QMJHL Players of the Week - Boutin Lascek
LONGUEUIL, Monday October 4th, 2004 (QMJHL) – For the second straight time, P.E.I Rocket goalie Jonathan Boutin, was selected Defensive player of the week in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, this time for the period starting on Monday September 27th and ending on Sunday October 3rd.
The QMJHL also rewarded right winger Stanislav Lascek by naming him Offensive player of the week.
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Boutin registered three wins in as many games, even though the Rocket was outshot each and every time.
The 19 year-old goalie was the first star in all those games, during which he recorded a save percentage of .969.
On Tuesday, in Charlottetown, Boutin stopped 27 shots in a 3-1 win over the Baie-Comeau Drakkar.
On Friday, in another home game, he once again helped defeat the Drakkar, 2-1, by blocking 31 shots.
Finally, on Sunday, he made 36 saves to lead the Rocket to a shocking 7-1 victory in Halifax, against the Mooseheads.
Since the start of the season, Boutin shows a 6-0-1 record, 1.12 goals against average and a .958 save percentage. He has allowed eight goals in a little more than 427 minutes of play.
Boutin was selected over defenseman Jonathan Paiement (3-0-6-6), of the Lewiston MAINEiacs, goalie Corey Crawford (1-0-1; 124.6 MP; 0.96 GAA; .966 SPCT), of the Moncton Wildcats, and defenseman Nicolas Marcotte (3-1-2-3), of the Chicoutimi Saguenéens.
On offense, Lascek scored two goals and added five assists in three games, including one goal and four helpers in a 6-2 win over the Val-d’Or Foreurs, on Saturday, in Saguenay.
On Wednesday in Rimouski, he had gotten one goal and one assist to lead the Saguenéens to a 3-2 victory over the Océanic.
With last week’s performances, Lascek has climbed to third place in the scoring race with 16 points in eight games.
Lascek, an 18 year-old forward born in Slovakia, was preferred to his teammate Maxime Boisclair (3-4-2-6), Alex Bourret (3-3-3-6), of the Lewiston MAINEiacs, and Dominic Soucy (3-2-4-6) of the P.E.I. Rocket.