Brayden Schuurman has been named the Western Hockey LeagueB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s (WHL) player of the week thanks to a two-game weekend series that saw the Victoria Royals forward shoot up the scoring charts.
The 17-year-old scored five goals and added an assist as the Royals split a two-game series against the Kelowna Rockets at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Arena.
Schuurman netted his first WHL hat-trick on Friday night, earning him the gameB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s first star in the 6-3 win. The right-handed centreman put Victoria ahead in the second period as Bailey Peach stripped the puck at the RocketsB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™ blue line before chipping it to a streaking-in Schuurman, who snapped it home from the face-off dot. His second came later in the period, as he sped past every Rockets player down the right side, cut to his left outside the crease and slid a backhander five-hole to make it 4-1. Schuurman would complete the hat-trick with an empty-netter in the third.
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The Abbotsford native would add two more goals on Saturday for a total of five on the weekend, good enough to bump him to the second-highest goal total in the WHL going into week three. SchuurmanB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s six points in three games have also helped him crack the top 10 for overall scoring.
Six points tied the league-wide high from last week and five goals match the centreB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s total from last seasonB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s 22-game bubble campaign.
The 2004-born Schuurman was selected by the Royals in the fourth round of the 2019 WHL draft and he is eligible for next yearB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s 2022 NHL entry draft.
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