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. 24-31). Winners per region are in bold, honorable mentions are in italics.
North Robert Erkkila Forward Senior Calumet
North Will Beattie Forward Junior TC Central
North Reid Pietila Forward Senior Houghton
South Alec Calvaruso Goaltender Senior Novi-Detroit Catholic Central
South Connor Smith Forward Senior Pinckney
South Ethan Pietz Forward Senior Saline
Central Nick Sleeper Defenseman Senior Midland Dow
Central Max DiCicco Forward Senior Howell
Central Alex Montrose Forward Senior Grand Ledge Fowlerville
West Wyatt Radakovitz Forward Junior Forest Hills NE
West Jacob McNamara Forward Senior Rockford
West Ben Burns Forward Sophomore West Ottawa
Metro East Ethan Tobiczyk Forward Senior Utica Eisenhower
Metro East Brendan Nelson Forward Senior Grosse Pointe North
Metro East Drew Casey Forward Senior Lake Orion
Metro West Brett Miller Goaltender Junior Northville
Metro West Tyler Haydu Forward Sophomore Livonia Churchill
Metro West Joey Bruce Forward Senior Walled Lake Western
Metro North Henry Gabriel Forward Junior Royal Oak
Metro North Luke Mackin Defenseman Senior Warren Mott
Metro North Christian Rawling Defenseman Junior L’Anse Creuse North
Metro South Jacob Willets Defenseman Junior Monroe St. Mary’s CC
Metro South Jason Brancheau Forward Junior Wyandotte
Metro South Bob Bialobrzeski Forward Senior Grosse Ile