Since being acquired by the Voltigeurs in a January trade, Allen has produced a record of 8-3-0-0 with a 2.28 goals-against-average and a .910 save percentage. A member of Canada’s National Junior Team, Allen was selected in the second round of the 2008 NHL Entry Draft by the St. Louis Blues.
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Hitmen’s Brandon Kozun Named CHL Player of the Week
Toronto, ON – The Canadian Hockey League today announced that forward Brandon Kozun of the Calgary Hitmen is the CHL Player of the Week for the week ending February 14 after scoring eight points in four games including six goals and two assists with an impressive plus-minus rating of plus-8.
The Hitmen picked up four wins this week on the strength of two three-point games by Kozun. He scored his first career hat-trick as first star of the game last Wednesday night in Regina to lift the Hitmen to a 6-2 win over the Pats. He also produced three points on Sunday scoring a goal and two assists as first star of a 6-2 win over the Lethbridge Hurricanes. Kozun also had single goal efforts last Tuesday as third star of a 6-1 win over the Swift Current Broncos, and Friday night as second star of a 3-1 win over the Prince Albert Raiders.
Kozun, a 19-year-old from Calgary, AB, is playing in his third full WHL season with his hometown Hitmen. A Los Angeles Kings prospect, Kozun was a member of Canada’s National Junior Team and currently ranks second in league scoring with 30 goals and 54 assists for 84 points in 52 games.
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Top Three Goal Scorers After Week 21
1) Bryan Cameron (Barrie Colts): 49 Games Played, 44 Goals
2) Kyle Beach (Spokane Chiefs): 56 Games Played, 42 Goals
3) Jeff Skinner (Kitchener Rangers): 55 Games Played, 41 Goals
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Top Five Point Scorers After Week 21
1) Tyler Seguin (Plymouth Whalers): 52 Games Played, 90 Points
2) Craig Cunningham (Vancouver Giants): 60 Games Played, 86 Points
3) Taylor Hall (Windsor Spitfires): 49 Games Played, 85 Points
4) Brandon Kozun (Calgary Hitmen): 52 Games Played, 84 Points
5) Jordan Eberle (Regina Pats): 45 Games Played, 82 Points
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Top Three Rookie Point Scorers After Week 21
1) Kevin Connauton (Vancouver Giants): 58 Games Played, 62 Points
2) Shane McColgan (Kelowna Rockets): 59 Games Played, 62 Points
3) Ryan Johansen (Portland Winterhawks): 60 Games Played, 60 Points
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Top 3 Goaltender Wins After Week 21
1) Troy Passingham (Windsor Spitfires): 45 Games Played, 33 Wins
2) Drew Owsley (Tri-City Americans): 48 Games Played, 33 Wins
3) Peter Di Salvo (Barrie Colts): 43 Games Played, 32 Wins
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Topics: Brandon Kozun, Calgary Hitmen, CHL Goaltender of the Week, CHL Player of the Week, CHL Week 21, Drummondville Voltigeurs, Jake Allen, Voltigeurs de Drummondville
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