Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Brett Hextall Red Baron® WCHA Co-Offensive Players of the Week

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Fighting Sioux forward Brett Hextall has been named the Co-Offensive player of the week. Unfortunately, Hextall has to share the award with Gopher fraud Jacob C-Piss. This past weekend Brett Hextall was impressive has he scored (3g-0a-3pts) on the weekend and now has 7 points in the last 5 games (5g-2a-7pts).
WCHA.COM ---- Hextall, a junior from Manhattan Beach, Calif., scored three critical goals to lead North Dakota to a three-point weekend at St. Cloud State. All three of his goals in the series gave the Sioux the lead. He scored a game-winning power-play goal in third period last Saturday to give UND a 3-2 win, after having earlier provided UND a 2-1 lead with an even-strength goal late in the second. He was named the No. 1 star of the game. Hextall also scored the opening goal late in the first period of last Friday's 3-3 (tie) at SCSU, earned a +2 rating in the series and had five shots on goal. In the midst of a five-game point streak, Hextall has 17 points (8g, 9a) in 28 games this season.

Also nominated this week: Jamie MacQueen, F, Bemidji State; Drew Shore, F, DU.