CHL Player of the Week honours go to Ward

The Canadian Hockey League Player of the Week for the week ending November 24 is goaltender Cam Ward of the Red Deer Rebels of the Western Hockey League. Each week during the regular season the CHL selects a player of the week from the Players of the Week from each of its three member leagues.

In three games last week Ward backstopped the Rebels to three wins to extend Red Deer's winning streak to seven games as Red Deer maintained its hold on the top spot in the weekly BMO Bank of Montreal Top Ten Rankings. Ward, selected in the first round, 25th overall, of the 2002 National Hockey League Entry Draft by the Carolina Hurricanes, allowed just two goals last week as he recorded three wins and posted back to back shutouts. Ward leads the WHL with 18 wins and his 1.98 goals against average and .928 save percentage are also league-leading numbers.

The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League's Offensive Player of the Week is Rouyn-Noranda Huskies' forward Benoit Genesse. In three games last week Genesse recorded six points on three goals and three assists. The QMJHL's Defensive Player of the Week is goaltender Adam Russo of the Acadie-Bathurst Titan. In three games last week Russo recorded three wins and he posted a 1.63 goals against average.

Ryan Ramsay of the Plymouth Whalers was selected as the Ontario Hockey League's Player of the Week for the week ending November 24. In play last week Ramsay scored five goals and added four assists in three Plymouth victories.

CHL Player of the Week

One - October 2 - Jonathan Ferland, Acadie-Bathurst Titan

Two - October 9 - Chad Larose, Plymouth Whalers

Three - October 16 - Jordan McLaughlin, Vancouver Giants

Four - October 23 - Jesse Lane, Hull Olympiques

Five - October 30 - Matt Foy, Ottawa 67's

Six - November 6 - James Wisniewski, Plymouth Whalers

Seven - November 13 - Corey Locke, Ottawa 67's

Eight - November 20 - Corey Locke, Ottawa 67's

Nine - November 27 - Cam Ward, Red Deer Rebels