SJHL PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Winner: Tyler Murray, Melville Millionaires
1988 F Tyler Murray (Regina SK) played an important role in all three games he dressed this past week. Murray scored a goal and set up another in the series clincher against Weyburn on Sunday. Murray also scored goals in game four and game three earlier in the week; both of which were Melville victories. Murray, who was caught in a numbers game being a 20-year-old, has been a scratch three times during the playoffs and Melville has lost all three of those games. They have eight wins and two overtime losses in the ten games in which he has played. Murray has 6-goals and 2-assists in the postseason.SJHL DEFENSEMAN OF THE WEEK
Winner: Curtis Beech, Melville Millionaires
1988 D Curtis Beech (Calgary AB) has been one of the best shutdown defensemen in the SJHL all season long. He has continued to step up his game in the playoffs by being a physical force and he always draws assignments against the opposition’s top line. On the scoresheet, he has just 1-assist in 13-games during the playoffs; but that is not where the Mils need his contribution. In one of Beech’s four games this past week, he was the anchor on a unit that dressed only five blueliners and survived double overtime to beat the Weyburn Red Wings in game four of their inevitable six game series victory.(Beech comments below)
SJHL GOALTENDER OF THE WEEK
Winner: Travis Bosch, Melville Millionaires
1988 G Travis Bosch (Regina SK) backstopped the Millionaires to three wins in four games played to lead them into the Credit Union Cup finals against the Humboldt Broncos. Bosch made 35-saves in Sunday’s game six clinching shutout win over the Weyburn Red Wings. His other real big showing came on Thursday in game four, when he turned away 43-shots, including all 19 that he faced in 33-minutes of overtime. In the playoffs, Bosch is 8-and-5, 2.27, .930.-----------------
Beech, along with Jeremie Houde, have formed an air-tight defense pairing to go against the other team's top line. In round two, the pair held Weyburn's line of Shupe/Lindsay/Bly relatively in check, especially in the series clincher (also much in thanks to Bosch).
"They're definitely their top offensive threat," says Beech. "Me and Houdie made sure we each had a guy and we'd just make sure they couldn't get to the net, and I thought we did a good job of that, and the chances they did get, Bosch stopped. I'm not very offensive, so I think shutting the other team down is one of my strong points, and if it helps us win I'll enjoy doing it."
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