The Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) has announced its Players of the Week for the games of December 2-3 and four student-athletes from three different programs have been recognized. Taylor Schneider (Bowling Green) earned Forward of the Week, while Elias Rosen (Bemidji State) earned Defenseman of the Week honors for the second week in a row. Goaltender of the Week and Rookie of the Week went to Noah Giesbrecht (Ferris State) and Andrew Noel (Ferris State), respectively.
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CCHA Forward of the Week: Taylor Schneider, Jr., Bowling Green (Lakeville, Minn.)
Schneider led all CCHA skaters with five points on three goals and two assists, helping the Falcons to a road sweep of Lake Superior State last week. He scored two goals with one assist on Friday in a 7-4 victory over the Lakers, before collecting a goal and an assist in a 5-1 win on Saturday. For the week, he was +3 with six shots and four blocks at the defensive end, while winning 53.8% of his face-offs.
CCHA Defenseman of the Week: Elias Rosen, Sr., Bemidji State (Mora, Sweden)
Rosen paced the league’s defensemen with three points on a goal and two assists, while helping the Beavers to a five-point weekend against St. Thomas. After recording a goal and an assist in Friday’s 6-4 win over the Tommies, he added an assist in a 2-2 tie on Saturday to extend his season-long point streak to four games. For the week, he notched six shots on goal, blocked two shots and was +2.
CCHA Goaltender of the Week: Noah Giesbrecht, So., Ferris State (White Rock, B.C.)
Giesbrecht went 1-0-0 with a league-best 1.00 goals-against average and .971 save percentage, helping Ferris State to a road sweep of then-No. 11/13 Minnesota State last weekend. He stopped 33-of-34 shots on Friday night to lead the Bulldogs to a 2-1 victory, making 13 saves in the first period and 10 each in the second and third. Two of his saves came on the Mavericks’ two power play opportunities, which were both killed by Ferris State.
CCHA Rookie of the Week: Andrew Noel, Fr., Ferris State (Maynard, Mass.)
Noel helped Ferris State to a sweep at then-No. 11/13 Minnesota State last weekend, scoring a goal and assisting on another for two points. The tally, which was the first of the defenseman’s collegiate career, tied Saturday’s game at 2-2. He then assisted on the eventual game-winner in the third period. For the weekend, he was +1 with three shots on goal and three blocks.
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2022-23 CCHA Weekly Awards
Forward:
Dec. 5, 2022: Taylor Schneider (BGSU)
Nov. 28, 2022: David Silye (MSU)**
Nov. 21, 2022: Nathan Burke (BGSU)
Nov. 14, 2022: Ryan O'Hara (BGSU)
Nov. 7, 2022: David Silye (MSU)
Oct. 31, 2022: Louis Boudon (LSSU)
Oct. 24, 2022: AJ Vanderbeck (NMU)
Oct. 17, 2022: Sam Morton (MSU)
Oct. 10, 2022: Mitchell Martan (BSU)
Oct. 3, 2022: Austen Swankler (BGSU)
Defenseman:
Dec. 5, 2022: Elias Rosen (BSU)
Nov. 28, 2022: Elias Rosen (BSU)
Nov. 21, 2022: Brett Thorne (MTU)
Nov. 14, 2022: Will Zmolek (BSU)
Nov. 7, 2022: Andy Carroll (MSU)
Oct. 31, 2022: Jake Livingstone (MSU)**
Oct. 24, 2022: Ethan Gauer (UST)
Oct. 17, 2022: Akito Hirose (MSU)
Oct. 10, 2022: Jake Livingstone (MSU)
Oct. 3, 2022: Aiden Gallacher (NMU)
Goaltender:
Dec. 3, 2022: Noah Giesbecht (FSU)**
Nov. 28, 2022: Aaron Trotter (UST)
Nov. 21, 2022: Noah Giesbrecht (FSU)
Nov. 14, 2022: Mattias Sholl (BSU)**
Nov. 7, 2022: Christian Stoever (BGSU)
Oct. 31, 2022: Blake Pietila (MTU)**
Oct. 24, 2022: Mattias Sholl (BSU)
Oct. 17, 2022: Blake Pietila (MTU)
Oct. 10, 2022: Zack Rose (BGSU)
Oct. 3, 2022: Logan Stein (FSU)
Rookie:
Dec. 5, 2022: Andrew Noel (FSU)
Nov. 28, 2022: Josh Eernisse (UST)
Nov. 21, 2022: Kyle Kukkonen (MTU)
Nov. 14, 2022: Joey Larson (NMU)**
Nov. 7, 2022: Luc Wilson (MSU)
Oct. 31, 2022: Beni Halasz (NMU)
Oct. 24: 2022: Lleyton Roed (BSU)
Oct. 17, 2022: Alex Tracy (MSU)
Oct. 10, 2022: Connor McGrath (FSU)
Oct. 3, 2022: Joey Larson (NMU)
* = Times earned award this year