For the first time, high school hockey in the State of Michigan will have players of the week.
The Michigan High School Hockey Coaches’ Association and Lawrence Tech Hockey have teamed up to create new players of the week and players of the month awards, and they have formed a selection committee to help with the process.
Each week, the committee members will take the top nominated players by their respective coaches and high school programs and rank the individual performances. From there, players will be selected from their respective divisions as ‘players of the week.’
MiHockey editor Michael Caples is one of the committee members.
Here are the third Lawrence Tech Hockey High School Players of the Week (for games played from Jan. 4-10):
North Region: Alex Nordstrom (Fr. Forward, Hancock)
Honorable Mention: Jordan Adlam (Sr. Forward, Cadillac), Rory Anderson (Jr. Forward, Calumet)
South Region: Connor Smith (Sr. Forward, Pinckney)
Honorable Mention: Gordie Niethammer (Fr. Forward, Saline), Ryan VanDiepen (Sr. Forward, AA Skyline)
Central Region: Niko Montrose (Jr. Forward, Grand Ledge- Fowlerville)
Honorable Mention: Alex Farrell (Sr. Forward, Midland Dow), Scott Alfano (Sr. Forward, Howell)
West Region: Brian Burns (Sr. Forward, West Ottawa)
Honorable Mention: Brody Vanderlinde (Sr. Forward, West Ottawa), Ryan Earl (Sr. Forward, Rockford)
Metro East Region: Drew Casey (Sr. Forward, Lake Orion)
Honorable Mention: Andrew Brooks (So. Forward, Macomb Dakota), Brett Abdelnour (Sr. Forward, University of Liggett)
Metro West Region: Jordan Venegoni (So. Forward, Livonia Churchill)
Honorable Mention: Jake Saunders (Jr. Forward, Salem), Brenden Lipon (Jr. Defenseman, Hartland)
Metro North Region: Nick Bowman (Sr. Forward, Brother Rice)
Honorable Mention: Zach Leonard (Sr. Forward, Berkley Unified), Ryan Genord (Jr. Forward, Notre Dame Prep)
Metro South Region: Blake Petterle (So. Defenseman, Grosse Ile)
Honorable Mention: Sean Stephens (Sr. Goaltender, Allen Park), Brandon Morgan (Jr. Forward, Trenton)