The Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) has announced its Players of the Week for the games of February 24-25 and four student-athletes from three different programs have been recognized. Louis Boudon (Lake Superior State) was named Forward of the Week, while Elias Rosen (Bemidji State) earned Defenseman of the Week honors. Blake Pietila (Michigan Tech) collected his seventh Goaltender of the Week award this season and Kyle Kukkonen (Michigan Tech) was the league’s Rookie of the Week.
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CCHA Forward of the Week: Louis Boudon, Sr., Lake Superior State (Grenoble, France)
Boudon paced all CCHA skaters with four points on a goal and three assists, while posting a +3 in Lake Superior State’s road sweep of Ferris State last week. Registering six shots on goal, he opened the weekend with two helpers in a 3-2 overtime win on Friday, including setting up the game-winning tally. On Saturday, he was +2 with a goal and an assist in a 4-2 Lakers victory.
CCHA Defenseman of the Week: Elias Rosen, Sr., Bemidji State (Mora, Sweden)
Rosen led all conference blueliners with four points on a goal and three assists last week, helping Bemidji State to a split at St. Thomas. After notching four shots on Friday, he exploded for only the second four-point game by a CCHA defenseman this season on Saturday in a 7-2 Beavers’ victory, including a goal and three assists. For the weekend, he blocked three shots at the defense end of the ice.
CCHA Goaltender of the Week: Blake Pietila, Sr., Michigan Tech (Howell, Mich.)
Pietila went 1-1-0 with league-bests in goals-against average (1.52) and save percentage (.958), while notching the only shutout in the conference – his nation-leading ninth of the season – in Michigan Tech’s split at Minnesota State over the weekend. On Friday, he stopped all 35 shots he faced in a 2-0 Huskies victory, before making 33 saves in a 3-2 loss on Saturday night. For the week, he totaled 68 stops in 118:30 minutes of action.
CCHA Rookie of the Week: Kyle Kukkonen, Fr., Michigan Tech (Maple Grove, Minn.)
Kukkonen scored a CCHA-best two goals, including a game-winner, and was a +3 with nine shots on goal, which were both good for second among league skaters. On Friday, he broke a scoreless tie in the third period, helping Tech to a 2-0 victory. He then netted a shorthanded, game-tying goal on Saturday in an eventual 3-2 defeat.
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2022-23 CCHA Weekly Awards
Forward:
Feb. 27, 2023: Louis Boudon (LSSU)**
Feb. 20, 2023: Andre Ghantous (NMU)
Feb. 13, 2023: Kyle Kukkonen (MTU)
Feb. 6, 2023: Luc Laylin (UST)
Jan. 30, 2023, David Silye (MSU)***
Jan. 23, 2023: Mack Byers (UST)
Jan. 16, 2023: Brendan Furry (MSU)
Jan. 9, 2023: Austen Swankler (BGSU)**
Jan. 3, 2023: Mitch Deelstra (FSU)
Dec. 19, 2022: Jakub Lewandowski (BSU)
Dec. 12, 2022: Kristof Papp (NMU)
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:
Feb. 27, 2023: Elias Rosen (BSU)***
Feb. 20, 2023: Simon Kjellberg (NMU)
Feb. 13, 2023: Brett Thorne (MTU)***
Feb. 6, 2023: Andy Carroll (MSU)**
Jan. 30, 2023: Jacob Bengtsson (LSSU)
Jan. 23, 2023: Akito Hirose (MSU)
Jan. 16, 2023: Jared Kucharek (LSSU)
Jan. 9, 2023: Jake Livingstone (MSU)***
Jan. 3, 2023: Brett Thorne (MTU)**
Dec. 19, 2022: Brenden MacLaren (FSU)
Dec. 12, 2022: Matt Slick (FSU)
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:
Feb. 27, 2023: Blake Pietila (MTU)*******
Feb. 20, 2023: Aaron Trotter (UST)**
Feb. 13, 2023: Beni Halasz (NMU)
Feb. 6, 2023: Blake Pietila (MTU)******
Jan. 30, 2023: Blake Pietila (MTU)*****
Jan. 23, 2023: Blake Pietila (MTU)****
Jan. 16, 2023: Keenan Rancier (MSU)
Jan. 9, 2023; Blake Pietila (MTU)***
Jan. 3, 2023: Christian Stoever (BGSU)**
Dec. 19, 2022: Mattias Sholl (BSU)***
Dec. 12, 2022: Alex Tracy (MSU)
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:
Feb. 27, 2023: Kyle Kukkonen (MTU)**
Feb. 20, 2023: Joey Larson (NMU)****
Feb. 13, 2023: Lleyton Roed (BSU)*****
Feb. 6, 2023: Joey Larson (NMU)***
Jan. 30, 2023: Lleyton Roed (BSU)****
Jan. 23, 2023: Lleyton Roed (BSU)***
Jan. 16, 2023: Aaron Trotter (UST)
Jan. 9, 2023: Lleyton Roed (BSU)**
Jan. 3, 2023: Connor McGrath (FSU)**
Dec. 19, 2022: Jake Braccini (UST)
Dec. 12, 2022: Christian Fitzgerald (MSU)
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