Brayden Schuurman has been named the Western Hockey LeagueB次元官网网址檚 (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次元官网网址檚 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次元官网网址� 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次元官网网址檚 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次元官网网址檚 total from last seasonB次元官网网址檚 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次元官网网址檚 2022 NHL entry draft.
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